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N.P.I. What is it?

Listen to your MONO recordings with all channels off except for one and tell me what you hear. No Phantom Image.

Try it, it's right for the format.

B.T.W. In my previous thread MC told me I was so ignorant he could write a whole book about it. His problem was he didn't know where to start!!

Back on topic, I am enjoying "Essential Delta Blues" a compilation on Not New Music (2009). And damn if polarity doesn't make a difference - but a switch every other track? I guess it's eglitarian. I like the boost from the corner speaker (R in my case).

N.P.I. Give it a try and report here.

 

 

 

mikewerner

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mikelavigne
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i think the preference of hearing mono from a single speaker and stereo speakers is much related to how acoustically dialed in your room and speakers are. and specific set-up differences. so the variability of results will reflect room differences.

in my case i have a 4-tower speaker system and need both bass towers to be working to get full frequency coherence. plus the room is really dialed in so my phantom image is epic. not all phantom images are created equal.

i have two arms with mono cartridges (Miyajima Infinity 1.0mil stylus and 0.7 mil stylus) and listen to a fair amount of mono vinyl and digital. love the mono, both early wide grooves and later stereo cutter head mono’s.

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