History of Stereo

[tomelex]

I don't remember if we have this on the site, but here it is, interesting history lesson

 

[Cosmik]

Did I miss it or was there no mention of Alan Blumlein?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Did I miss it or was there no mention of Alan Blumlein?

No they did not which is a travesty.

OTOH, the bit about making a recording of Fantasia from the last remaining machine that could play it was cool. They had to send it over phone lines from Hollywood to Burbank. Imagine if they had used Nordost phone lines. The cost would have exceeded that of WWII.

 

[Wombat]

No they did not which is a travesty.

OTOH, the bit about making a recording of Fantasia from the last remaining machine that could play it was cool. They had to send it over phone lines from Hollywood to Burbank. Imagine if they had used Nordost phone lines. The cost would have exceeded that of WWII.

http://www.emiarchivetrust.org/alan-blumlein-and-the-invention-of-stereo/

At the bottom of the page it is stated that he also had patents for surround sound.