The Spatial Race
b"In the 1960s, stereo sound revolutionized the music industry. But it turns out, a pioneering engineer named Alan Blumlein had actually invented stereo a full three decades earlier. Due to tragic events in World War II, his innovations were forgotten for decades. In this episode, we worked with OnePlus to tell the story of how audio has evolved from mono, to stereo, to quadraphonic, to surround sound and beyond. Today, we even have immersive, three-dimensional systems that can simulate 128 speakers using just two. Featuring Alan Blumlein\\u2019s son Simon Blumlein, and sound engineer Robin Reumers from the Abbey Road Institute.\\n\\nWatch our video shorts on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok.\\nFollow us on Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook.\\nSign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to support the show & get our entire catalog ad-free.\\nIf you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org\\nImprove your personal sound world at oneplus.com.\\nEpisode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/thespatialrace\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"