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Side note: MONO is also the name of a Japanese instrumental band, and a medical disease...😐
And I oop-
And "monkey" in spanish.
Vinyl Eyezz but do you know what mono means in Japanese?
Song of the Day for your next video: Van Halen - The Seventh Seal!
Zack I don’t....lol 😂
Song of the day: My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Waahh?
George is the king of slide guitar
Alexthecrazykid i just made a reference to his profile picture and name 😂
J500 L6000 That is true, and “if not for you” is a another great song
@J500 L6000 'Electronic Sound' George Harrison Zapple records lyric sheet included
There’s nothing “fake” about the mono sound you get when playing a mono pressing with a stereo cartridge. It’s a true mono signal, although surface noise will be significantly reduced if you use a mono cartridge.
Nice! I just bought my first mono record and was worried about that
Mono 45 rpm records don't always track very well with an elliptical stylus. These records were meant to be played by a cartridge with a conical stylus. On 45's an elliptical stylus sometimes creates unwanted noise in older records and 7 inch records made from styrene plastic because that type of needle is sharper and goes deeper into the record's grooves and picks up unwanted noise from record wear s at the bottom of the record groove. Therefore as highly regarded as elliptical styli by hi fi enthusiasts older and worn records, even LPs sound much better when played with a high quality stereo cartridge fitted with a conical stylus. This is for those who wonder why some of their records don't play with good sound quality.
@@skipandslide No. A scratch results in mostly vertical movement of the stylus. A mono record only has lateral information (side to side), and a mono cartridge only creates a voltage from lateral movement. It is effectively deaf to vertical motion.
You can use covert your RCA cables into a mono output by using a male-to-female convertor, then to a female-to-male convertor, or if you have a mono button on your receiver
@@xxEzraBxxx That makes no sense to me. IF the record is recorded in MONO, then you're going to get MONO thus converter or button is not needed. IF you have a record in STEREO, and want to hear it in MONO, then you use the MONO button your receiver. I have tested this out myself.
Song of the day: "One Of These Days" from Meddle by Pink Floyd
i love meddle!
All of the early Beatles albums sound amazing in mono. Pet Sounds is another great album to buy in mono.
"Pet Sounds" is a better sounding album in surround sound. ;-)
And Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn!!
@@killer92173 Piper in mono has several details not present on the stereo mix. However, what is Piper without the exciting panning?
Piper is mono is incredible. the ending panning of Interstellar Overdrive getting shoved into the single channel makes it sound almost sickeningly psychedelic (in a good way)
@n.miller907 Brian said headphones in the dark but that's my second
My dad worked for CBS and we had 'sample not for sale' promo singles that were delivered to radio stations. One side would be mono, the o the stereo.
Many of the mono versions were fold-downs from stereo, for AM stations, and the stereo ones were for FM.
@@videoplusdvd The mono from stereo was done quite often, that is why you see an oscilloscope on top of the console's shelf. During the microphone placement part of recording they checked every combination of mics to assure mono compatibility. They try to keep a 45 degree line with positive slope. This was very important for stereo also. If the slope went to far vertical or horizontal the needle on the cutting lathe would jump out of the groove being cut. This isn't as important now but some old schoolers check for it anyway.
Honestly when I play my 45’s from the 70’s really can’t tell the difference on the mono or stereo maybe it’s my stereo it self but can’t tell the difference..
@@videoplusdvd Many of the fold-downs from the late 60's and throughout the 70's were created through the Haeco-CSG process. Practically all record labels used CSG at some point for their fold downs, but Atlantic, A&M and Warner Bros used it the most.
Be careful with the mono cartridge, it's for the mono records pressed until late 60s, today's mono records should be played only with stereo cartridge, because they were cut with the stereo cutting stylus, meanwhile mono records pressed until late 60s were cut with mono cutting stylus, which has a different size and shape.
My QUADRAPHONIC copy of Tubular Bells has a sticker on the sleeve saying ' A Quadraphonic recording for people with 4 ears'.
Haha 😂 nice 👍
There is also a little snippet of sound at the end of the 2nd side that wasn't included in the stereo versions or subsequent quad releases. I heard it in quad once and what a sound it was. Fantastic
@@jonnorthall8526 Isn't it a go- kart or something?
