Stereos

Stereos

Stereo is used to describe a sound system in which the sound is played through two speakers. Compare mono. ... loudspeakers that give all-around stereo sound. The word is shorthand for stereophonic, which describes something recorded using two or more channels so that the sound seems to surround the listener and come from more than one source. You can also break this word into its Greek roots, stereo, "solid or three-dimensional," and phone, "voice." Stereo is sound recorded with two microphones and or played back through two channels. ... For example, if you record a guitar with one microphone, the guitar will be in mono but played back in stereo, because all audio playback systems play sound through two channels.

Stereo Audio Stereo (or Stereophonic sound) is the reproduction of sound using two or more independent audio channels in a way that creates the impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing. Is stereo still a thing, in music creation? - Quora. Yes, and it is arguably more of 'a thing' now, than ever before. All audio recording, distribution, and reproduction used to be in mono.