Playing the first new Quadraphonic Vinyl Record in over 30 years

As someone fascinated with physical music formats and HiFi oddities - it's been a privilege to receive a copy of the first new Quadraphonic Vinyl release in over thirty years.
With this limited edition set there’s no need to go hunting on ebay for a matching and functioning forty plus year old quad decoder as there’s a brand new one included inside the box.
LINKS:
Available to buy from here: www.cykik.com/quad/ciani
Wired Article: www.wired.com/story/suzanne-c...
Interview with the Record Producer KamranV : synthesemontreal.com/2018/06/...
Prosound News Article: www.prosoundnetwork.com/recor...
Suzanne Ciani:
Website: www.sevwave.com/bio
Documentary www.alifeinwaves.com
Live Concert: • Suzanne Ciani live | Loop
Presentation: • Suzanne Ciani on the B...
Note - This is not a paid promotion, no money has changed hands. None of these links are affiliated. Thanks to KamranV for sending me the free copy of this extraordinary release and I wish him the best of luck in bringing out more quad vinyl records in the future.
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[@Techmoan]

Errors/Updates 1) Moog is pronounced Moog not Moog....as in "This video does not feature the Moog" 2) It appears that the dad in the outro mis-remembered that his 1970s Ford Capri was a 2.8i when the 2.8i model only came out in the 1980s. However after a bit more pressing it turns out that he never had a Capri - he owned a Vauxhall Viva, he just said he had a Capri to sound cool.

[@Ohverture]

As the guy who designed the decoder and the co-designed the decode (and encode)- it's not just QS - it uses QS as the basis because the maths is wonderfully circular - but we have our own special sauce that helps improve the separation, the side images and also makes the stereo encode far less constricted than QS was (part of why they lost the format wars to SQ). Having said that, it's 100% QS compatible for that reason, and will decode just fine through existing QS decoders, just as any QS material decodes through that board. :) Also decodes other formats and does a great job of extracting surround information from most stereo sources.

[@Tink-GB]

Still cool cars. My uncle had a 3.0L MK1 Capri...purple paint with green fluffy interior...!.....I myself had a green L reg Vauxhall Viva...those metal pointed bumpers were lethal..!

[@newcrusade101]

Hahaha! That embellishment is fantastic!

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

I always thought it was Moog though.....

[@tomleader7054]

Should have given Ambisonics a go.

[@imogen1]

Techmoan's willingness to get outside his usual musical comfort zone for the sake of a new format experience is honestly the most wholesome thing on the net these days.

[@DavidQvist]

Couldn't have said it any better. 🙂

[@f123raptor]

I like that you called it “the net”. I miss those days...

[@marleypumpkin4917]

You are easily amused fanboy.

[@MeatyController]

Quadraphonic sound, a strobe light, and a water bed; gentlemen, say hello to the Second Base Mobile

[@spencerhull8546]

Wickeddddd

[@countzero1136]

Don't forget the mirror ball :)

[@waitwot1719]

peggie

[@lavernroerig4039]

Laaaadddy Bird

[@deathstrike]

I'm curious what this sound experience looks like when attached to an oscilloscope?

[@johnpenguin9188]

Quadraphonic? Awesome! I’m listening to the video with a single earbud...

[@antoinep9733]

“An alien landscape of noise.” - I thought you were talking about your shirt for a minute there Matt.

[@yottaforce]

I thought he talked about my ex-wife.

[@TheSadButMadLad]

You should see the shirts Curious Droid wears. They're from Madcap England. kzbin.info/door/726J5A0LLFRxQ0SZqr2mYQ

[@ramairgto72]

lol @Sad Yea, but I keep getting distracted by his "Evil Genius" right eye wrinkles.

[@ComblessMan]

Hey, I like that shirt. :?

[@saucerful4351]

Matt ain't got nothing on David Grainger: photos.smugmug.com/Concours-dLeMons-082016/i-Cdj2kMn/0/31943369/XL/MCH-L-Lemons-0821-19-XL.jpg

[@rudeboysouljah1912]

The Quadraphonic mix of Dark Side Of The Moon was phenomenal, also the only actual quad record I ever had. If you can find a copy, I highly recommend.

[@as-tm7np]

this comment triggered me to hunt down a copy of the quad mix of dark side of the moon. I ended up discovering Animals 2018 remix, which is amazing!

[@JmieYoutube]

Is a decoder needed?

[@rudeboysouljah1912]

@@JmieKZbin yes. I used a quadrophonic turntable.

