It makes sense.
It sounds amazing.
By reading a bit about Jeff Emerick the impression is that mono teaches you to have everything perfect so that it sounds so on just one speaker.
By reading a bit about Joe Meek, he advices to listen a mono mix from one only speaker.
By reading a bit about Phil Spector, he is strongly into mono.
Modern recordings sound great too when the L and R voltage signals are summed and sent to a single speaker.
Another example of fabulous sound is a mono radio with its single speaker.
As of writing this post a CD Walkman plays Dionne Warwick. The headphone out is bridged, L and R are connected together. They feed a small military transformer to step up from 8Ω to 600Ω. An 800Ω Philips full range speaker is then connected. Very interesting sound.
Setup, signal path
Sony CD Walkman from headphone out - 8Ω:600Ω transformer - Philips AD5046N (9710 AM drive unit)
How would this speaker sound with a WE417 triode directly connected to the anode? Should a circuit similar to Pleiades V6 be used with lower anode voltage? (Attention to any voltage, all safety precautions should be observed, your own risk).
References:
Behind the Glass (chapter on Jeff Emerick) - Howard Massey
Recording Iconoclast Joe Meek heard a new world - Electronic Musician
Rock and Roll; In the Groove - Interview with Larry Levine
http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_789E40077C6F49268E4579EB7FA8E888
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