The first stereo phonographs were introduced in 1958. There were some master tapes recorded in stereo as early as 1954 ( RCA Living Stereo, etc). 45 rpm’s were nearly all in mono but by the late 60’s more were stereo.
Yep, Mercury Living Presence was recording in stereo before 1958 as well. I actually have a Magnavox 185 AA stereo tube amp from 1959 that was part of that stereo revolution. It's in need of restoration but I can't wait to hear how my records sounded like 60 years ago.
One way to demonstrate the difference is to listen on headphones.. From a mono record, the music sounds like it’s in the center of the listener’s head. The music is right down the middle. Play the same piece in stereo, and you hear different voices and instruments in each ear., adding a wide soundstage. Sure, stereo is superior, but I like throwing on my old mono 45’s and listening to them they were meant to be heard then. It works especially well with Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” technique . He made layer on top of layer of thick sound with knowing it would be listened to on little transistor AM radios and single speaker car systems. Listen to a 45 of “Be My Baby” and you get the full effect of mono as he intended it.. Even The Beach Boys mastered their best and early songs in mono. “Don’t Worry Baby” in mono is just more authentic than some of their remixed stereo versions.
Neal Ammerman I’ve read at different times, that many Beatles vinyl collectors prefer the Mono box set pressings over the stereo pressings, and I always scratched my noggin over that, but what you said makes all the sense in the world.
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Garry Peak I’ve heard the same thing! I remember how thrilled I was to buy the “Meet The Beatles” LP! It was mono, and I was perfectly happy with that! One of my regrets in life is I gave it away to a friend along with my early Beatles 45’s. There were stereo versions of that album ( generally at $4.98 compared to $3.98 for mono.) I don’t know all the controversies about the stereo mixes, and most purists prefer the mono. It might me that the mixing and balance on the master tapes were just not as good. Maybe someone knows more about that? I know with The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson much preferred the mono mix, even though stereo had become common use for master tapes by 1962, There were stereo recordings made later, but were re-recordings. I have a couple “Best Of..” LP’s of them with what Capitol called “Duophonic “ sound, which I think was a technique of taking the mono masters and doing some channel separation to make fake stereo.. which leads to a process RCA did . They tried to give a stereo effect to old mono recordings. They even did that with 1940’s Glenn Miller songs. No way to make true stereo from mono, but it did give a sort of stereo separation. It worked on some and sounded good, but again.. many preferred the authenticity of how it was recorded originally.
I think that’s part of why many prefer mono Beatles snd Beach Boys..Authenticity , without tampering with the intended mix of the original. Like Phil Spector, a lot of this music was mixed with the intent not to be listened to on audiophile component systems, but on tinny transitor radios and low quality AM single speaker car or kitchen table radios. I’d welcome input from others who can give a better technical explanation, though!
Just like Jarret warns us about, don’t get fooled by crappy Crosley suitcase toy record players or cheap Chinese portable radios that call themselves “full stereo!” Yes, as long as they have 2 speakers, with a stereo music source, it is “stereo.” Yet it’s meaningless hype because the stereo effect is negligible with speakers only inches apart. To get a true stereo effect, there needs to be separation. On cheap portable units , it would be far better to have one good quality mono amp /speaker than cheap crappy “stereo” . Jarred reminds us often that “ you deserve better!” The record/tape/CD was recorded with much better quality built in that is missed on junky playback equipment. Music should be enjoyed for the nuances of the performance and not at the quality of listening through a telephone. Even a good boom box produces better quality than a Crosley toy record player that looks like a suitcase.
Neal Ammerman Great. Now I’m going to be forced to track down an Ortofon Mono cartridge and a Beatles mono pressing. Same situation happened to me with Reel To Reel and my bank account has been in mourning ever since Lol.
Song of the day :I want you(she is so heavy)-The Beatles
"Heavyyy, Heavyyyyyy"
We have a lot of mono 45's records at home that was released before the 70's here in the Philippines. There is a really big difference in sound compared to stereo pressings. My parents love collecting instrumental music from orchestras back then.
For song of the day; House of the Rising Sun - the animals
Good idea, but I prefer the Frijid Pink version of that song.
