I ran upon an old post in another forum yesterday, quite by accident, where a guy was saying he always listened in mono instead of stereo. Said it let him concentrate on the music more, instead of the mix. It made it immateral where he sat in the room. This blew my mind at first. Since I was a kid and stereo became the norm one of the things I've held as an absolute true was that stereo was better than mono.

Last night I listened to "A Love Supreme" and some Johnny Mathias in mono, then Bird. It was different. It did seem a bit that my tiny brain had less to do not having to keep up with left and right. On the Coltrane album the sax is panned far left, which I wouldn't have done. In mono he's dead in front of me. My chair is almost in the center of the speakers, but if I lie on the couch I'm left of the left speaker. In mono it made little difference where I sat.

I'm not saying I'm a convert, but it was interesting and I might do it some more.

Like the man said, "ain't that a kick in the head!"