Steve Lukather

When a new record came out, the world would stop that day, and we would sit in somebody's house - whoever had the best stereo system - and sit in the middle of the two speakers and listen and discuss and listen again and go over the album notes and get out the guitar and start playing it and discuss and play some more.

American Musician

Dave Sitek

I want to make hand-held music, undiminished by the need to make everybody in the world listen at once. The goal is to ride into the sunset, stereo blasting, and all of what's got you worried will disappear in the rear view mirror!

Gregory Porter

Nat King Cole's lyrics were speaking to me, almost like fatherly advice, when I was listening to him alongside the console stereo player. So that music and that influence comes out of me.

Brad Pitt

When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.

Actor

Woody Norris

When you listen to stereo on your home system, your both ears hear both speakers. Turn on the left speaker sometime and notice you're hearing it also in your right ear.

American Inventor

Nicolas Cage

Film has lost something in the translation to high tech. It's become so super-real. It's with digital this and stereo that, and everything's like a CD.

Gethin Jones

I love Westlife. I turn up the stereo and listen to the a capella version of 'Flying Without Wings'. Any man who says he doesnt do the same is lying.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.

American Educator

Christina Applegate

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

American Actress

Lita Ford

We don't have a lot of neighbors so we can blast the stereo.

Stereo often refers to any audio system in casual conversation, not just two-speaker setups.

Context Usage

When speaking about audio equipment, 'stereo' specifically means two-channel sound systems.

Technical Precision

'Stereo' once implied high-tech, but now it's just a standard way of playing sound.

Evolution

In technical contexts, 'stereo' contrasts with 'mono,' which uses only one channel.

Technical Clarity

The term 'stereo' often suggests better sound quality because of the two channels used.

Sound Quality

Music producers use 'stereo' effects to position sounds across the audio space.

Recording Techniques

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