[@AdamJDawkins]

'i wouldn't even call it music...' Best review ever 🤣

[@nakedbeekeeper9610]

That was his most savage remark yet 😂

[@PinsAndVids]

Suzanne Ciani is also known for her work in creating one of the first composed soundtracks for a pinball machine. She did the soundtrack to the Bally game called Xenon. She has a lot of fans in the hobby.

[@Schroefdoppie]

"I used to have Quadraphonic sound in my Ford Capri" XD .. Brilliant ending. Thanks Mat!

[@Takeshi357]

Weird seeing the old puppet play the stupid role!

[@franscartoons]

"I'd probably like another listen to that." I hope they use that as a review quote on their website 😃

[@colinjohnston8519]

More than I would say. Just sounded like random nonsense noses to me. How the hell do these people get record deals?

[@colinjohnston8519]

@@fvefve12 not really that interesting or surprising. Firstly this is actually a vinyl record. 2. a streaming deal would sound stupid and be inaccurate since the deal will include at least a CD release and touring. 3 a record means a recording, not just a a vinyl recording. I hope this helps..

[@jammypockets606]

.... and the diplomatic 'well, that was an interesting experience' :)

[@mrb692]

Fred Versteeg It’s almost like the label and artist sign a deal to record songs

[@greggv8]

"Record" has gone from the noun use, the physical vinyl record, to the verb use, the act of recording. They're homographs, spelled the same but pronounced differently. Ree-cord is the act of recording, reh-cord is the physical or digital object that was ree-corded.

[@TySoVm]

I actually have a Sansui QR-500 quadraphonic amplifier from 1973. Still works like a champ.

[@HotspotsSoutheast]

My aunt and uncle had a quadraphonic stereo and I remember listening to Switched on Bach and it was amazing. Electronic music is what got me interested in computers and here I am today a software engineer. I wish I could bring that experience back.

[@Orcastruck]

That's cool bro but can you set up arch Linux in 30 minutes

[@AndersEngerJensen]

Haha, love the ending! You can’t win with your dad! 😂

[@BozowolfnHD]

Anders what about it, is a quadraphonic release in your future?

[@AndersEngerJensen]

BozowolfnHD Hehe, well it seems that is a really expensive method so I’m not sure ot would be feasible to sell. Would you pay close to 300 quid for a record? 😉

[@BozowolfnHD]

A valid point for sure because, truthfully I rarely buy physical music these days. Plus 300 quid/dollars/euro could buy a couple of nice synths or in my own case, several VSTs. The recording technique seems easy from other videos I've looked at. Though, it's a very small market segment on the consumer side.

[@Mister_Brown]

maybe consider a 4 track quarter inch quad release instead

[@greggv8]

I assume releases that don't come with the decoder would be lower price.

[@CaptainJack406]

You have more shirts than James May!

[@Sharklops]

that's crazy talk

[@CardboardSliver]

It must be a middle aged English man thing.

[@deniskobozev3916]

@@CardboardSliver I'm not English, but I already decided I'm going to wear floral shirts when my hair goes gray 😅

[@casperguylkn]

@@deniskobozev3916 It's a prerequisite.

[@DanielBulyovcsity]

Curious Droid has some mad collection

[@professorpatpending8731]

I have Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon & Deep Purple - Machine Head albums recorded with the SQ Quadraphonic system.

[@hobbybaschtler7896]

and do you have the sound system to play it?

[@psrjbr]

Me too. DSoTM. But don't have the equip.

[@AshenTechDotCom]

@@hobbybaschtler7896 will 5.1 surround do the job?

[@hobbybaschtler7896]

@@AshenTechDotCom I'm no expert, but I think it won't, because in quadraphonic the 4 channels have same range and same function, whereas in 5.1 the speakers have different functions. But I'm not sure, probably you can somehow do it.

[@trippmoore]

I’ve got a vintage quad setup. Anyone selling their quad DSoTM copies?

[@PaulLemars01]

I love the art house shirt Matt, very appropriate. I'm now 63, for a time in the 70's and early 80's I had a business in Hammersmith configuring Quadraphonic listening rooms for people with loads of money and little taste. The problem with Quad was not only the competing formats but also the lack of media. People just got bored with listening to the few quad recordings that were in their particular format. What really made multi field systems worthwhile wasn't music at all but the rise of multi channel video. It always amazed me that you could get a Dolby 5.1 surround system to watch your favourite movie that sounded amazing but the picture was in crappy 720 by 480 on a relatively tiny screen. What was/is kind of sad is that very few music recordings take true advantage of a 5.1 or more system. Most recordings are nothing more than a stereo mix with a bit of field panning.

