Well I did it. At least as experiment. About one third of my 600 or so CDs transferred to iTunes are mono, so all I had to do is disconnect one speaker.
The old Leak Trough Line reminded how much better [musicality-wise] replay is when you do not play with phase, balance and volume differences on two speakers, and so now playing iTunes off one channel of dual mono two track issues has alerted me to fact that stereo is entirely unsuited to musical replay in the home. Well not so simple,as I always realised this.
Next issue is to remove Mr ESL number two from the stage! Mr ESL number one is in the right place for captivating direct connection with the music and playing ...
Okay, so the stereo portion of my library of music is temporarily not acceptable at all, but the mono [Leak Tough Line] radio is so fine that it hardly matters. Random Radio Three might well be a good thing until I can get a good stereo to mono summing pre-amp like the 32.5 into the line.
And of course it is easy enough to find the right place for a single speaker without the problem brought by the [almost] inevitable positioning problems of two in asymmetric situations.
If the two speakers are not entirely symmetric then the stereo effect cannot work nicely in any case.
Two penneth worth from George
Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Innocent Bystander
Dear George,
i wish you you well with it. I accept that my attempt simply unplugging one of my speakers while playing a mono recording is a poor imitation of your carefully set up system, and with a panel speaker (about the width of that doorway!). If we lived close I'd love to have an invitation to hear, but I doubt it's feasible even if you were agreeable as I live in a relatively remote island location.
best regards! iB
Posted on: 05 October 2015 by Lionel
George
You seem to be marching steadily backwards towards what?
Does this end where you have no replay system at all and listen only to live music?
Posted on: 06 October 2015 by George F
Originally Posted by Lionel:
George
You seem to be marching steadily backwards towards what?
Does this end where you have no replay system at all and listen only to live music?
Dear Lionel,
I cannot foresee a time when I give up home replay as concert going is simply too in-accessible and expensive to rely on it entirely,
But as Joe observes, a inexpensive keyboard will something bought as money allows. Not a pianola though!
ATB from George
Posted on: 06 October 2015 by George F
Dear Lionel,
I was in a tearing rush this morning so simply to add that I am no keyboard player. But it would allow me to capture some music I have floating round in my head that is usually forgotten for the lack of the ability to write it down and harmonise it ... a keyboard would make this possible!
Fortunately I know many musicians in the area who would be prepared to give any resulting finished music a rehearsal at least!
Also a friend who could feed in the notes into "Noteworthy" and create an electronic performance, even if this lacks the subtlety of a human played effort.
ATB from George
