Mono listening

[WayneKerr]

Why? I have loads of mono albums yet they sound absolutely fine.

I think it was a play on words joke PP... stereo and mono in the same sentence

 

[Friesiansam]

Put an earplug in one ear, then sit sideways-on to your speakers, with the other ear facing them.

Mono made easy!

 

[Al ears]

Put an earplug in one ear, then sit sideways-on to your speakers, with the other ear facing them.

Mono made easy!

Disconnect one speaker, even simpler.

 

[Friesiansam]

Disconnect one speaker, even simpler.

My way, you still hear everything.

 

[nopiano]

Listening in true mono takes some acclimatisation I recall, but interestingly speakers are more ’exposed’ when auditioned singly. It’s easier to hear imbalanced frequency responses and colourations, which in stereo seem less apparent.

I believe in decades past a standard review practice was to listen to recorded speech from one speaker, a surprisingly challenging test.

 

[Rui]

Why on earth would anyone want a mono player unless you want to revisit the 1950s? And swapping a good stereo cart for a mono is too much of a faff. Just buy a monogram.

some people want to listen music as they were used to ,mono doesn´t sound worse in quality just don´t have 4tracks divided by two channels in some cases it sounds better in mono like the beatles records, they were converted to stereo even gets funny how they create a stereo image of the mono recordings, i have a late 50´s tube amplifier with two speakers in mono it gets an efect that the sound comes from nowhere to be found not even being in front of the speakers you feel the sound coming from them

 

[Rui]

My way, you still hear everything.

never ,mono isn´t that simple, maybe if you put one speakers by the side of the other listening for a close distance you´ll hear something closer to mono

 

[plastic penguin]

some people want to listen music as they were used to ,mono doesn´t sound worse in quality just don´t have 4tracks divided by two channels in some cases it sounds better in mono like the beatles records, they were converted to stereo even gets funny how they create a stereo image of the mono recordings, i have a late 50´s tube amplifier with two speakers in mono it gets an efect that the sound comes from nowhere to be found not even being in front of the speakers you feel the sound coming from them

That's fine. To me faffing around with swapping over to mono cartridges is a waste of time. Life's too short for the extra cost and the messing about. All the best things in life come in twos.

 

[Friesiansam]

never ,mono isn´t that simple, maybe if you put one speakers by the side of the other listening for a close distance you´ll hear something closer to mono

You're making the mistake of taking my posts, in this thread, seriously.😁

 

[Al ears]

You're making the mistake of taking my posts, in this thread, seriously.😁

Humour often gets mis-read unfortunately

 

[spl84]

Actually it sounds pretty good without changing a thing, but I would still love to see what effect the mono cartridge has on the listening experience...

 

[Rui]

You're making the mistake of taking my posts, in this thread, seriously.😁

not at all you can hear mono sound with a stereo cartridge just have to buy a older amplifier where all two channels are put into one ,the Beatles could have more records in stereo but they didn´t like the 4 traqck stereo sound ,this i heard Paul mcartney comenting and making fun of it in a documentary in those 10 dvds about all their lifes, they recorded during the 90´s , The last one, shows the new beatles song "free as a bird"👋💀