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From: ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Stereo vs. Mono: Q about AM Stereo
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Date: 25 Apr 89 19:45:57 GMT
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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