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Plugged in headphones into my laptop and wondered why old Beatles panning was so fucking bad, when I went to test it on my phone and realized that I had mono turned on. Funny I did not even notice considering I obsess over mono vs stereo mixes as a vinyl collector and always search for dedicated mono mixes on Spotify, and I did not even notice the difference with all my stereo tracks being folded. The funny thing is, I think I may enjoy mono more? I find my focus to the core of the song diminished and replaced by my attention pivoting to extra details all over the left and right channels. Should I just return to the cave, or embrace the brave, new world of stereo technology?
Edit: Goddam, the Cranberries sound fucking incredible in stereo
Edit 2: Omg, so do the Cocteau Twins
Edit 3: Cream, Anri, Aphex Twin… so good. Jazz trio and some sixties rock stuff sounds meh however like Kinks and Seeds. Early Dylan sounds awful.
It’s a bitch that while hard panned early stereo stuff sounds terrible on headphones, a lot of great music was recorded that way…look into crossfeed, which sends some of the L channel to the R and vice versa
I’ve been experimenting with it (via Qudelix K5 - there are also implementations for foobar) and am pretty happy with it so far
I love the way that Soft Parade was recorded, The album by the doors
Not so much the other album’s but Tell all the people sounds AMAZING