Quadraphonic records (LPs to you and me)


If normal analogue comes through as 2 channel, what effect does a quadraphonic record have?
If my processor (Bryston sp3) codes 2 channel into surround 7.1 - which it does exceedingly well- does that make the separation easier?
(Bryston do not know)
Thanks chaps and chapesses
tatyana69

Showing 1 response by whart

I remember all this stuff, but doubt I ever even heard a CD-4 record back in the day set up on a system to properly decode it; the SQ and QS formats had more market penetration, at least where I was in the NE in the early ’70s, but even those faded pretty quickly-
I gather there are people who like the effect of some of the matrixed (not discrete) mixes for two channel playback, never really bothered, though every once in a while an old record will come across my path where it is claimed to be ’quad mix’ (presumably SQ).
And in addition to the Shibata, CD-4 is what got us that lovely JVC vinyl compound for a while.