The key difference between mono and stereo has to do with the use of channels to reproduce the sound.
Difference between stereo and mono vinyl.
If you re a record collector and you collect albums made between 1957 and 1970 or so you re likely to encounter something that compact disc buyers have never had to deal with copies of an album in either mono or stereo.
Compatibility mono is compatible with and usually found on phonograph cylinders disc records like 78 rpm and earlier 16 33 and 45 rpm microgroove am radio and some very few fm radio stations.
He also notes a number of differences between the stereo and mono mixes.
Mono recordings make use of a single channel while stereo recordings utilize two or more channels.
Stereo recordings make use of at least two audio channels.
John lennon s voice on the mono version.
Casual listeners will notice one main difference in the output of mono and stereo records.
For example the mono version of she s leaving home has a major change in pitch.
Differences between mono and stereo records.