[@greggv8]

Good thing about a 5.1 setup is you can crank up the front center channel for movies like "Inception" where the audio "geniuses" have the dialog buried under a ton of "foreground music". That movie has the worst audio mix to ever win awards. Not having a 5.1 setup when I rented that movie, I had to watch it with subtitles because the stereo track's dialog was next to inaudible, and downmixing the 5.1 track to stereo resulted in the same buried dialog.

[@wolvenar]

I remember my uncle gave me a quadraphonic decoder with accompanying stereo/amps/speakers back in the 80s. I set it all up and was rather disappointed not fully understanding what it all was about. The little woodgrain box with a stainless front plate and chrome dials had a several settings including "quad" "matrix" "fake quad" and "cross" I believe. It sat at "fake quad" most of the time just to make all the speakers output sound not knowing any better. One day I noticed a record at a second hand store that said quadraphonic. Out of curiosity I nab it, set the setting on the decoder to "quad" and play the record. I have no idea what the record was now, but I was quite impressed. Then I noticed all the records we already had that had such a quadraphonic label :-). So so long ago, and I was so young.

[@TheBrokenLife]

I have an uncle that I believe, to this day, still has his original quad amp and speaker setup and still uses it (or at least it's plugged in). My Dad's stereo has always been vastly superior to that uncle's (his brother), but Dad always did get a little jealous of that quad amp... even in the day when he has a far better surround setup.

[@utubehound69]

Dark Side of the Moon was released in Quad wan't it?

[@wolvenar]

@@utubehound69 I think it was *initially* a German only special thing. Just from a quick Google search at least.

[@vegisaynom]

Never did i expect modular synthesis to make its way to your channel! Great video as always!

[@LittleWhoreRecords]

I hope we see more of these releases as it's a fantastic experience being totally immersed in the music.

[@BradGryphonn]

The first and last time I heard quadraphonic was in 1973, Dark Side of the Moon. I've often thought of searching for a copy of that album and something to play it on. The end was pure gold

[@BobEmrich]

oh my god the puppets killed it here. such a hilarious ending!!

[@Techmoan]

LINKS: Available to buy from here: www.cykik.com/quad/ciani Wired Article: www.wired.com/story/suzanne-ciani-live-quadraphonic Interview with the Record Producer KamranV : synthesemontreal.com/2018/06/15/interview-with-kamranv/ Prosound News Article: www.prosoundnetwork.com/recording/the-unlikely-return-of-quadraphonic-vinyl Suzanne Ciani: Website: www.sevwave.com/bio Documentary www.alifeinwaves.com Live Concert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ2ZhKJsmcyEi68 Presentation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXenaGWGjbSgrqM

[@JuanAndresLanza]

Techmoan how about renting a local Church Hall or something similar ? We do rent them every now and then for our kids birthday parties, they are not that expensive to rent, would probably recommend to make sure there are no other parties going at the same time as kids + Music can disturb your recording....

[@JuanAndresLanza]

I meant for recording stuff like the Quad audio...

[@LacklusterFilms]

I like how it says this comment was posted 2 days ago but the video was only posted hours ago

[@skakdosmer]

Lacklustre Films: The clock in your Ford Capri is two days off.

[@commodoresixfour7478]

I need this! :)

[@InDreamsYourMine]

You need to get a quadraphonic copy of Dark Side of the Moon.

[@AtheistOrphan]

InDreamsYourMine - And breathe in the air.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I have a DVD bootleg of the quad tape, and it sounds amazing. I also have the SACD, so I’m not a pirate...

[@bengom68]

Indeed !

[@FarrellMcGovern]

I am guessing that's the Alan Parson's quad mix "bootleg". Very nice!

[@kentduggan8626]

Oh yes !!

[@blueninjasix]

My neighbour had a quadraphonic system in the 70s. He demonstrated it with the sound of a motorbike racing round and round the room. Was it John Lennon who said stereo was for boring people who only had two ears?

[@psrjbr]

I don't like multi channel systems! I thing the only porpose of them is for demonstrations. I have a pionner multi channel receiver and have just bought an onkyo stereo receiver. And that's just because I have only two ears. lol

[@canaconn2388]

@@psrjbr You wouldn't be saying that if you heard Pink Floyd's DSotM in surround

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

@@canaconn2388 Deadass. It's not often done but when the attention to detail is there you get an amazing experience. Far better than Stereo. Stereo is sufficient but it's definitely Not as good as a Good Surround Mix. Doesn't DSotM have a Quad mix as well ? I believe I heard about there being one back in the 70's that was impressive. I would imagine the 5.1 Surround mix is based on that. One day it would be nice to experience it in person.

