The Story of Stereo: Part 2

Ongoing History of New Music

We are always pouring sound into our heads, whether we’re using some kinds of speakers or wearing headphones…

I’m going to make a guess here, but I’m going to assume that most people demand a certain level of audio quality to what they’re listening to…you don’t want distortion and you’re hoping for a certain level of sonic realism…

You want to be able to close your eyes and feel the music around you…you want to be immersed in it…these sensations, as important as they are to our enjoyment of music, are now taken for granted…

But the technological journey to that led to us enjoying music this way took decades…and along the way, there were many twists and turns, false starts and dead ends, promising leads and utter failures…

This is the story of stereo, part 2

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We are always pouring sound into our heads, whether we’re using some kinds of speakers or wearing headphones…

I’m going to make a guess here, but I’m going to assume that most people demand a certain level of audio quality to what they’re listening to…you don’t want distortion and you’re hoping for a certain level of sonic realism…

You want to be able to close your eyes and feel the music around you…you want to be immersed in it…these sensations, as important as they are to our enjoyment of music, are now taken for granted…

But the technological journey to that led to us enjoying music this way took decades…and along the way, there were many twists and turns, false starts and dead ends, promising leads and utter failures…

This is the story of stereo, part 2

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2020-12-09 36 min
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