Stereos, in Salem or home audio refers to any audio electronics intended for home use. It is a sound system which typically includes a CD, tape, or recorder; has two or more speakers and produces stereo sound. Stereophonic sound is also commonly termed as stereo and refers to a type of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of the sound coming from different directions. Stereophonic sound attempts to create an illusion of location for various sound sources like voices, instruments, etc. within the original recording. Stereo sound systems can be divided into two forms natural and artificial. The true or natural stereo sound is the one in which live sound is captured with a natural reverberation by suing a number of microphones. The signal is then reproduced over multiple loudspeakers to recreate the live sound. However, in the artificial stereo a single sound is reproduced over multiple loudspeakers. By combining multiple mono signals together a complete yet entirely artificial sound field can be created.

These days true stereo is mainly confined to recordings of live music, particularly classical music. Almost all pop records and movie soundtracks are of the "artificial" variety. In technical usage, true stereo means sound recording and sound reproduction that uses stereographic projection to encode the relative positions of objects and events recorded.

Sweet — Ben & Jerry’s Commits to Shunning GMOs

Written by:  Lee Ann Rush  About a decade ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream complex in South Burlington, Vermont.  A self-titled “ice cream-o-maniac,” since childhood, I loved the tour — especially the hilarious Graveyard of Retired Flavors — and probably enjoyed the experience even more than did my young son (now age 20).  Ben &..