tube fanatic Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I came across this very short piece by Steve Guttenberg which reminded me of my "formative years" in audio back in the dark ages: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10297194-47.html It made me wonder if anyone on the forum is doing this. Maynard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 haven't been doing anything in mono. s. guttenberg mentions the Beatles CD Box set in mono. That was sort of a head scratcher to me. Didn't consider buying it, but remember getting some Beatles albums in mono back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 When I picked up my Aristocrat mono speaker and a Speakercraft, I was after that nostalgic sound. Too bad I was not able to talk seller into letting me buy his Mcintosh mono amp. It was very small and cannot recall model # but, yes the old monaural sounded good. As well as some jazz/blues RTR I found here with a Sony player. It sounds wonderful to me. Have not listened for a couple of years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daddy Dee Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 i don't always listen to mono, but when i do.... wait, i never listen to mono! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I once thought I had mono for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 9, 2013 I once thought I had mono for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored. A whole year [] I listened to half of mono once, a wire had come loose on one speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 i don't always listen to mono, but when i do.... wait, i never listen to mono![Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 haven't been doing anything in mono. s. guttenberg mentions the Beatles CD Box set in mono. That was sort of a head scratcher to me. Didn't consider buying it, but remember getting some Beatles albums in mono back in the day. The beatles mono set is the only mono listening that I have done in 40 years. I actually like the mono mix better than the stereo. The stereo mixes where done from the mono masters - at least for the older stuff. I think that the stereo mix on a lot of the early beatles is a little too severe JMHO Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I listen to music. Stereo is dual channel mono and cannot and does not deliver anything like reality. The quality of any recording is all about the music and performance first, and the engineering second, and whether it's mono, stereo, or X channel surround last. In any event, one's system works when, regardless of how many speakers and channels you have, the source material plays back precisely as it was recorded. If you need a single speaker system to play back mono it's because your system isn't working right. I'll stand on that statement. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I listen to music. Stereo is dual channel mono and cannot and does not deliver anything like reality. The quality of any recording is all about the music and performance first, and the engineering second, and whether it's mono, stereo, or X channel surround last. In any event, one's system works when, regardless of how many speakers and channels you have, the source material plays back precisely as it was recorded. If you need a single speaker system to play back mono it's because your system isn't working right. I'll stand on that statement. Dave It is that kind of thinking that may have taken us from mono to stereo. Since mono was ruling the day, no stereo to blame for not playing mono correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runninshine Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I bought a beat up La Scala from a guy who was just using it to listen to it out on his front porch and he was running it mono and bi-amped. I would like to do the same thing with it at my place. He did something with the AA network so he could bi-amp it.......[*-)] I put on old AA network and hooked it up like this to an old Marantz 2238b I ran wire from the + side of the right channel and the - side of the left channel to the network and it sounds fine. That might not be the best or even correct way to hook it up but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 runninshine, that sounds like a quick and easy way to biamp a single LaScala. I don't know what better results could be achieved with something else. If you need to adjust the signal to the HF relative to the LF you could just use the 'balance' control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I suppose the bottom line for me is this... If I do decide to listen to a single speaker, it will be a Klipsch speaker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 I listen to mono when I sit far to the left or right of the speaker, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHayton Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Single Heresy in the garage...... Why? Because I only have one, but at least it's a Klipsch[] I did have a problem finding something that would take stereo in and put out mono. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheltie dave Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Klipsch shorthorn, EV Georgian and Esquire, Heathkit AS101, AR 2, gosh I listen to quite a few different mono setups. It is fun, just like listening to that newfangled two channel stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 When a short listening session is at hand I will slightly lift one hip or the other for a second or two. I'm fairly certain that on these brief occasions mono is what I'm hearing. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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