[@canaconn2388]

@@HoudiniFontmeister I've never heard the quad mix myself, it's pretty mind blowing hearing the music "surround" you.

[@ironmanmachine]

@@psrjbr and here I'm setting up a 5.2.4 Dolby Atmos system (technically 10 channels, one being a sub channel split in two) so I can listen to Atmos music on Tidal. Really though, mono is where it's at because you only have one brain.

[@richardm123uk]

I didn't know about this! I'm UK based and own a Buchla 200e (her instrument... well she used a 200 back in the day) . I love Suzanne Ciani, saw her live earlier in the year (first time in the UK)

[@volvo09]

I just had to look up the instrument, super crazy... It looks difficult to learn.

[@fastfiatjamest6437]

Day off work and a techmoan vid! That's my day made!

[@pomonabill220]

with the Muppets no less!!!

[@tracyscott3261]

This was really fascinating! I'm glad you had fun with it. Very interesting but then I like all your videos. Thank you very much!

[@j.combes1230]

I've watched a lot of your videos and I don't think I've ever quite seen you as giddily excited as the beginning of this video

[@onedeadsaint]

just wanted to drop a nice comment and say that I just love your videos! also I rather enjoy the puppet endings!

[@billyhatcher643]

id also love to see more puppet endings im glad i see this video having a puppet ending

[@markhesse2928]

This is the first time I can recall seeing The Moans (don't know their proper names) segment where the son comes off as the rational one and the dad comes off as the daft one. Still funny either way.

[@nutsnproud6932]

'The Moans' sounds like a brilliant name for the family.

[@Techmoan]

That's what they're commonly know as. I say commonly - very few people know this.

[@Elmaxo1989]

"Come for the tech, stay for the Moans"

[@BLY99]

I thought they were called The Pedants.

[@RodBeauvex]

I think his dad was screwing with him.

[@bryede]

I love this channel so much. Thank you Mat!

[@Lazored1]

Loved the end sketch! Thank you for making such great content!

[@Gabbro506]

The album sounds pretty wicked, even in Stereo. I can only imagine what it sounds like with a quadraphonic setup.

[@joesalyers]

Cars should adopt quadraphonic audio because they would be the perfect implementation of the format in my opinion. This would help bolster it’s appeal. With digital audio file formats like caf files being lossless and AAC lossy both able to render quad & stereo mix down files in a single file and decode them properly and instantly weather you are listening in quad or stereo. It is as simple as choosing the option at mixdown (render) in audio workstation software like Apple’s Logic Pro X, quad just seems like an obvious step in the right direction.

[@martinmelucci4383]

A few cars did back in the day...my 1977 Continental Mark V Cartier has the factory quad 8 track player.

[@kenwinston2245]

We had a late 70's ford thunderbird with a quad 8 track, which we always thought was the best thing about the car. Afew albums we really loved ,you might also enjoy. Ike and Tina Turner live at carnegie hall called what you hear is what you get . . . Very exciting excellent recorded performances at the top of their game. The ford quad demo was great too, with a varity of top acts from various genres. Santana had a great album out at the time as well. All were very engaging in the quadrophonic format. Happy hunting and thanks for the shows 😃

[@GeneSavage]

I'm continuously amazed at what you find; thanks for sharing!

[@C2H5OHist]

In Soviet Russia the four corners listen to you!

[@BASSstarlet]

this is happening now via internet, credit cards etc.

[@BLY99]

That is Soviet America nowadays.

[@BASSstarlet]

...and Europe as well!

[@Blitterbug]

Four corners, five eyes... eep!

[@moth.monster]

In Trump's America, too!

[@RMoribayashi]

The main difference between Buchla and Moog synths is one of approach not technology. Don Buchla was more interested in experimental music and his machines were full of odd controllers like capacitance pads. Bob Moog wanted to create an instrument applicable to any kind of music. The Moog had drum and ribbon controllers (think sliding your finger along a violin string) but it was mainly a keyboard instrument.

[@HeadRush-yj4fy]

Dude if quadrophonic vinyl comes back I'm gonna be so happy. Wicked video as always!

[@hatmeow]

Keep up the amazing work and love your sense of humor. I am a big fan of yours!

[@CullenCraft]

Maybe I'm just sleep deprived... But the sketch at the end had me on the floor. Well played.

