Comments on: Mono, Stereo, Blue Note, Riverside

By: Mike F

Mike F — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:54 +0000

Man that copy of Explorations went for way more than I was expecting.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:57:45 +0000

The stereo Riverside LPs I have sound good to me. That copy of Explorations is really nice, I’d love to have it.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:13:24 +0000

” I often just hit the mono switch on the Pre.”-Mike,you don’t know how hard it is to FIND current preamps with a mono switch.(Almost as annoying as when I lost ‘picture-in-picture’ after I upgraded to a flat screen. That’s so-called progress,I guess.)

By: Mike F

Mike F — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:23 +0000

I’m glad to see that I’m not crazy on the Riverside Stereos. I think they are great, and usually cheaper which makes it easier to collect more of them. I think Riverside must have paid more attention to engineering a quality STEREO recording. RVG was making quality recordings, without much focus on the stereo aspect. I’m usually going to prefer the mono, but I consider the mono or stereo to be originals. If I had every 4000 series original Blue Note and some where Stereo, I’d say I have all originals. Now, having all of the original stereos and monos. That’s intense. That’s a few leaps away from where I’m at. I keep buying Stereos though in hopes that they sound good because they are cheaper. With Riversides I’ve always been happy with them. With Blue Notes, I often just hit the mono switch on the Pre.