All the Beatles singles were Mono. They sounded fine.
The mono years before still have a lot of vibe and some sound great. All the Beatle albums, up to White Album, were released in Mono. The engineer of Sgt Pepper says the Mono version is actually better than the stereo-version, in many ways. So it isn't like mono cant be "ok".
Environment driven theres a market for a great mono version isnt there?
In restaurants/bars speakers over a table or small areas throughout the bar/patio restaurants.
Sitting in a live environment of symphony's and orchestras, is all mono.
Actually TV Soundbars are popular and they are in reality, more mono than stereo it seems...at least the one I have is in the TV room sitting 12-14ft away. (my surround sits collecting dust, beside my pile of 1980-90's hifi even dustier stuff....with minidisc player!!)
Showing my age, I always had the impression stereo and the surround sounds were all part of the "effects family", a novelty that took over the world. Atmos sounds like another "new" version of that. I wonder what the age group target , sales and marketing shoot for with new- 7.1 or ATMOS? Are the baby boomers still a cash cow ?
Im not falling for the "new format re-release crap" again....lol
I didnt upgrade the Beatles collection for Surround sound....the vinyls replaced, then cassettes, then CD's then the better CD re-release....then the sourround sound, was more than I could stomache.