[@DJzSith]

Maybe I am sleep deprived as well, as that brought memories of my first car stereo upgrade. Massive speakers, pinoeer headunit and amp, buttoned her up, went with my mate for a test drive, we were so badass untill the woman in the drivethrough asked me to roll down my window :))

[@KRhythm2013]

Hahaha as a Capri owner and enthusiast i had to laugh! We have just done a 50th anniversary car show on Sunday and i bet this conversation came up somewhere!

[@hanspetterfasteng3726]

Man, I enjoy every single one of your videos!

[@Arcade_Cat_]

Been waiting for a video on quadrophonic records! Nice!

[@TheCranberrySource]

I hope your videos renew interest in Quadraphonic sound like they did with cassettes. Bring on the Quad revival!!!!

[@Berd95]

Yes, the old Version of Cuba Baion as the background music for the muppets ❤️

[@mystica-subs]

Please, never stop making the outro skits. They're perfect!

[@MacVision3D]

Great to see the boys back.......Great video too!!

[@shawnschwartz6884]

You really should just integrate quadraphonic to your current 5.1 setup. If you have an analog 5.1 input on your Marantz, plug in your CD-4 demodulator or QS/SQ decoder and ignore the center and sub inputs.

[@TheBrokenLife]

Seems like you just need another dedicated stereo amp to use on your subs and a switch box to flip it back to 5.1 for movie sound tracks. I don't know what receiver you're running, but my Pioneers don't care if I turn the subwoofer feature in the menus on or off. The mains still seemingly play all of the mains frequencies. I think the on/off has more to due with how it handles the delays while decoding. I'm of the belief that mine hits the .1 channel just a touch later than the mains so you can't localize the sub as easily. So... You should be able to set that up on a pretty simple RCA cable switcher and not have to mess with amp settings all the time to go between quad and 5.1, should you desire. Basically you'd just be setting your subs to stereo L/R or mono .1 channel. Then again, this may all vary wildly by manufacturer and system. That's just how it seems my stuff works.

[@xgford94]

$227 each..wow is was expecting $500+

[@random55912]

Benjamin Clayton remember sales tax and sipping is added ...

[@chaos.corner]

Sales tax is usually only added in-state (though you're supposed to pay it anyway).

[@catlover10192]

dandanthetaximan Look at the pinned comment. The music itself is freely available (yea, it seems to be the quad master.) You just can't get it physically without the docoder.

[@wallyhall]

Possibly the best outro yet! Did make me chuckle!

[@wa1ufo]

Great! I love your channel. Unique and wonderfully done!

[@id104335409]

I think they would have a much better chance to revive quadraphonic if they recorded a live studio performance with many instruments. Electronic music from a box is more like.. standing in a discotheque.

[@witeshade]

Electronic music can give you a much more interesting and unique experience that just a regular music performance though. It can create an entire world and all kinds of sensations and perspectives, and things can move around and so on. It's really unconstrained, so if you are trying to show off the quad audio it's gonna be way more impressive. A live studio performance is really not gonna be any better than stereo, other than maybe more accurately saying "that dude was standing over there".

[@alanknight2204]

Hi I built my own SQ/QS decoder from the circuit diagrams published in Practical Wireless magazine here in the uk ( Oct 73 - Jan 74 ) . I purchased 2 records to play on the system from the US as no shop in Oxford had any at the time . Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield ( SQ ) and Music - Carole King ( QS ) . I killed my decoder after moving house ( Wrong Power Supply ! ) and have never got around to re-building it . I have not tried playing the records through my Pioneer VSX-D810S , infact I have not played a record for years . I don't expect that my turntable still works ! Thanks Alan

[@novafawks]

ALAN KNIGHT any chance you have / can find scans of how to build one? I'm very interested!

[@alanknight2204]

Hi I have the original mags in binders but I am lazy ! . If you go to www.americanradiohistory.com they have copies of lots of magazines including these 4 ( I just checked ) as PDF files . Good luck , its lots of Transistors , resistors and Op-Amps . Perhaps there is a chip which will do it all to save you all that work ? Alan

[@mfbfreak]

Here's an incredibly simple one: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-a99d5AHTZwk/Vmy8Yc_ywZI/AAAAAAAAF48/HwhhiOkFIx8/s1600/ETI-sq-decoder-lores.jpg Do not substitute component values - they are critical for attaining the correct phase shifts. There are also lots of old books that contain a SQ decoder circuit.

[@Jakeneverwins]

Any idea what transistors those are @@mfbfreak? Thanks for sharing this.

