What's the Latest MATRIX LP/CD Added to Your Pile? SQ, QS, RM, EV

[proufo]

Any good stereo cartridge will do a great job for QS and SQ records. Nothing special needed. That Rega should do a terrific job.

It may be the case that cartridges with better phase linearity are better for matrix decoding.

 

[Boogiepack]

This weeks additions:



Australian SQ pressings in MINT condition! Both records and sleeves as new.:sun Doubt that they ever been played!?
Always loved Pink Floyd (since 13 years old anyway) so this is a great day indeed!

 

[MyCuff]

This weeks additions:
Australian SQ pressings in MINT condition! Both records and sleeves as new.:sun Doubt that they ever been played!?
Always loved Pink Floyd (since 13 years old anyway) so this is a great day indeed!

Those sure look great! Coincidentally I just got DSOTM. A UK pressing but maybe not as minty...

 

[bigbillquad]

HI. MyCuff
Nothing like a good cleaning can fix?????......:music

 

[boojidad]

I know you said "popular" Australian releases, and this is more classical, but it is the only quad release from Australia that is a truly Australian product: written and recorded there, an original Australian story, local performers. Wikipedia says this was the first quad release there, but I wouldn't necessarily bank on it. Still, this counts for something.

 

[DoctorO]

Not yet on my pile, but preordered... the just-announced (I think) track listings for the Isley Brothers megabox includes a couple of SQ encoded tracks from 3+3 as bonus bait!

What a missed opportunity--how elusive all those Isley quad mixes are! Argh!

 

[jaybird100]

True for SQ and QS, but for CD-4, there are not very many new options. The Audio Technica AT-440MLA is one of them, for about $170. I think (I have been told by a Rega rep) the turntable itself will work with a CD-4 capable cart.

Absolutely correct, although the question was for a cartridge optimized for matrix systems. CD-4 has totally different requirements for proper performance. CD-4 and UD-4 need a higher frequency response (up to 45,000 Hz) and a Shibata (or similar) stylus. Your turntable should also have low-capacitance wiring from the cartridge to your demodulator.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

This weeks additions:
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Australian SQ pressings in MINT condition! Both records and sleeves as new.:sun Doubt that they ever been played!?
Always loved Pink Floyd (since 13 years old anyway) so this is a great day indeed!

Say Boogiepack does that ATOM HEART MOTHER say quad on the reverse cover? I have two British copies one that has SQ emblem on the front and quad indication on the back and a second copy with no quad indication front or back, just the Q4 SHVL on the spine.A single inventory release ! Something for Quad collectors to watch for.

 

[Boogiepack]

Say Boogiepack does that ATOM HEART MOTHER say quad on the reverse cover? I have two British copies one that has SQ emblem on the front and quad indication on the back and a second copy with no quad indication front or back, just the Q4 SHVL on the spine.A single inventory release ! Something for Quad collectors to watch for.

Yes sir. It has got the SQ logo on left bottom corner on the back and the no foldout cover says SHVL 781 on the back and spine.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

More pics.

Brand X in pseudo SQ.Nektar-a best of with some tracks-SQ.And early Tangerine Dream SQ-German pressing.

 

[MyCuff]

Absolutely correct, although the question was for a cartridge optimized for matrix systems. CD-4 has totally different requirements for proper performance. CD-4 and UD-4 need a higher frequency response (up to 45,000 Hz) and a Shibata (or similar) stylus. Your turntable should also have low-capacitance wiring from the cartridge to your demodulator.

All good points about CD-4 requirements, but if you refer to post 412, you will see the question I answered was in fact a follow on question about a CD-4 capable cart.

 

[Boogiepack]

More pics.

And early Tangerine Dream SQ-German pressing.View attachment 18962View attachment 18963

Ooh! Gotta get me some Tangerine Dream in SQ! I dont have any German SQ like Bacilus or Ohr yet. How do you rate it mixing and decode-wise?

 

[fizzywiggs41]

This OHR disc of T.D.Atem is not too bad,, not great, not bad.Had a copy of ZEIT and ALpha Centauri and mix was ok, not great, music......well it's early experimental.

Sometime in the eighties TANGERINE DREAM released a disc called Destination Berlin (Ariola-label) which was used in some type of 360 degree film presentation. Had the cd, it sounded ok, but whether or not a surround encode was contained on the disc, is difficult to say.

T.D. ENCORE the 76 live in the USA always sounded impressive with SQ, but can't say it's encoded.But I recommend it if your a fan.

 

[Boogiepack]

Two cheapies found at the goodwill store;


Nothing remarkable with the German Bach LP, a little intense mix maybe. The San Fernando Brass was fun and a nice SQ mix, decent separation for SQ and some quad tricks in the mix.
I probably would not have bought a record like this if it had not been SQ but this kind of music sure can have its time and place too! It was soothing after the Lionel Rogg.
Great sloppy drums on "Heart of gold".

 

[gauze]

Mahavishunu Orchestra-Birds of Fire LP (Colombia SQ)

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Mahavishunu Orchestra-Birds of Fire LP (Colombia SQ)

Excellent disc.Demo SQ quality for sure.I love the first track with Billy Cobhams drum set circling your head.

 

[kap'n krunch]

That's a NON USA pressing!!!! I got the one with the "Golden frame"! (also have a normal stereo Version...one of the greatest cover art ever...)

 

[MyCuff]

One more for the growing, but still JV league, collection. I like Derringer on guitar, so what the heck.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

That's a NON USA pressing!!!! I got the one with the "Golden frame"! (also have a normal stereo Version...one of the greatest cover art ever...)

BRITISH copy, the only CBS SQ Britain in my collection.The Canadian label would be white, grey, red and black print.

 

[fizzywiggs41]

Not really a new find but this is the find that started the vinyl imprint sleuth!

I was checking stereo copies in a used record store (late 70's) and I noticed the RVG SQ on the pressing label, so I also checked the vinyl imprint number to see, and low and behold it to had the RVG SQ number!!!! What a find! I guess you had to be there to witness my excitement.The store was a head shop that had used records and also got in all the STEELY DAN quad cutouts.I regret not picking up a few now.I already had the three quads in my collection.
Any way I believe the Grover Washington two disc set ( separate lps, as opposed to the box) is the only anomaly in that I found one disc SQ but the other lacking the vinyl RVG SQ imprint.
And of course I promptly reported my discovery to Larry Clifton for his catalogue.