@@robsemail that one is good to.
Song of the day: modern talking - you’re my heart, you’re my soul
Yes!
I prefer PET SOUNDS in mono :)
I also started to prefer Pet Sounds in mono once I compared the stereo version of Caroline No to the mono version, makes so much of a difference.
5:26 The side to side groove is the sum of both channels and up and down groove is the difference. This was a really clever trick, and it means stereo records are both backwards and forwards compatible and allowed both systems to coexist essentially seamlessly. This is why a stereo record will play on a mono system without any loss of sound information and a mono record will play on a modern system with sound in both channels.
Stereo records are a neat engineering feat. With open reel tape it was straight forward to go from mono to stereo: Add another head, and another amp, use two tracks half the width of the old mono tape format and call it a day (Rinse and repeat for more multi track fun). But getting TWO signals in and out of ONE groove is still impressive even 65 years later!
Here in Argentina mono records were made until the 80's
Song of the day: Like a Hurricane - Neil Young
You forgot one thing: mono cartridge is useful only when playing original mono pressings up to late 1960's. Later mono pressings are basically stereo records with monaural recording. Why does it matter? Stereo cartridges have slightly different shape of the stylus than dedicated mono cartridges and original mono vinyls have also different shape of grooves (but same width as stereo grooves), so playing newer mono represses from 1970's and onwards with mono cartridge, may destroy (reshape) the grooves.
Song of the day: Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Song of the day: Feel good Inc. the gorillaz
Song of the day
The Burger King veggie menu rap-Marty mannering, Issy mano, Ben Mano
Song of the day: Your love - The Outfield
Song of the day: Chameleon by Herbie Hancock
Song of the day: I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times - The Beach Boys
Please Please Me / Early Beatles = Mono
With the Beatles / Meet the Beatles = Mono
Hard Days Night / Something New = Stereo
Beatles for Sales /Beatles 65 & Beatles VI = 2009 Stereo / 2006 Capital Stereo / 2014 Capital Stereo
Help! = Stereo
Rubber Soul = 2009 Mono or 2014 Capital US Mono
Revolver = Mono/Stereo
Sgt Pepper = 2009 Mono or 2017 Stereo
Magical Mystery Tour = 2009 Mono
Yellow Submarine = 1999/2012 Songtrack Stereo
White Album = 2018 Stereo
Abbey Road 2009 Stereo / 2019 Stereo
Let it Be = 2022 Stereo / Let it be..naked = 2003 Stereo (non-phil spector / no orchestra version, very dry and high quality)
Beatles 1 (2015 Stereo Mixes) (for songs missing above, especially hits/singles with updated 2015 Stereo mixes)
Past/Mono Masters Vol 2 (2009 Mono) for Inner Light and Old Brown Shoe not in Beatles 1 or other albums.
That's pretty much 99% of beatles songs, in my opinion best quality.
When you listen to live music, you are a certain distance back from the music, depending on the venue. Your ears are probably about six inches apart. So by the time the sound gets to you, you are hearing pretty much the same sound in both ears. So if music is recorded in a quality fashion by a single microphone, that pretty much gives you what you hear naturally. Stereo tends to exaggerate the sound stage, like you are listening from up close, say for example, fifteen feet from the stage. That being said, when comparing both, most people tend to prefer the “exaggerated soundstage” to the more centered one, for whatever reason. That’s why American audiences when crazy over all the fake stereo with reverb added in the sixties. They thought it sounded better, even though it was far from the actual, natural sound you would hear at a live performance.
A good video about a subject I don't know much about. HOWEVER: Sorry to be a negative Nancy but this song of the day nonsense is really annoying. I get that it's supposed a way of sharing your music preferences, but it just spams the comment section with random song titles when I'm looking for interesting comments. This comment will probably be lost in a sea of song titles, but I just wanted to share my opinion about it.
Song Of The Day: Pneuma by Tool
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
This dispute is largely a result of an artificially created hype. If you listen to Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out in stereo US you won't want the mono versions anymore. Many Beatles albums sound better in stereo. And if you don't like wide panning, there's an equalizer for that.
