The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who invented stereo
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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The History of Stereo Sound
The H2S project was top secret, Winston Churchill ordered that no one should be able to know about the crash. Alan's tragic death meant that he never got the recognition he deserved during his lifetime. But over the next couple of decades, people slowly started to rediscover his inventions - including stereo. In the early 60s, a full 30 years after Alan had developed it, stereo sound was finally installed at Abbey Road Studios and found its way into the hands of an exciting young band.
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