In the quest for more and more faithful reproduction by electro-acoustic means, after all the possibilities afforded by single-channel transmission have been exhausted, substantial improvements can only be achieved by multi-channel stereophonic transmission. A few of the factors that play a part in this type of sound transmission have been known for about 30 years. Some of these, however, can only be understood and correctly reformulated in the light of recent discoveries in the physiology of hearing, and a number of questions still remain to be answered. In considering the practical means employed for stereophonic transmission, it seems that development hitherto has not led to a single optimum, but to a number of solutions of apparently equal value. In this article, after a summary of the most important principles, a survey will be attempted of proven methods of transmission, and a few examples of their application will be given.

Author: Boré, Gerhart
Affiliations: Georg Neuman Laboratories, Berlin, Germany ; Gotham Audio Development Corp., New York, NY(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 9 (October 1957) Paper Number: 30
Publication Date: October 1, 1957

Click to purchase paper as a non-member or you can login as an AES member to see more options.

No AES members have commented on this paper yet.

Subscribe to this discussion

To be notified of new comments on this paper you can subscribe to this RSS feed. Forum users should login to see additional options.

Start a discussion!

If you would like to start a discussion about this paper and are an AES member then you can login here:
Username:
Password:

If you are not yet an AES member and have something important to say about this paper then we urge you to join the AES today and make your voice heard. You can join online today by clicking here.