Song of the day: Rosanna by Toto
song of the day: mother-danzig
I have Miles Davis Kind of blue in mono and stereo vinyl as well. The mono version sounds much much better even if the space is narrower.
to play those records right it has to be done " mono on mono"... I'll be heading out
sicarius68 “I’ll see myself out” lol. And I’m stealing that....
There is a light that never goes out - The Smiths
I don't inherently prefer mono. Sometimes 1960s stereo recordings implemented hard panning, which is often jarring to the modern listener. In that case mono is often the better choice as it centers the vocals.
Stereo is more entertaining. Mono can have more "umpf" and energy. This might come down to the mastering
I have both Magica Mystery Tour and Sgt. Pepper in mono and stereo. The mono version of Sgt. Pepper sounds completely different that the stereo version. I guess it was mixed differently. Some of the sounds are much clearer and distinct with mono. I also have the white album in both versions. I have noticed that with the white album, some of the arrangements are completely different too. I enjoy having both versions of these albums.
I know in the 60s, The Beatles mainly focused on the Mono mixing, whereas Stereo at the time was more of an afterthought. I think Sgt Pepper in Mono is king, same with Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn on Mono.
Song of the day:
Audrey - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Cool fact: the song is mono.
Song of the day: Roxanne - The Police
That song slaps
Song of the day: Sultans of swing - dire straits
Song of the day Tina arena - chains
LOVE Mono! A lot of times, mono records had a different mix, so it's like listening to another record sometimes. Both formats are good, but I have a soft spot for mono. Especially being a Beatles fan.
Yeah I assumed all mono records were the exact same as their stereo counterparts, just with one channel. Hearing the differences in the Beatles records for the first time was like finding a hidden treasure chest
@@jimmybuckets5863 Enjoy Jimmy!
My song of day suggestion ... Life In A Northern Town.
I'm definitely a pre-80's guy, but that song is brilliant.
A man has two ears! Mono is a limitation of technology of past years. We don't have to suffer, of course only stereo!
I really like the way mono records sound thru a stereo cartridge, I don’t detect any crosstalk, or distortion. It definitely has different stuff going on in each channel, but that seems to give the music a pleasant, subtle ambience, and everything sounds super clear. Stereo mixes often have parts that you can tell could, and maybe should be louder, but they aren’t - where mono sounds more even, and life like, ironically, more three dimensional.
It is very important to understand the difference between stereophonic sound and panned mono.
Panning the guitar to the left and the piano to the right DOES NOT MAKE IT STEREO.
Most MONO pressings are the most desired by collectors. Usually the masters originated on that format and the quality greatly exceeded the stereo format. When I look for older vinyl, I try to seek out the MONO pressings even though they are hella expensive
The recent Pink Floyd pressings of their first 2 albums are in Mono, and both sound great!! And many say that The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is best heard in MONO.
Is the AT3600L cartridge a stereo cartridge????????!
If todays generation want to find out instantly what Mono sound is all they have to do is switch on the smart speakers they are all so obsessed with!
Mono records what was recorded in Mono are superb but when I get remastered in stereo they sound really awful to my ears
A box with a mono/stereo switch on it also ensures mono sound on 78rpm shellac records (with much reduced crackling) and also on any other mono records.
Mono is great for when you are sharing earphones listening a song. You both hear the same thing without missing out on any instruments.
Song of the day: Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Song of the day: Please Let Me Wonder by The Beach Boys
Another great alternative to having a TRUE MONO signal is to buy a vintage audio receiver and have it to set to MONO instead of Stereo
That may put you in some phasing problems when a piece was mastered without a good look at the phase correlation meter. Certain parts of the sound may get cancelled.
Can we play the new vinyl record on the gramophone ?
What if I just change the needle by putting a mono stylus in a Stereo cartridge?
As near as I can tell, there's no actual difference to a needle to designate it 'stereo' or 'mono'. It's the cartridge that's mono or stereo. For a dedicated mono cartridge, there should be only one coil or transducer, and it would be wired to drive both channels of a stereo amplifier. I imagine some mono carts have dual coils wired together, either in parallel or series (there is discussion regarding which would be superior).
