mrledhed Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 I understand none were released, but did they ever do one and shelve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woz70 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Apparently a quad mix was done for the original release of TSRTS for use in cinemas that could handle it. multi-channel sound didn't really take off for home use until the 90's with the advent of 5.1. I think Pink Floyd did a quad mix of 'dark side' but the format never took off enough for record companies to want to spend the money to furnish a very exclusive niche market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 ^Pink Floyd did do a quad mix for Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. I don't have a quad setup, but each individual channel is very interesting to hear on it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Ok forgive the simplicity of this question but do you need more than four speakers for a quadrophonic set up? Anyone recommend a good quad lp to listen to? The only one I have is a MFSL of Beck's Sea Change - (well I'm not sure if its a quad mix, its just a MFSL LP on black vinyl). It does sound pretty amazing IMO. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelss Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I have quadraphonic recordings on vinyl of Dark Side Of The Moon (2 copies), Atom Heart Mother and Wish You Were Here which have hardly ever been played. They were done using the SQ matrix system so the channel separation has some crosstalk. The audio on "Wish You Were Here" is actually different in places. There are some extra instrumental bits. I have others too - Tubular Bells, Santana, don't remember what else. Must have a look in the vaults one of these days. I believe the original quad mix of Dark Side came out as a bonus as part of a Pink Floyd package not so long ago. Not sure about the others. Off-topic I know, being not Zep-related so apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woz70 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Ok forgive the simplicity of this question but do you need more than four speakers for a quadrophonic set up? Anyone recommend a good quad lp to listen to? The only one I have is a MFSL of Beck's Sea Change - (well I'm not sure if its a quad mix, its just a MFSL LP on black vinyl). It does sound pretty amazing IMO. Thanks! You need a four channel amplifier (or two stereo amplifiers) and a four channel turntable with a quad cartridge to listen to a quad-mixed lp. If you have four speakers wired to a stereo system, you're just listening to stereo on four speakers, if you catch my drift. MFSL (Mobile Fidelity SoundLab) records have nothing to do with quadraphonic sound. They were (are?) a company that produced very high end Vinyl that used the old Decca approach of cutting the master disc at half speed, which apparently increases the available high frequency & transient response on vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I still have a quad copy of Machine Head by Deep Purple that got played through a quadrophonic system twice back in the 70s.From memory it sounded like the band were playing in the room.For some reason BTO double anthology has two quad versions of tracks off the Not Fragile lp.Through a normal stereo they sound thin or if one speaker is not plugged in properly.ELPsWelcome Back live from 74 featured a quadroponic set up at the actual concert but I don't know if it was recorded or released on disc in that way.I did read of TSRTS being done in quad but it was ditched because it was deemed not a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb! Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 You have to be careful with Quad LPs because there were three different versions that were incompatible with each other. The easiest option is to find a Quad 8-track deck, orbetter yet, a reel-to-reel (though quad reels are extremely rare). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Only Way To Fly Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 After reading this thread I went to youtube and searched on dark side quad mix this guy has a killer demo of quad and as a guy who's never heard a quad mix - this is like black and white TV meets color. check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 You have to be careful with Quad LPs because there were three different versions that were incompatible with each other. The easiest option is to find a Quad 8-track deck, orbetter yet, a reel-to-reel (though quad reels are extremely rare). I didn't know there were three different versions.Anyway I dug out Machine Head to give it a spin now that i have a decent turn table.Oh dear,it probably hadn,'t seen the light of day for at least ten years.It was stuck to the inner plastic and warped with the first tracks unplayable.It sounded thin like the BTO tracks I mentioned.Blackmores guitar solo on May by I'm a Leo came out of nowhere.Perhaps Zep were wise to leave this alone,it seems a little like VHS and Beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Cavaradossi Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Quad never really took off. The equipment was expensive and four speakers took up more space in the sitting room. I do have some Quad lp's in my collection, but theyre nearly all classical. I do remember the TSRTS Cinema Quad experience. It was, in common parlance then " A real trip man!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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