The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison, the first commercial compact disc was released in 1982 (Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, funnily enough), Spotify was founded in 2006, and Apple Music launched its proprietary Spatial Audio music streaming output with Dolby Atmos in June 2021.  These are key consumer audio moments now etched in time or, to unashamedly quote one of my favorite Coheed and Cambria tracks, cuts marked in the march of man.  And as with the turntables coveted in specialist windows across the globe, the CDs we bought at the Virgin Megastore or the streaming platforms myself and most of my friends eagerly signed up for, early adopters of Apple’s immersive and masterful technology for Spatial Audio music quickly became dyed-in-the-wool converts.
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