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In Reply to: RE: Ditto. posted by olddude55 on October 15, 2014 at 07:45:04
I have heard (and have) a LOT of classical that is what I suppose some would call "golden era- phase 1" (right before RCA Stereo Shaded Dogs and what not?).
Hearing that stuff in mono makes me wish that I was there instead- hearing the orchestra or whatever/whoever (Toscanini, Starker, Casadesus). That would have been the real treat. To me though, while I can truly and totally understand the performances, I just feel like I'm missing that 3rd dimension of perception (kinda like waking up with something in an eye- you can't make sense of depth and bump into things you know are there while trying to get to the bathroom mirror).
Maybe THAT is what is missing when I hear mono- I've been a "stereo person" that when I hear mono of almost anything (with RARE exception to some jazz as well), there is an aural cue that is missing and I can't fill in that part of the sound...
Sorry for the ramble! To each their own, I suppose!
Cheers,
Dman
Analog Junkie
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I agree so far as RCA is concerned. Those early stereo "shaded dogs" are excellent for their time in large part because the stereo effect is so well done. Many other early stereo LPs are very poorly done and you might be better off listening in mono.
RCA and Mercury also did excellent mono LPs in the 1950s. Yes, you are missing something with large orchestral pieces. You get a realistic sound but from a 20th row perspective rather than a 1st row perspective.
Posted about it, too. Rubber Soul , the stereo version just kills it in my opinion.
But, like you, I'm used to hearing those records, most records in fact, in stereo.
By the way, I bought a whole stack of those RCA "Orthophonic" records for a buck each at HalfPrice Books several years ago. Cleaned them and played them once. Yes, the performances were excellent but the sonics were just so unrealistic that I considered them unacceptible. Gave them all away to another Inmate.
Jerry's Records has mint dowel-rod UK-pressed Angel LPs, four bucks each. Some people slobber over those records (in a figurative sense of course) but I won't buy them.
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