[@mfbfreak]

@@Jakeneverwins I don't know. Try searching for the title of the schematic, or for the watermark. I didn't check that out. Generally, if nothing is indicated in the circuit, a TUN or TUP would be used (Transistor Universal NPN (PNP). In this case, that could be BC547. Ideally go for the low noise version like the BC549. Of course there are many equivalents. The BC's are the most common type in Europe, but there are american 2n-types too and japanese 2sc's too.

[@LemmyCaution66]

Very interesting video. Thank you Mat!

[@xenotiic8356]

Okay, that ending skit was actually pretty funny. Informative and entertaining as always, Techmoan.

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the video Mat. I'm not a purist audiophile. Your setup worked great for you and that's what counts. My friend Paul has a 1970's quad vinyl setup and he demonstrated it once with the famous Pink Floyd LP Dark Side Of The Moon. The record jacket had an explanation of how SQ worked. I guess there are photos of it on the internet or I can ask Paul if he can photogtaph them for you. Best wishes.

[@Techmoan]

There were loads of quad recording releases, but that's a story for another day.

[@mandolinic]

Don't quote me, but I think Dark Side of the Moon was recorded with a different system from the Sansui one mentioned in the video. The confusingly named SQ and QS were rival systems. One of them had a problem with encoding centre rear (or maybe both of them did) so that meant that area had to be avoided when mixing/panning each instrument.

[@mfbfreak]

I know DSOTM has at the very least been released in SQ. I have a vinyl rip on my PC somewhere, you can torrent it and try it. All those ping pong effects are marvellous in quadraphonic sound! You can also use Adobe Audition and some script to convert 5.1 audio to either SQ or QS - check the quadraphonicquad forums for those scripts.

[@SuperMikeFender]

LimaVictor, I’ve just up quad this week in my flat and I’ve been trying to rind the quad version of dark side. Would you mind sending me that? I’d be very grateful.

[@mfbfreak]

The torrent might be dead (they have all been dying for a while) but you can try this one: rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3755202 Click 'Скачать раздачу по magnet-ссылке · 861.6 MB" Search 'dark side of the moon quadraphonic torrent' or something to find more torrents. Always be careful to not get a computer STD from funky russian torrent sites ;) Try it first, if all else fails, send me a private message via gmail or google plus or whatever can be found on my profile.

[@Matowix]

I had an 80s quadrophonic amplifier it was high quality I wish I kept it now..also I wish I kept my commodore 64.

[@OrigamiGuy15]

I just picked up Suzanne Ciani's Buchla concerts on vinyl two days ago. To see her mentioned here is really cool.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

The puppet sketch at the end mimics every conversation I have with my 83 year old father! Hilarious 😂

[@mistie710]

Silly puppet. You wouldn't get the drums in a Capri through the doors. You'd lift the tailgate! ;)

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

mistie710 Or just use small bongos!

[@DesandSam]

A lot of people have shaken their maracas in the back of a Ford Capri.

[@flickr4jazz]

We had quadraphonic FM radio stations in Houston, Texas back in the early 70s.

[@5roundsrapid263]

VWestlife Fascinating. I never knew that. I love “vanity” call letters.

[@volvo09]

Neat! Never knew it really existed, I drove cars for a dealer around 2005 and a model of car had a 4.1 radio. I found a demo disc somewhere to play in it, and I thought that was "new". Must have been cool back in the 70's. So many interesting formats available.

[@5roundsrapid263]

VWestlife I once saw one with a built-in CB radio. Maybe it was a Cadillac.

[@keithbussanich]

I loved the "acquiring the taste" montage at 7:41. Nice little touch to the video

[@trailg19c]

Grew up with a quad system. Dual quad record changer and fisher quadraphonic reciever. Four wood tower speakers and a whole lot of quality music.

[@EpicLPer]

7:46 - Me in my bed at night

[@zaprodk]

Nice to see the quad decoder redone in a modern DSP :)

[@apodis4900]

This has without doubt become my fave YT channel. 👍

[@SuperMikeFender]

What a coincidence. I was watching this channel last night and I’ve just set up quad in my house this week. Not because I like it. I just have two old hifi amps and four speakers and wanted surround.

[@raykent3211]

I shall not sleep until I can get octophonic sound from a cylinder phonograph.

[@ebinrock]

In 8K! Ha ha!

[@richardwild76]

Video mate.

