Hi Viridian - a friend of mine has a single Klipschorn that he uses for mono listening, driven by an SET that puts out just 1/2 a watt (don't remember the make of the amp, sorry). It sounds fantastic. He also has a Garrard 301 that he uses with a mono cartridge. This simple set-up, in a nice room for it, blows away a great many stereo set-ups I have heard. He has been record collecting for decades and has a great many mono LPs from the great Blue Note years, and RCA and Mercury, etc. Don't have a mono set up myself, but his system makes me want the capability eventually.
Back to mono?
So, I am considering going to a complete mono system and I am interested in hearing from anyone who is currently running a mono system, as in one speaker, mono amp, preamp, etc.
I'm not particularly interested in the philosophical attributes of mono, but want to hear from users what their systems are comprised of and if they are getting joy from them.
And yes stereo, and mult-channel users, feel free to chime in telling me that I am anti high end (which may be true) and fell off a horse as a child forever dooming me to my infantile ideas.
I'm not particularly interested in the philosophical attributes of mono, but want to hear from users what their systems are comprised of and if they are getting joy from them.
And yes stereo, and mult-channel users, feel free to chime in telling me that I am anti high end (which may be true) and fell off a horse as a child forever dooming me to my infantile ideas.