Re: [ARSCLIST] Early stereo LPs: subject to mononuclearosis?

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I find a substantial difference between using the single mono centre 
speaker vs. the stereo image from my left and right speakers. While 
some of the difference is attributable to room geometry and layout, I 
think at least some of it is attributable to head geometry.

I have noticed this before in several different "lashups" and, most 
interestingly, I find my Ampex 2012 speaker amps to sound different 
in this way in a variety of configurations.

So, I monitor mono in mono and stereo in stereo.

When I do stereo monitoring and things are going well, I sometimes 
have to check to see that's what I'm doing as I can sense sound 
coming out of the centre speaker, even though its bar-graph is 
showing no signal going to it. So, I think the room is pretty good.

Cheers,

Richard
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/facility.htm

At 04:44 PM 8/27/2006, Phillip Holmes wrote:
> If you have two speakers with nearly identical response curves 
> (ditto everything else), you don't need one speaker.  Also, you need 
> proper relationship between the two speakers and the listener (not 
> too close).
> I get a very realistic mono center image.  It's harder to do good 
> mono on a stereo than good stereo, in my opinion.
> Phillip
>
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> PS -- regarding the point of mono out of 1 speaker or two. This is 
> an interesting question today and I'd be very interested what others think.

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