[@evilspoons]

Regarding the Kanto vs Roth speakers sounding the same - I know Kanto is a Canadian company, they're in Coquitlam (part of the greater Vancouver area) and their stuff is designed there. I bought a Sub8 a few years back and was surprised at how fast it shipped to me in Edmonton - it came rail freight direct from Vancouver and shipping was basically free. Roth's other products don't resemble Kanto's enough to just be rebranded Kanto stuff. It was weird when they started actually selling Kanto in great quantities here in Edmonton, I can go out and buy GOOD powered speakers at like five different stores around town instead of being offered the usual Best Buy dreck (Bose/Klipsch/Sony).

[@FarrellMcGovern]

Nice to know that Kanto is Canadian!

[@christophermiel]

Your house is slowly turning into a (hifi) Museum. I love it!

[@theinfraredgamer159]

It’s really awesome to be able to see a quadrophonic record in 2018! I’ve always wanted to hear what one sounded like and it was quite interesting to hear that on the video

[@stevemorris187]

Loved this! I believe Mike Oldfields first three albums were released on quad vinyl in a box set called 'boxed'...would be interesting to hear this played through your quad set-up.

[@scottg6265]

For people with 4 ears.

[@imno1157]

I bought this album on iTunes for $5.00 played it thought my Denon DSP and it played in Quad. Saved $222.00

[@joohop]

Brilliant Vid Vicar

[@poisonknees]

I do remember that Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" in quad was a most glorious experience, but those days are somewhat ... hazy, shall we say.

[@bramsanjanssan4908]

I went to a live quadraphonic performance of Suzanne Ciani, she's very funny. It was a double bill with Midori Takada.

[@Wilus0]

7:41 "Oh my God, why am I doing this"

[@Owlero]

7:45 When the regret really begins to settle in

[@bastienpabiot3678]

7:50 "wow, i really paid 270 for that ..."

[@mephistoGR]

This is awesome and the puppet vid in the end is brilliant

[@abrampena6385]

Awesome. So many examples of technology for audio that was never embraced by the masses that was so superior and advanced.

[@abrampena6385]

Love the puppets at the end too!

[@gamesessions]

I remember reading that the shibata stylus was created for quadrophonic records as regular styli couldn’t pick up enough detail in the higher frequencies where the rear channel information was encoded. So, you might have even more luck with your Denon T/T if that uses a shibata. Also, if your AV amplifier has analogue inputs, you should be able to get a quad system running through your existing surround setup. You probably already know all of this given the amount of research you usually do for your videos, but I thought I’d mention, just in case :)

[@senorverde09]

Well, the Shibata stylus was only used for RCA's/JVC's CD-4 system (which was a PITA to get working). SQ/QS records could be played back using any standard stereo cartridge and stylus as the rear channels are cleverly mixed into the fronts through phase shifting and inversion. Of course, this method yielded poor separation upon decoding and required logic decoders. And another thing, I'm not sure about his Denon. Not only do the cartridge and stylus have to be CD-4 capable, the capacitance of the tonearm wires and RCA cables has to be taken into consideration too. No wonder CD-4 was the first system to go during the Quad War.

[@mescko]

My understanding is that the Shibata was developed for CD-4 because the carrier signal for the rear channels was at too high a frequency for any standard elliptical stylus to pick up (it is at 30Khz). It had nothing to do with the music/audible frequencies.

[@senorverde09]

@@mescko Yup, you're exactly right. The rear channel information is FM modulated with frequencies going as high as 45KHz.

[@Lu_Woods]

"The Dark Side of the Moan" experience ? ; ) ...now to go find some Morton Subotnick

[@LeShark75]

That moment when you're off work for a week and you think sod it I'll get up early and make the most of the day. You get a brew ,some toast, and pop open the laptop to see that Techmoan's uploaded another video... A fantastic start to the day in my opinion.

[@benjaminbrady2385]

Hilarious ending, another great video techmoan!

[@eborger]

Looking forward to your view of the Toshiba SB-404S, I've had and used one for years (been in storage now for the same amount of years or so). Bought it for the four blue VU meters :D And I've bought every quad vinyl I've come across. And indeed: a Dolby prologic/digital decoder also gives quite an approximation.

[@pishedasafart]

I've got one too..

[@symbionproject]

Thank you so much for reviewing and giving insight into this stellar quad vinyl release! I've mixed and released 4 albums now in quad (digital formats) and it's great to see more and more people getting into quad and multichannel music! For more on Symbion Project and Kodomo quad digital releases, visit here: quadaudio.bandcamp.com/

[@Mr_Gixxer]

Man I love this channel. Great content.

