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I won't call you prejudiced, but there are a good many examples of extremely good sonic performance from old mono pressings; the Everest Hi-Fi's come to mind - I have an early copy of Copland's Billy The Kid that is just stunning, with amazing soundstage. The later-era mono recordings on better jazz labels exhibit this as well - Columbia, Blue Note, Impulse!, and others. Have you heard a mono copy of Something Else? Wow.
The other aspect is that in recent years our commited analog friends like Jonathan Carr and Joe Grado have brought us true mono cartridges. (Denon also with the DL102) I don't have much experience with these, but the ones I have heard suggest they are very worthwhile if you have enough monos and want to hear them at their best. (though again, having to run two arms/two cartridges full-time just adds to my hypothesis that vinyl is not ever going to be simple for the masses!)
Originally Posted by hciman77 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I cant argue about the artistic merit of such classic performances, but I just dont like the old mono recordings I have owned, after stereo they sound very flat, call me prejudiced by all means. |
I won't call you prejudiced, but there are a good many examples of extremely good sonic performance from old mono pressings; the Everest Hi-Fi's come to mind - I have an early copy of Copland's Billy The Kid that is just stunning, with amazing soundstage. The later-era mono recordings on better jazz labels exhibit this as well - Columbia, Blue Note, Impulse!, and others. Have you heard a mono copy of Something Else? Wow.
The other aspect is that in recent years our commited analog friends like Jonathan Carr and Joe Grado have brought us true mono cartridges. (Denon also with the DL102) I don't have much experience with these, but the ones I have heard suggest they are very worthwhile if you have enough monos and want to hear them at their best. (though again, having to run two arms/two cartridges full-time just adds to my hypothesis that vinyl is not ever going to be simple for the masses!)