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[Beefalo]

OPERATION: Quad Station

Interesting about the speaker placement for quad.

Wendy Carlos -
Digression I -- Classic Blunders to Avoid
The Worst Quadraphonic Setup -- 4 Channels

 

[wavelength]

I think they may be a tad bit over whelming. Do you have a recommended angle? Like, directly at each other, behind my head, maybe?

Yes...even try them slightly angled (pointing backwards) behind your head...experiment!

 

[salsdali]

God bless you Baggy. Most of us are too old to tolerate(not to mention drop down to or get up from)sitting on a bean baggins!

very Tantra yoga though

beats this

 

[4-earredwonder]

God bless you Baggy. Most of us are too old to tolerate(not to mention drop down to or get up from)sitting on a bean baggins!

There's always the THRONE on which the Little Prince Baggy can listen happily ever after

 

[esimms86]

There's always the THRONE on which the Little Prince Baggy can listen happily ever after

That’s Baggy on the right and Pupster in the sweet spot. The picture is so idyllic; they must be listening to a Scheiner mix - nah, they’re in the quad room.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).

 

[fredblue]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).
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that should cover you for the next DV batch!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).
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Hey, I just love the term “Quad room”, just remember to always capitalize, parenthesize, put in bold, underline and highlight - if you’ve got it “Quad”

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).
View attachment 45164

Wait, I could swear “Beaver Patrol” was in 5.1? ( middle of row 4)
I see a Firebirds in there, that one will really make your new room zing!

 

[edisonbaggins]

Wait, I could swear “Beaver Patrol” was in 5.1? ( middle of row 4)
I see a Firebirds in there, that one will really make your new room zing!

Good eye. The last 30 titles are 5.1.

 

[edisonbaggins]

I honestly thought I had a bit more quad than this, but it's good to know where I really stand!
I'm sure D-V will keep swelling my collection for some time to come. We might fill up that rack yet!
Of course, the 7 inchers and digipaks don't fit on there. So I'm guessing I have around 70 quads?

 

[edisonbaggins]

There's always the THRONE on which the Little Prince Baggy can listen happily ever after

O love the story The Little Prince, btw...

 

[Beefalo]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).
View attachment 45164

I like the visual set up. I can easily forget about a title unless I happen to see it.
Are you including recordings that started as quad but came out later with C & LFE ?

 

[Muppet69]

Can’t see Electric Light Orchestras first album there which is 4.1 quad DVD.

 

[edisonbaggins]

I like the visual set up. I can easily forget about a title unless I happen to see it.
Are you including recordings that started as quad but came out later with C & LFE ?

Yes, as far as my memory serves from @fredblue 's last rundown.

 

[salsdali]

Mike, here's a crazy notion but it's based in science/reality.

Instead of placing your sub where you think it should go for you in the center sweet spot, do the opposite.

Place the sub in the center sweet spot and then you move around the room (walk the perimeter with a well know tune playing or better yet just a static sub reference file) and stop at where the sub sounds best. This is where you should place the sub. The same goes for all the speakers, ie getting that "angle" or "toe in" correct, IOW you use your ears as room acoustic measurements/corrections instead of a processor.

 

[sjcorne]

Consolidated my quads in to the quad room.
There's room for 30 more CD-sized titles.
(Bottom 3 rows are 5.1).

Hate to be that guy, but Audio Fidelity’s SACDs of America’s Homecoming, George Benson’s Breezin’, Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills’ Super Session, BS&T’s Child Is Father To The Man, and Grover Washington Jr.’s Winelight feature 5.1 remixes rather than quad.

Good eye. The last 30 titles are 5.1.

Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters SACD uses the original quad mix with derived center/sub channels.

 

[salsdali]

Hate to be that guy, but Audio Fidelity’s SACDs of America’s Homecoming, George Benson’s Breezin’, Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills’ Super Session, BS&T’s Child Is Father To The Man, and Grover Washington Jr.’s Winelight feature 5.1 remixes rather than quad.

that's what I thought

 

[edisonbaggins]

Hate to be that guy, but Audio Fidelity’s SACDs of America’s Homecoming, George Benson’s Breezin’, Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills’ Super Session, BS&T’s Child Is Father To The Man, and Grover Washington Jr.’s Winelight feature 5.1 remixes rather than quad.



Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters SACD uses the original quad mix with derived center/sub channels.

No worries, my man.

 

[edisonbaggins]

Hate to be that guy, but Audio Fidelity’s SACDs of America’s Homecoming, George Benson’s Breezin’, Bloomfield, Kooper & Stills’ Super Session, BS&T’s Child Is Father To The Man, and Grover Washington Jr.’s Winelight feature 5.1 remixes rather than quad.
Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters SACD uses the original quad mix with derived center/sub channels.

This morning was a wash on the quad front. Several titles, sadly got moved to the 5.1 section, but I remembered the quad mixes in the Give Me Strength and Imagine sets! Plus, Head Hunters, I think we're holding even!