That's it Spaw, it's the CRS, by the time the sound reaches my right ear the left one can't remember whether it was listening to Pete Seeger or Neil Young.

Mark, Yes, if things are set up right, then you 'can' hear a difference. But for most home set ups if you switch to Mono, no one will notice. Try it and see how long it takes for someone to notice. Unless you have serious listeners, who sit in the correct chair then they never will.

That's what I did myself, I had a pretty good system, set up nicely and the only comments I got were on the line of "Why is that chair in such a funny place?". So I turned the system to mono and for five years no one noticed. Not even my wife who was so proud of 'her' system and argued it's merits just like you.

So, if you are a serious listener then use stereo, but if you are a casual listener then tough luck, 'cos you can't buy mono.