50s competitor to stereo in Easton, CT

December 18, 2006 5:42 PM

A number of years ago, I looked at a house in Easton, CT that included a huge barn that had been a factory/research facility for an electronics company, I believe in the 50s-60s. The technology was supposedly a competitor to stereophonic sound or something. Does anyone have any ideas about what this might have been or any brainstorms about how I might find out more?
posted by sfts2 to technology (3 comments total)

Call the Easton Chamber of Commerce or the equivalent. They usually keep records of businesses and the years they operated.
posted by Gungho at 6:35 PM on December 18, 2006

Although now headquartered in Wellesley MA, the electronics firm PerkinElmer, Inc., used to be based in Norwalk CT. Perhaps their press office can help.
posted by rob511 at 8:47 PM on December 18, 2006

Maybe you're looking for a company pushing an approach to "quadraphonic?"
The timing seems a bit off, though - I would have thought stereo didn't come to radio and home electronics until the 60's, and presumably quadraphonic wouldn't have been a big deal until after stereo was well-established.
posted by genug at 1:08 AM on December 19, 2006