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07-15-2018, 10:10 PM
ChitoBG

Mono or Stereo

Kindly help. How do I determine if the pressings are mono or stereo in the absence of specific label?

TIA!
07-16-2018, 07:41 AM
Fritz The Cat

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Help!

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Originally Posted by ChitoBG

Kindly help. How do I determine if the pressings are mono or stereo in the absence of specific label?

TIA!

Listen to the lead vocals! If you only can hear the singer out of one speaker: Mono! If you can hear the lead vocals out of both speakers:Stereo!
If you stand in front of the stage at an acoustic live concert you hear mono. Take this one for exercises: Beatles, Please please me
07-16-2018, 08:01 AM
SEAWOLF97

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Originally Posted by Fritz The Cat

Listen to the lead vocals! If you only can hear the singer out of one speaker: Mono! If you can hear the lead vocals out of both speakers:Stereo!

backwards :dont-know:

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Originally Posted by ChitoBG

Kindly help. How do I determine if the pressings are mono or stereo in the absence of specific label?

TIA!

Generally. IF it doesn't specify, I'd assume Mono. Also check the matrix. Plus ..check
discogs.com , a wealth of info.
07-16-2018, 09:52 AM
Fritz The Cat

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Backwards? Beatles, Please please me, MONO

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Originally Posted by SEAWOLF97

backwards :dont-know:

Generally. IF it doesn't specify, I'd assume Mono. Also check the matrix. Plus ..check
discogs.com , a wealth of info.

Listen to this MONO recording: The lead vocals are audible only out of the left speaker. (Nearly) no lead vocals hearable out of the right speaker! MONO or not MONO?
07-16-2018, 10:18 AM
SEAWOLF97

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Originally Posted by Fritz The Cat

Listen to this MONO recording: The lead vocals are audible only out of the left speaker. (Nearly) no lead vocals hearable out of the right speaker! MONO or not MONO?

People also ask
What is the difference between mono and stereo?

Mono uses one, stereo uses more than one. In monaural sound one single channel is used. It can be reproduced through several speakers, but all speakers are still reproducing the same copy of the signal. In stereophonic sound more channels are used (typically two).

switch your receiver/preamp to MONO and then see what happens
07-17-2018, 06:01 AM
Fritz The Cat

The question of ChitoBG

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Originally Posted by SEAWOLF97

People also ask
What is the difference between mono and stereo?

Mono uses one, stereo uses more than one. In monaural sound one single channel is used. It can be reproduced through several speakers, but all speakers are still reproducing the same copy of the signal. In stereophonic sound more channels are used (typically two).

switch your receiver/preamp to MONO and then see what happens

You're right, i only hear MONO, if the receiver/preamp is switched to MONO.
But if the receiver/preamp is not switched to MONO, but to STEREO then ChitoBG is possibly able to solve his problem. He wants to know, if the pressing is a MONO or a STEREO pressing, if it is not noted on label.
07-17-2018, 07:33 AM
grumpy

If, in switching a pre-amp from stereo to mono while playing a vinyl disk, the only apparent difference is that the crackles and pops move completely to the center, it's likely a mono pressing (only left/right groove modulation... no vertical). If other voices/instruments/sounds move to the center, then it was likely a stereo (or at least 2 channel) pressing.