There *WAS* a difference between stereo and mono needles in the early days of stereo sound, however. Early LPs in mono were mastered with 1.0 mil grooves. When stereo came along, the specification for a stereo needle was 0.7 mil. The stereo 0.7 mil stylus was backwards compatible with the old mono records and their slightly larger grooves (the needle simply sat slightly deeper in the groove), but many stereo records had warnings on their jackets that they should not be played on mono equipment (because the older 1.0 mil needles sat slightly higher in the stereo groove, making it more prone to tracking issues, and could technically damage the records!).
The solution was newer needles were manufactured according to the stereo 0.7 mil spec, since it was backwards compatible with mono, so unless you're dealing with older mono equipment still rockin' its original (or period-correct NOS) needle, it should not be an issue.
No such thing as a mono stylus. The needle only tracks sound waves from the grooves of the record, then to the cartridge which sends the sound on to the pre-amp which equalizes the sound for improved fidelity and sends it the the main amplifier.
@@deanwhite4190 What are you suggesting then. I don’t get it.
The Beatles (and their producer, Sir George Martin) said that stereo ruined the
quality of the sound, and that Mono was far better, however, they had no choice
but to change with the times. I tend to agree with that.
You agree that mono sounds better? I’ve always had two speakers in my room so I don’t really know what mono sounds like. I’ve listened to a gramophone once but that’s it haha.
I prefer whatever the artist intended
Song of the day: All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
I've been wondering about this!
Song of the day: MC Jarbo - Go with Jesus
I got the Rubber Soul álbum from the beatles in Mono and Stereo and honestly i preffer the Mono version because the mix in Stereo separates the voices in one speaker and the instruments in The other speaker and the Mono version mix all and i think it's better when You don't have to stay all the time in the middle of your speakers to hear the Music well, in this case i think that the mix matters too
Please Please Me / Early Beatles = Mono
With the Beatles / Meet the Beatles = Mono
Hard Days Night / Something New = Stereo
Beatles for Sales /Beatles 65 & Beatles VI = 2009 Stereo / 2006 Capital Stereo / 2014 Capital Stereo
Help! = Stereo
Rubber Soul = 2009 Mono or 2014 Capital US Mono
Revolver = Mono/Stereo
Sgt Pepper = 2009 Mono or 2017 Stereo
Magical Mystery Tour = 2009 Mono
Yellow Submarine = 1999/2012 Songtrack Stereo
White Album = 2018 Stereo
Abbey Road 2009 Stereo / 2019 Stereo
Let it Be = 2022 Stereo / Let it be..naked = 2003 Stereo (non-phil spector / no orchestra version, very dry and high quality)
Beatles 1 (2015 Stereo Mixes) (for songs missing above, especially hits/singles with updated 2015 Stereo mixes)
Past/Mono Masters Vol 2 (2009 Mono) for Inner Light and Old Brown Shoe not in Beatles 1 or other albums.
That's pretty much 99% of beatles songs, in my opinion best quality.
What about playing a stereo record with a mono cartridge?
Excellent explanation. I myself prefer stereo, not only sound but photographs!! I have a nice collection of 3D stereo film cameras and they are tops. Turning back to music, you forgot to mention classical music and opera. They definitively sound much better in stereo. In opera, singers move from one side to the other and that enhances the sound experience. Also the full symphonic orchestra is much deeper and real in stereo. Listening to Beethoven's 5th. in stereo approaches the experience of going to a concert hall!! By the way, stereo by itself is not new. The first movie made in full stereophonic sound was Walt Disney's FANTASIA and he made it surround sound!!!! All this way back in 1940!! And much earlier than stereo sound recording which dates back only to 1957. By the way, radio can mostly be in stereo through FM. AM stereo is possible but much more complicated and not very practical. Thanks Jerret and greetings from Colombia.
It goes back a lot further that the Disney Movie Mentioned. They would have the Soundtrack In Stereo, then It would be played back In Sinc with the Film, on a Wire recorder (Like the Black Box In a Plane).
We're cutting Mono Records now that ks for the tip were going to buy a needle 😁
Song of the day: I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
You can also have switch the phono pre-amp or your amp into mono mode if you could have one, some examples are like Luxman CL38uC, or Aurorasound Vida. They are real expensive because of the signal pathway involves converting 2 channels information in to 1, which is a bit complicated than usual stereo phono preamp
OK the dedicated Mono Cartridge was news to me. Thanks for that...Now I just have to convince the better half that I need one!
