Where can you find a quadraphonic Turntable
Joshua Dickinson
IlPrincipe
dance vinyl ever pressed by anyone on the face of the earth!! I furthermore
have only ever seen one copy of it, owned by one of the biggest vinyl
collectors on the East Coast and one of the century's most prolific NY
underground DJs. If this gives you any idea about the answer to your
question...
The record, incidentally, is "Love Is The Message," by TSOP. The Quad version
is a whole-body audio orgasm unparalleled in the dance world; blessed is he who
has the chance to lose it on the dancefloor with THIS pressing!!!
Ciao,
Il Principe
Tom
of is really a regular turntable with a built in CD-4 quadraphonic
demodulator. The one I saw was a Panasonic or Technics.'
And it should have the CD-4 type stylus on it. This TT had
four output cables instead of the regular two for stereo.
Possibly there was also other TTs with built in SQ or QS decoders.
Only CD-4 (aka Quadradisc) type quadraphonic LP need any
special turntable hardware to play. They require a special
stylus tip shape called shibata, but I've heard that microridge
types also work well(ellipticals don't work). All other types of quad
LPs can be played with any ordinary turntable. You just need the
decoders the get the quad signal decoded. Most times,
the CD-4 demodulator is external to the turntable(in receiver
or extra box).
Regards,
Tom Fornof
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:35:05 -0600, Joshua Dickinson <dic...@wku.edu>
wrote:
Jeff U.
Joshua Dickinson wrote:
>
> I was curious how hard it is to find a quadraphonic TT and records.
Most Quad records were designed to be played on a regular turntable.
The Quad decoding is done by the amplifier/receiver.
To find some Quad albums I would recommend typing quad into ebay's
search engine, you'll see lots of them up for auction.
Jeff U.
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>>
>> I was curious how hard it is to find a quadraphonic TT and records.
>
>
>Most Quad records were designed to be played on a regular turntable.
>The Quad decoding is done by the amplifier/receiver.
>
>To find some Quad albums I would recommend typing quad into ebay's
>search engine, you'll see lots of them up for auction.
>
No I don't think so. You need a special quad cartridge to play quad albums
(it's not like 'dolby surround'!). I have a quad amp myself, but no quad
cartridge so there's no point in using it (as it's made by Realistic!)
Decoding a quad album is not in the electronics, but rather physical.
Of course a quad album -can- be played on any stereo turntable, but it will be
in stereo, sometimes with a different mix.
Bill
Jeff U.
>
> >Joshua Dickinson wrote:
> >>
> >> I was curious how hard it is to find a quadraphonic TT and records.
> >
> >
> >Most Quad records were designed to be played on a regular turntable.
> >The Quad decoding is done by the amplifier/receiver.
>
> No I don't think so. You need a special quad cartridge to play quad albums
> (it's not like 'dolby surround'!). I have a quad amp myself, but no quad
> cartridge so there's no point in using it (as it's made by Realistic!)
> Decoding a quad album is not in the electronics, but rather physical.
>
> Of course a quad album -can- be played on any stereo turntable, but it will be
> in stereo, sometimes with a different mix.
>
> Bill
If you read the original question and my reply more closely you'll
see the word TURNTABLE, not cartridge. I know there are specially
shaped stylus tips for quad. I did not elaborate on cartridges because
I'm not familiar with the tip shape terminology.
My point was that the turntable itself can be used for stereo or quad
playback and that the decoding is done via a quad four channel
amp/receiver or an outboard quad decoder.
vinylot
>The only quadrophonic record I have ever seen or heard is the greatest
>piece of dance vinyl ever pressed by anyone on the face of the earth!!
>I furthermore have only ever seen one copy of it, owned by one of the
>biggest vinyl collectors on the East Coast and one of the century's most
>prolific NY underground DJs...
>The record, incidentally, is "Love Is The Message," by TSOP.
>The Quad version is a whole-body audio orgasm unparalleled in the dance
>world; blessed is he who
>has the chance to lose it on the dancefloor with THIS pressing!!!
That's funny, most of the 2 dozen "prolific NY underground DJs" that
I know, including myself, have _at least_ one copy apiece.
It's not _that_ rare! And it's still the _short_ album version.
Now a quad mix of the 11 minute plus version, that would be interesting.
And BTW, the group is MFSB, not TSOP, the latter being the _title_
of their most well-known hit.
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>>
>> I was curious how hard it is to find a quadraphonic TT and records.
>>
>>Most Quad records were designed to be played on a regular turntable.
>>The Quad decoding is done by the amplifier/receiver.
>>
>>search engine, you'll see lots of them up for auction.
>No I don't think so. You need a special quad cartridge to play quad albums
>(it's not like 'dolby surround'!). I have a quad amp myself, but no quad
>cartridge so there's no point in using it (as it's made by Realistic!)
>Decoding a quad album is not in the electronics, but rather physical.
>Of course a quad album -can- be played on any stereo turntable, but it will be
>in stereo, sometimes with a different mix.
>Bill
This is partially true. The SQ and QS Quadraphonic matrix formats only
needed the appropriate decoder, just like Dolby Surround.
Only the CD-4 and UD-4 Quadraphonic formats required a special
stylus and cartridge played thru a demodulator.
Best Regards
Mark
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all incompatible (of course). SQ (Columbia) , QS (Sansui) and CD-4 (RCA).
CD-4 does require a special cartridge such as Audio Technica Shibata stylus or
Shure bi-radial to track the high freq. sub-carrier. Each decoder is unique
although some Japanese manufacturers included more than one.
I worked for Phase Linear in the 70s which made a quad preamp with SQ (Model
4000). They turn up for $50-150.
Hope this helps.
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