[@slippinjimmy5683]

Mat travels to another dimension through quadrophonic audio, brings back cool shirt.

[@ramairgto72]

It's like the High Speed drill sounds you get at the dentist via your jaw...

[@zybch]

Having had a root canal only yesterday, yes, thats exactly what it sounds like. Painful screeching you wish would just end.

[@Dannyboi-87]

@dandanthetaximan g f bc cc 0 f. You f d

[@Chaosbar]

Too bad Suzanne Ciani's Buchla performances don't seem to be available in a modern multichannel format. I'd absolutely love to have the experience of listening to that record in proper quad sound, but there's just no way I could reasonably setup the equipment required. I'd happily buy a Blu-ray, DVD, even SACD to play in a modern system, though.

[@Frietpan]

Its a shame in general that surround sound audio/music isnt being used more widely, Now even more with things like dolby atmos and dts x, the amount of music that actually is mastered or produced to be surround is close to 0. and the dts cd's are nice but not a huge catalog either.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Fryingpan What about music produced as OST for movies? Is that recorded as surround or do they only use the surround for other parts of the soundtrack?

[@negirno]

It seems that selling 192kHz 24-bit "HD" audio from the same brickwalled master is more lucrative than creating a good sounding surround one. Also, people find it a hassle to set up a surround system properly, or they just don't want to rearrange their room just for having the best soundscape. I bet that this is why quadrophonic stuff never caught on, never mind the competing formats...

[@compfox]

The music in soundtracks will be not produced in surround. They put some delay on it and its done. But there are so many surround sound sets out there and they sell by millions. It seems most movie watchers are not intrerrested in listening to music, worth to be produced in quad. There smartphones wouldn`t play it eather.

[@TheBrokenLife]

You're all reflecting my thoughts as well, but it seems that the real problem is that most people really don't sit and audition music anymore. Even as someone who really likes doing just that, it's been months since I just poured myself a drink and tossed an album on for the soul sake of listening to it...

[@89ry89]

man i love your sense of humor

[@thomosburn8740]

I've had a turntable and preamp hooked up to my Onkyo 5.1 for the last 12+ years. The Pro-Logic in the receiver decodes QS vinyl with incredible clarity and precision. This is the way I originally head 'Bitches Brew', off the quad vinyl. For a time (over 2 decades), there was a lot of QS/SQ vinyl clogging Goodwill stores.

[@IXISSV]

Suzanne was at the BBC Proms this year, if you watched it on BBC4HD it was broadcast in Dolby Digital. She sounded amazing too 😀 sounds were flying all round my living room, was a great experience 😁 Denon receiver and 5 Mission speakers and sub btw 😉 Great video as always ❤️

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

2:19 The double space between “Dear” and “Mat from Techmoan’ smells like a form letter to me.

[@marcinjastrzabek9784]

As always thanks for fantastic video:)

[@sadiqmohamed681]

Fascinating stuff. Ciani performed at the BBC Proms this year at the Albert Hall. Prom 13 on 23 July was called "Pioneers of Sound" and featured pieces by Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire. Ciani played "Improvisation on Four Sequences" live, from a small platform in the middle of the floor of the hall, so presumably the sound came from all around. The BBC HD transmission on BBC 4 was in 5.1, but I don't have a decoder. Might have to upgrade my system. It was quite impressive even in stereo. The effect in the hall must have been stunning. Looks like she used the same setup as the live concert you linked to. Back in the 70s, my dad, who was a classical musician, had a Rotel tuner/amp with Quadrophonic capability. I can't remember which system it used, but playing quad LPs was impressive. He had a number of Deutsche Gramphon that I remember but I have no idea where it all went. Last time I saw the Rotel it no longer worked.

[@NerdyFrames2000]

Knowing you Techmoan man...you are probably more into 90s hip hop hahahahhaa

[@kevinrobinson676]

Hi Mat, interesting as always. You might know about the quadraphonicquad web site, very active in all forms of surrounded sound (QS, SQ cd-4 matrix-Hj etc) There are even scripts to decode SQ and QS using Adobe audition, great fun! Once again thanks for this

[@AVINIDE]

I think there are some VSTs to decode those as well, but iirc those were Dolby ProLogic ones (you can set it to music mode though).

[@donjud1]

Kevin Robinson, what's the site?

[@kevinrobinson676]

D Judson it's www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/index.php odd name I know!

[@donjud1]

@@kevinrobinson676 Thanks

[@devereuxbirdzell]

Wonderful video Mat! I've always been interested in setting up a quadraphonic system. Maybe one day.