I've known about mono cartridges for years and wanted one for some time. I'm single i.e no other half but its the price holding me back! Quite expensive to someone currently unemployed.
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Early American history would tell you that of all the native chiefs, Chief Monowannabe was the least known of all the nations.
Of course, his tribe only consisted of one person.
But for me, however, most STEREO Cartridges, when you play monaural (mono) vinyl records, will sound also in PURE MONO without swapping to a dedicated mono cartridge. 😎😎😎
If a song is GOOD!!!!!!!! It sounds good in either mono or stereo. A good song recorded in the 1920's, 30's, 40's & 50's sounds "great" if it is a "great" song. All these NEW modern songs sound lousy no matter what advanced technology is used.
SONG OF THE DAY DANCING DEAD BY AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Song of the day: The Beatles - Get Back
Btw happy 50th to let it be by the beatles
Song of the day: disposable heroes by metallica
THATS A GOOD SONG OFF A GOOD ALBUM RIGHT NOW IM LISING TO MASTER OF PUPPETS IM ON TRACK 2 ALREADY FRIEND
Song of The Day: Don't Tread On Me, Granger Smith
Mono was the GOLD STANDARD for A.M. Radio.
... almost all of the records 33 1/3rd or 45rpm knew that if they expected air-play not only did they have to MIX and MASTER to Radio Stations in Mono, but that those 'records' better sound as good as possible if they wanted sales.... Few of the Records made until 1969 that were Stereo were Mastered as well as those that were MONO.
.... Personally I just found a number of Beatle Mono Recordings never released and some that were and the MONO Recordings are amazingly better than the Stereo and Including Sgt. Peppers.
When The Beatles catalogue was released recently, I bought the mono copies as I don't like the harsh stereo & a VM610MONO cartridge. I managed to find a French mono pressing of Alice Cooper - Killer.
Song of the day - Fire & Brimstone by Link Wray! Something I think you’d really enjoy!
I'm more of a Quadraphonic guy. I prefer CD-4. QS is ok..... SQ has never pleased me at all. I also have over 500 Quad 8-tracks all Pop, Rock, Soul, Country or Big Band. No Classical music in my collection.
Pretty simple. Anything recorded in Mono before Stereo became the standard (1967) should stay in mono. Anything recorded in Stereo should be in Stereo.
I got something to confuse you more. A found out that a lot of the newly pressed MONO records are pressed using stereo cutters. That's why if you get a mono disc and it sound great, that's why. Also, you forgot to mention many artists, such as the Beatles would make separate mono and stereo mixes. Songs like Please Please Me, Money, all of side one of Hard Day's Night, have different versions
Song of the day-into the gap-Thompson twins
I'd like to hear The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps' in mono.
HEYY, I NEED HELP
I want to get rid of my Crosley as soon as possible and, for a beginner, which one of these two options do you think is better?
Audio Technica LP60 or PI 990? And if possible I'd like to know why! Thanss
Song of the Day: I Bring the Weather With Me - The Amity Affliction
What about the other direction? When I played a stereo Journey record on this old portable turntable that belonged to my mom (and which has only one speaker), I only got one of the two channels. Is this normal, or anomalous?
Mono, when played on Stereo system, they will BOTH accelerate the sounds on both speakers... So the result, you will hear sound from your center face!
There are a few things that are incorrect on what you say. First, today only a few cartidges are pure stereo, that means that have only one magnet and only one coil, what they usually do is joint both terminals, internally or externally so you have the coils of the cartridge set on parallel, and that is no good at all because part of the vertical modulation is still in the signal. So, is the same that using a stereo cartridge and just sum L+R signal and L+R ground and send to your phono preamp and using a round or conical stylus tip, you will be ok. All of this if your phono stage or your receiver don´t have a mono/stereo switch, in this days is very difficult to find a new one that have that option, but on a vintage one, for sure that you will have that option.
