Forget the tech talk. Just go and listen to them.
They may not be the absolute best speakers, but nothing under 10,000 $
comes close.
I heard them in Paris at their office with 24 bit files . I was
impressed.
I have Wilson Sacha 3 speakers. I would not change, but if I had no room
for them, I
The choice between mono v. stereo is almost wholly dependent on the
intent and quality of the original recording.
As a widely available commercial product on LP, stereo dates back to the
late 1950s and early 60s. However, being brand new at the time, many of
those recordings were overly
d6jg wrote:
> I have quite a large vinyl collection and occasionally I still buy some
> second hand albums but only when whatever it is isn't available in
> decent form on CD. I don't buy new vinyl as its too expensive as stated
> earlier.
>
> I don't like buying downloads - I still prefer CDs
If your stereo speakers are properly spaced, aligned and in phase and
you are seating in the 'sweet spot' the left and right channels should
'disappear' and the mono recording will appear to come from the 'phantom
center'.
This is assuming that the CD recording is properly mastered, mono tape
LMS can define a player to receive only one channel, either left or
right. Assuming your source is mono anyway, this is enough. Then
disconnect one speaker.. :)
drmatt's Profile:
sherington wrote:
> How on earth would one listen to mono through LMS & a stereo system,
> anyway??
Use audacity (or any other sound processing/mixing software to 1)
combine L and R channels into one channel, and 2) pan that channel
either hard left or hard right (depending on which speaker you
I would love to know what you guys think of this article. I sort of
remeber thinking that the original mono tracks sounded better than the
remastered stereo but now I am not so sure since it has been many, many
years since I even had or even played the orginal, orginal records.
