Jim Lesurf wrote:



It was an issue some UK broadcast engineers noticed IIRC. They were
aware of it because a lot of radio and TV listening was in mono.


** That is simply non credible.


But the reality in the UK at the time.

** Shame you have no proof and it makes no sense.


1) Many listeners to FM radio in the UK were were listening in mono,


** On portables which would not show any effect.


2) Many older recordings were mono, even when re-released on Audio CD.


** But very few CDs were ever released in mono and it makes ZERO difference when played on a stereo system.


Given the availability of CD players that didn't time-offset the channels
it was easy to avoid the risk of problems..

** So far you have not described the "problem" at all.


If you want to argue, you'd need a Tardis to go back and argue with the
broadcasters of the time. I just recall reading about it at the time.

** But where did you read this? In hi-fi rags ??


But it would cause treble roll-off for mono radio reception.

** But only with a mono CD in use.

See (2) above.

What does "mono radio" mean ?

See (1) above.


** So you have no actual answers.


..... Phil