My comments on the Stereo verses Mono..
At home ,everyone of us wants stereo.It just sounds right..
On stage , to me ,I feel the same...I want stereo..
If you do not seperate your speakers too far from one another[10-12 feet], you the player will be in sound heaven, and your audience will not suffer from lost of stereo image..It will be just like having a real acoustic band on stage, you will hear every instrument..
When the spacing of the speakers becomes too wide[trying to cover a large room without enough speaker cabinets], then you will lose that natural on stage[real band]sound...you may as well go mono...
When I have a choice it is a no brainer for me...Stereo...You have to please the performer first...without losing the best sound for your audience...Like I said ,Stereo cabinets 10-12 feet apart..

Unfortunately, when I play with the band "Just in Time"..our stages are big and the speakers are 20-25 feet apart,,worse yet ,they are out front,and we only hear our monitors......so we go mono...
When we play the big casinos, all we get is in ear monitors, and they run mono thru out the massive sound systems[$250,000]..
What a treat when I use my solo set up and run stereo,speakers 2-3 feet behind me and 10 feet apart..talk about the "Sweet spot"..

It is easy to see why Donny is spoiled with stereo over mono..
Uncle Dave was spoiled too, I think he just made concessions for the times.....
Well I got to get ready for tonight's mono stage ....