A good way to picture this is to imagine an orchestra being recorded with stereo.
Are vinyls mono.
By definition all commercial records pressed before the introduction of stereo lp records in 1957 were monaural mono which means they were only able to output one signal channel to speakers or headphones.
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This is a technique that can more accurately represent how live music is perceived by listeners.
On a mono record that would all be rumble and noise produced by imperfect pressing which is the reality of vinyl playback no matter how well the record is pressed.
Stereo cartridge read the vertical component of the groove information.
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The driving force behind these two channel stereophonic lps a concept that had been tinkered with since the 1930s was the idea that recorded music sounds better when each ear is.
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Between 1957 and 1968 records were usually sold in both mono and stereo and between about 1972 and 1976 a few records were available in 4 channel quadraphonic sound.
Stereo tracks will often pan the sound driving different audio signals through the left and right speakers.
A significant factor that can affect a vinyl record s value is the format.
Mono tracks will output the same audio from both speakers.
