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Article #21227Re: Stereo vs. Mono: Q about AM Stereo
From: Isaac S Wingfield
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 19:45
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1989 19:45
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To satisfy your reviewer's request on why stereo is superior to mono, consider that essentially all recorded musical material these days is recorded in stereo, and is intended to be reproduced in stereo; there are fewer mono setups than ever, and so less motivation for the recording engineers to make the special compromises needed for adequate mono repeoduction. By this argument, stereo is a necessity merely to get decent sound. (One such compromise is never to allow a lead vocalist to be exactly centered on the sound stage because, while this works fine in stereo, a mono reproduction will suffer from a 3dB boost in level.) Isaac isw@cup.portal.com
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