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stereo sound
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method of sound reproduction using two audio channels
Wikidata facts
- Based on
- Théâtrophone
- Image
- 2 0 channels (stereo) label.svg
- Has use
- surround sound
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- inception
- 1881-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Stereophonic sound
- Commons category
- Stereophonic sound
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- after a work by
- Clément Ader
- used by
- video game
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Encyclopedic overview
How stereophonic sound systems work. The main diagram shows a simplified situation in nature. The inset shows the electronic simulation. Notably, such electronic systems require more than one speaker. Time difference in a stereophonic recording of a car going past
Stereophonic sound, commonly shortened to stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration of two loudspeakers (or stereo headphones) in such a way as to create the impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stereo sound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.