But nope It is just one of multiple examples of wrong naming. It is just 2 channel sound reproduction, contrary to mono which is a single channel reproduction and quadrophonia which is a four channel and certainly closer to stereophony. It should have been called biphonia
However you try to twist things, the word stereo means 3D. End of.
stereo-in British English
or sometimes before a vowel stere-
COMBINING FORM
indicating three-dimensional quality or solidity
stereoscope
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin
from Greek stereos solid
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