what is the difference in sound between mono and stereo?

Answer 1

Mono means the sound is coming out of the source as 1 sound through both speakers. Stereo is when the left channel and the right channel are separate and can play two different sounds. (One from each speaker)

Answer 2

A big difference between mono and stereo is mono is a single channel of music while stereo is two channels. When listening to music in mono all the speakers sound the same, but in stereo the Left and Right speakers have different sounds at different times, giving a more complete sound. The reason 90% of all stereo systems have two speakers are because you have to have at least two speakers to play anything in stereo. While like guitar amps usually have only one speaker, which is fine because guitar is played in mono. I prefer stereo over mono, because it provides music with its most real-life reproduction, meaning it sounds the most like it would sound if you were actually there when the music was being made.

Answer 3

Mono is one channel. Stereo is two. Stereo allows for the ability to have a panning effect from speaker to speaker. For example you can hear the guitars on the right speaker and the piano on the left.

Answer 4

Wow. I think I figured that out in 1961. Anyway, different parts of the audio are separated into two channels, so one speaker is playing the vocals, the other the instruments, or whatever the audio technician decides to mix. For really awesome stereo (back when it was a point to show the speaker separation) you need to listen to some GOOD 60's rock.

Answer 5

mono > only one speaker ( or no difference between left and right speaker) stereo > sounds very from right speaker to left. like in a movie theater you can hear footsteps move from one side to the other.

Answer 6

Monaural (often shortened to mono) sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or, in the case of headphones or multiple loudspeakers, they are fed from a common signal path, and in the case of multiple microphones, mixed into a single signal path at some stage.

Monaural sound has been replaced by stereo sound in most entertainment applications. However, it remains the standard for:

Radiotelephone communications.
Telephone networks.
Induction loops for use with hearing aids.

Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of sound, using two or more independent audio channels, through a symmetrical configuration of loudspeakers, in such a way as to create a pleasant and natural impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing. It is often contrasted with monophonic (or "monaural") sound, where audio is in the form of one channel, often centered in the sound field (analogous to a visual field).

The word "stereophonic" — derived from Greek stereos = "solid" and phōnē = "sound" — was coined by Western Electric, by analogy with the word "stereoscopic".

In popular usage, stereo usually means 2-channel sound recording and sound reproduction using data for more than one speaker simultaneously.

In technical usage, stereo or stereophony means sound recording and sound reproduction that uses stereographic projection to encode the relative positions of objects and events recorded. A stereo system can include any number of channels, such as the multichannel audio 5.1- and 6.1-channel systems used on high-end film and television productions. However, it more commonly means only two-channel systems.

The electronic device for playing back stereo sound is often referred to as "a stereo".