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The Beatles Mono Vinyl Box Set

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Are they DSD-mastered? I had heard that about the stereo ones (They already released stereo ones, right?). I might consider picking up one of the mono ones, like maybe MMT and/or Sgt Peeper and Rubber Sole.
 
If you read the story at Soundstage Direct or Music Direct they claim that there is no digital in these at all. And they are available individually. Rubber Soul, Sgt Peppers, and Revolver for me for sure. Reasonably priced as well IMO.
 
I'll be buying this.

A friend gave me a copy of the mono Sgt. Pepper mix, and it blows away the Stereo version....listening to more of the mono mixes of their earlier material, it sounds to me like the mono is far superior to the stereo.

And direct from the master tapes as opposed to the highrez transfers? That makes it a winner. My former vinyl mastering engineer friend will definitely be hearing these.
 
Pre-order is 10% off, which makes it $337.48, from Acoustic Sounds or Elusive Disc if you order by midnight tonight.

I'm going with Acoustic Sounds.
 
shacky said:
Don't you need mono cart to get best sound from mono LP? :scratch2:
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"If your pre-amp doesn't have a mono switch you can also daisy chain a couple of $5 stereo to mono Y adapters between your source and pre-amp to get the same effect."

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/playing-mono-vinyl-with-a-stereo-phono-cartridge.291416/

Will this work?

"On vintage mono records the grooves are wider than they are on stereo LPs. They are also U shaped rather than V shaped. A geniune mono cart has no vertical compliance. The stylus only moves in the horizontal plane. Thus, using a mono cartridge on these LPs will yield better sound and less noise."

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1330215371

Interesting. What about new mono?
 
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I was interested in the whole vertical compliance thing, too. I have a 1954-vintage Weathers mono pickup arm/cart/demodulator that I'd love to use with the mono box, but I don't want to eat them.
 
Even though I already own a set of original 60's UK mono's and the Japanese 80's red vinyl pressings. These new AAA pressings will be added to my collection via the box set! Can a stereo AAA reissue of all the LP's be far behind?
 
hogdaddy said:
"If your pre-amp doesn't have a mono switch you can also daisy chain a couple of $5 stereo to mono Y adapters between your source and pre-amp to get the same effect."

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/playing-mono-vinyl-with-a-stereo-phono-cartridge.291416/

Will this work?

"On vintage mono records the grooves are wider than they are on stereo LPs. They are also U shaped rather than V shaped. A geniune mono cart has no vertical compliance. The stylus only moves in the horizontal plane. Thus, using a mono cartridge on these LPs will yield better sound and less noise."

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1330215371

Interesting. What about new mono?
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Modern mono grooves are no wider than stereo. Unless you are really hardcore, you will be fine hitting the mono button on your receiver if it has one or else using the y-cord set up described above.

Even that is pretty hardcore. It won't sound bad at all if you just play them on your regular stereo set-up.

I personally prefer listening to mono out of one speaker only, but that weirds out a lot of people who think they are sacrificing something by not hearing music out of two speakers. I think that listening to mono out of two speakers would be like listening to stereo out of four speakers.
 
Maybe a naïve question here, but would these be considered to be equal in audio fidelity as the prized tube-cut, early matrix number Beatles LPs?

EDIT: I'm thinking that maybe they are not, but are still real good.
 
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Without limiting applied, these new all analogue pressings should give nm originals a lot of competition. Inner groove distortion found on many originals won't be an issue as well.

If these new AAA pressings live up to all the hype. They will probably be my go to copies and my 1st pressing tube cut UK's will be played sparingly.
 
The new ones will be a little different, according to the mastering engineer himself. Whether they are better will be a matter of opinion.

One way that they are likely to be better is in bass. The bass on the original LPs was rolled off to prevent the stylus jumping out of the grooves. We're talking some godawful equipment back then compared to the present day.

And it's been pointed out by many that a first pressing in NM condition is extraordinary difficult to find. You'd easily have to pay more for one original LP in that condition than you would for the new set in its entirety.
 
I just oredered mine from SoundStage Direct. Anyone have thoughts on having them ship the records outside the sleeves to avoid sema splits? They offer that as a service. It seems that 1) I don'tget the honors of opening the sealed record 2) Not sure if they discard the plastic or leave it on the sleeve. Thanks, JMP
 
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