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Has this person lost his mind?

post #1 of 37
2/25/10 at 7:48am
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Has this person lost his mind? He seriously thinks people will do this once they start listening to it more and more.

The Monophonic Page

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post #2 of 37
2/25/10 at 7:54am
I don't quite see the problem. The guy makes a pretty eloquent and persuasive point about the way he likes to enjoy his music, and suggests that others try it, as it's a simple thing to set up.

A large number of members here us crossfeed filters, to reduce the stereo effect (although not nessecarily completely) for when they are listening to headphones. This is particularly useful when listening to the sort of hard left-right mixed early stereo that a lot of people find annoying.

In short, I don't think he has lost his mind.
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post #3 of 37
2/25/10 at 7:54am
Let him be man. Neither of us would like to live in mono but I don't want to poke fun of someone who does.
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post #4 of 37
2/25/10 at 8:29am
No, he has a point. many recordings have very awkward stereo, due to strange microphone placement. Mono replay is in those cases often better. I have this quite often with solo piano recordings for instance. A piano is not 10 feet wide.....
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post #5 of 37
2/25/10 at 8:30am
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Originally Posted by MomijiTMO View Post
Let him be man. Neither of us would like to live in mono but I don't want to poke fun of someone who does.
I never said to poke fun at him. Obviously if you listen to an album that is recorded in mono, there's nothing you can do about it and with that particular example of the Beatles' album it makes sense (although I would still prefer crossfeed). But to convert a stereo track into mono makes no sense, nor does his assuming that other people will like it. The music was meant to have a stereo image. Without it the music is flat and lifeless. For audio books, it's fine but for music, no way. I can't imagine anyone here or on any audio forum would prefer to listen to music in mono.
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post #6 of 37
2/25/10 at 8:32am
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Originally Posted by Kees View Post
No, he has a point. many recordings have very awkward stereo, due to strange microphone placement. Mono replay is in those cases often better. I have this quite often with solo piano recordings for instance. A piano is not 10 feet wide.....
So take it to an audio editing program and adjust it, or use the balance knob on your receiver (since that is what most non-audiophile people would have) and adjust the balance. That would still be preferable to converting a track to mono.
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post #7 of 37
2/25/10 at 1:10pm
No, I would not say so.
Just have different preferences than most people around here..
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post #8 of 37
2/25/10 at 2:22pm
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Originally Posted by Kees View Post
A piano is not 10 feet wide.....
Pretty close
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post #9 of 37
2/25/10 at 2:37pm
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Originally Posted by Bob_McBob View Post
Pretty close
So you'd need 4-foot arms to play it?????
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post #10 of 37
2/25/10 at 2:50pm
Just because something is a part of the majority doesn't necessarily mean it's right. With that said, those are just this guys particular interests, and hey if it works for him, then so be it.
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post #11 of 37
2/25/10 at 3:08pm
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Originally Posted by IPodPJ View Post
So take it to an audio editing program and adjust it, or use the balance knob on your receiver (since that is what most non-audiophile people would have) and adjust the balance. That would still be preferable to converting a track to mono.
It is impossible to adjust microphone placement with any editing or the balance knob. Mono is often preferable.
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post #12 of 37
2/25/10 at 3:20pm
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So you'd need 4-foot arms to play it?????
I wasn't saying the keyboard is 10 feet wide. Large concert grands are close to 10 feet long, though.
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post #13 of 37
2/25/10 at 3:26pm
Some of the best recordings ever made were in mono.
Don't knock it till you tried it.
The sound is awesome!!!!

MILES DAVIS: KIND OF BLUE — 6 EYE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING



Muddy Waters: Folk Singer — Vinyl, LP, Mono



Most of the Beatles Recordings

I could keep on going....
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post #14 of 37
2/25/10 at 4:18pm
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Originally Posted by CrazyRay View Post
Some of the best recordings ever made were in mono.
Don't knock it till you tried it.
The sound is awesome!!!!

MILES DAVIS: KIND OF BLUE — 6 EYE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING



Muddy Waters: Folk Singer — Vinyl, LP, Mono



Most of the Beatles Recordings

I could keep on going....
MONO is awesome for SOME...repeat...SOME recordings. Back in the golden age of recording mono was king and such mixes were the focus of the engineers and artists. The prime example is The Beatles. Most recording studios added stereo later and had different microphone placement for both the mono and stereo. A great example is Frank Sinatra's Come Fly With Me. The mono and stereo are two different beasts. Some producers/artists (Brian Wilson, Phil Spector) preferred mono because it allowed them to lock in a particular sound and regardless of speaker placement, would always sound the same.

HOWEVER, modern recordings are made FOR stereo (or more channels) and are rarely mixed in mono. When you collapse a modern stereo song into mono there is no telling what will happen. Sometimes you get comb filtering, sometimes you lose an instrument thanks to phase cancellation and you will most definitely lose ambiance and soundstage.

I can understand why someone would prefer a mono Kind of Blue or a mono Time Out or mono Beatles. They usually sound better! Why on earth someone would prefer a mono QUEEN record or mono Norah Jones is beyond me. I wouldn't say such a person has lost his/her mind but I wouldn't hesitate to say they are a monophonic moron. But hey....it's a free world.
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post #15 of 37
2/25/10 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by IPodPJ View Post
I can't imagine anyone here or on any audio forum would prefer to listen to music in mono.
I guess you have a limited imagination.
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