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Mono recordings - Listen with one speaker or two??

I have been listening to the mono Beatles recordings using the two speakers of my 2 channel system and they sound great. But today I was daydreaming and wondered whether the mono recordings might sound even better using only a single speaker, since that is how they must have mixed/mastered back in the day. Does listening through two speakers somehow diminish the true mono experience? I have not tried it yet, but I intend to. Anyone already done it or have an opinion?
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gawdbless
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Surely mono means one, and stereo means two, so if one listens
through 2 speakers, then surely it is stereo, no?
Or have I missed something?So, if one listens to a mono recording through four speakers is that then quadraphonic?,
remember that? good old Quad, died quicker than laserdisc.
Mono recordings indeed do sound excellently airy also, the sound I agree just hanging somewhere.
wildoats
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I listened to one speaker of the Beatles mono re-masters when I was getting one of my speakers re-foamed. It is much better with two.
audiofeil
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2 speakers but make sure you plug 1 ear.
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