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Taking Surround Sound to Next Level

By Xeni Jardin
Published August 3, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT
Fraunhofer Institute for Media Technology Director Karlheinz Brandenburg, a pioneer in the MPEG audio compression format.
Fraunhofer Institute for Media Technology Director Karlheinz Brandenburg, a pioneer in the MPEG audio compression format.

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Xeni Jardin
Xeni Jardin can be heard on NPR’s Day to Day, offering technology insights for listeners nationwide. Jardin is also a contributing writer for Wired Magazine, as well as a tech culture journalist and co-editor of the collaborative weblog BoingBoing.net, the award-winning "Directory of Wonderful Things."