[BC] Mono Expands on the FM Band

[Peter Moncure]

Glen, you're another victim of Mr. Osenkowsky's sly humor.

khcs at juno.com wrote:
>I really kind of wonder if you're not joking.  Did you forget the 
>"<g>" at the end?  Binaural is, of course, really great.
However, I thought I'd make a point from some research I did 'way 
back in the 70's about perception of separate sound streams.  I 
wondered how many discrete sounds could be perceived by an average 
person.  If you isolate them in a stereo field, it turns out that 
most folks can hear and pay attention to 5 to 7 different voices, but 
if you switch to mono, you're toast.  Unfortunately, for many radio 
isn't worthy of serious listening.  Cars could be so wonderful... but 
then, I suppose radio would be labeled an accident-causing distraction.

-- 
Peter Moncure