The other way to obtain a pure mono signal from a stereo cartridge is setting the coils in serial, that means, you took one negative (usually left channel) and with a wire striped you make a bridge with the positive of the opposite channel (usually right) and then you just conect both positives and both negative ones to the pins that are free, the ones that are not involved on the bridge. But I suggest that if you try this, use a dedicated headshell. Why? Because when you set the coils in serial, you rise the impedance of your cartridge, so, you gonna have much sound, aprox 6dB more and you gonna have less frecuency range because now your cartridge output is 94K not 47K, some preamps, have in the back a selector for the input impedance, if is not the case, you gonna have a drastic rolloff of your high frecuencies @ 8Khz, so the will sound like the very old GE VRII, but you can solve it, on the headshell, solder a resistor of 94K between + and -, this have to effects, set the output impedence on 47K again and bring you back your high frecuencies. The advanteges of this very complicated process? You have in the signal only the lateral modulation, the vertical modulation is completly cancelled and a good part of the noise that have those old records dissapear.
One important tip to be notice, if you like early mono recordings is a good idea to have a 1 mil stylus, I recomend for those who have the Ortofon OM10-20-40 series, the D25M stylus replacement, you can use in the same cartridge. If you have a Stanton 500 or 500 V3 search on Esoteric Sound for a 1 mil conical or much better for the 1.2 elliptical one, it works very good. I remember to see a mono stylus (1 mil) replacement for AT95E cartridge.
I have a lot of mono records because I love classical music and some of the best performances were recorded in the 50s and even in the early stereo era, mono records sounds very good because the were recordes by two different teams, RCA and Decca do that a lot, for not to mention some bands that gives specially relevance to the mono mix, because was what the teens have to listen, a portable mono record player. Beatles, Rollings, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and all those stars of the mid and late 60s spend maybe 4 days to a week mixing the tracks in mono, the Beatles were notably for being in person when George Martin made the mono mix, and many times they live in Martin's hands the stereo mix. And think this, if you have 8 channels with the leading voice, secondary voices, chorus, percussion, winds and strings, you have to be very precise to be able to mix all this elements on a single channel, if you make a great mono mix, that usually was the first to be doing, later is much easier to spread that content on two channels.
What wasn’t mentioned was that pop music records were mixed for mono because that’s the kind of record players most kids had, and popular AM stations also only broadcast mono. Singles were generally mono. Steteo was for the adults to listen to “long-hair” and easy listening on their hi-fi systems
I currently have a heft vinyl collection, but the only album I know to be mono is _Music of the World's Great Composers_ , a box set of music from the great classical composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, etc.. I bought it secondhand for just $2, but it says it was from the magazine company _Reader's Digest_ , so I can assume they didn't have the budget to record 12 records in stereo, and just decided to do them in mono to save money.
Funnily enough, even though I don't own a mono cartridge, my current speaker setup is in mono, so the aforementioned album actually sounds better than some of my stereo albums, just because those have one channel that doesn't come through properly.
Hey Jarret I've been encouraging people who have Crosleys Victrolas and Jensens and all in one record players to upgrade to an Audio Technica LP60 and some of them said they will buy an Audio Technica
I prefer stereo, but I managed to get a hold of a Beatles Album Rubber Soul in Mono and it sounds surprisingly good. I guess it was just the way it was produced. So I'm going to suggest:
Song of the Day: Norwegian Wood from Beatles Rubber Soul album in Mono.
Stereo LP records came out in 1958, (Stereo tape a bit before that), Stereo FM Radio came out in 1961.Gor who knows what reason it took until 1984 for Stereo TV to come out. Since analog TV used AM for video but FM for sound there was no technical reason NOT to have Stereo TV in 1961 as the tech was RIGHT THERE. Oddly Color came out way back in 1954 and that was a MUCH tougher technical "nut to crack".
Song of the day: So Fine- ELO
Heavy With Hoping - Madeon
mr. CoronaVirus the special song of the day for you - THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY - Napoleon 14th / Dr. Dimento (backwards version available on Warner Bros. records in case you don't understand) .............
Until the late 60s, all records were mixed to mono first. Stereo versions were an afterthought. Most stereo records were mixed by the guy that cleaned up the studio after it closed! Beach Boys and Beatles records were never recorded with Stereo in mind until the latest of 1960. The first stereo only record by The Beatles was Abby Road.