You’ll find superb Double Plus (A++) sound throughout this vintage 6-Eye mono pressing – remarkably quiet vinyl for such an early Columbia too. Sometimes but not always. You are here: Home. There is no translation between left and right or forwards and backward. No longer did I become fatigued by the (Man made) stereo (Effects) created by the engineers in the studio. Blue vs. VM540ML Comparison and Review Most Recent Album Purchased: Skip James—Complete 1931 Recordings Name: Rich Drysdale Affiliation: Cogent True-to-Life Loudspeakers, Inc. First Album Purchased: Soundtrack to The Alamo Year Purchased: Dark ages - late 50s or early 60s Most Recent Album Purchased: Roy Orbison (on … Stereo cartridge read the vertical component of the groove information. Billy Squier Don't Say No Hybrid Stereo SACD Some are known with the CBS on mono albums, and not on stereo of … Any release with an “8” prefix (stereo) early in the 1500 series should set alarm bells ringing. Best-sounding albums to own on Differences in the number of microphones and their proximity to the orchestra's instruments contributed to some of the differences in the sound of the mono and stereo versions. And the VM540ML does a much better job at providing that silk smooth sound than the Ortofon 2M Blue. The Atlantic Years in Mono Giving a much greater sense and control over the foreground and background. I wasn’t intending to blog it for the same reason, everyone knows it. Stereo image on most of them is indeed rather narrowed almost to mono, but if not, there is kind of weird panning between left and right channel - to top it off they also sounding bright unfortunately. Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" Monophonic Reissue From …