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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.
We have all been there bro, unless we’re the only idiot scrolling this sub
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
bro be hearing colors now with stereo on lmao 🤣
bruh welcome to the club. Mono is good, but not as mighty as the stereooooooooooo.
i can’t do mono anymore because it would be to mushy and cramped and always have myself in stereo . 😭
You get to listen to so much music for the first time… again! I see this as an absolute win
On the bright side, no headphone upgrade will feel as awesome as going from mono to stereo
Just realized they make movies in color now? I’ve had my tv set to b&w the whole time?
Edit: What the hell, the wizard of oz is incredible in color
I don’t know, I find my focus to the core of the movie diminished and replaced by my attention pivoting to extra details from all the color.
Lol I mentioned to my son that oy ie300s didn’t fit very well and he noticed I had them in the wrong ears…
Talk about bonus value here.
TIL there are people who listen to mono
Similar but different…
In high school, I would put my earbuds wire underneath my shirt on my back side, and it would come up at the back of my neck and wrap around my ear. The wire was 100% concealed this way because of my Beatles style haircut. I would listen to music the entire day, even during class, but I still needed to hear what was going on around me, so I would only listen through one ear.
My mind was absolutely blown the day I learned Money by Pink Floyd had not just two, but three parts to the guitar solo!
I can’t bear listening to mono or with one ear. I always rather just stopping the music when I have to take out one side to listen to someone.
I was listening to mono for basically all of last month without realizing lol! Goes to show that you don’t need amazing sound quality to enjoy music~ though I was a bit angry at myself haha
I know the feeling. A few months ago I was experimenting with crossfeed, eventually settled on a custom version that was pretty subtle but made it easier to hear stuff panned hard left or hard right. After a couple days of using it I decided it hurt the detail a bit too much and turned it off. Apparently I didn’t save my settings after turning it off though, because last week I found out I still had crossfeed on. Presumably it got re-enabled next time I restarted my PC and Peace reloaded the profile. I originally experimented with it in May so I’m pretty sure it’s been on that whole time.
Not as big of a difference as mono would be but I still felt like an idiot as soon as I turned it back off. When I originally made my custom commands and did A/B testing I thought I was making a pretty subtle effect, but after months of using it, turning it off felt like getting my ears cleaned out. Huge increase in resolution and the overall presentation/staging feels way more natural. Kinda pissed at myself for taking so long to notice something was wrong.