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Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This might explain why old players had a mono/stereo setting.

[โ€“] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think it was to reduce distortion on mono records when played back with a stereo stylus. I could be wrong though.