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The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who invented stereo

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The History of Stereo

In the late 1950s, engineers at Bell Labs invented their own stereo system. They didn't realize that Alan Blumline had invented stereo almost 30 years before. Once stereo caught on, it started to be installed in studios. One of the first bands to record with it was a little group called The Beatles.

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