Do The Boxed CDs still contain the quadrophonic mixes?
The following page, http://members.cox.net/surround/quaddisc/quadindx.htm, states that the quadrophonic mixes of Boxed are preserved on the CD. The surround information is still on the Boxed CDs provided the SQ mix that was used. It is intertwined with the 2 channel mix like the standard Dolby Stereo matrix (i.e. pro logic). Mike’s recordings are in SQ. The system doesn’t disappear when it’s transferred to the CD (I’ve done real tests with the Exposed CD). As SQ is stereo compatible there is no need to make a downmix to plain stereo just to play it on normal stereo amps. This SQ matrix mixes both surround channels into two normal channels using phase shifters, quite similar to Dolby Surround, just different speaker layout and different phase shifts. Simon Heyworth said in an interview that quad versions on CD are still SQ encoded. No separate stereo masters were made. So if you have an SQ Amp, you could play the Boxed CDs and it should still work. This explains this strange phasing eff
The following page, http://personal.riverusers.com/~manderso/quaddisc/quadpo.htm, has an interesting note about the quadrophonic mixes of Boxed, namely that they are preserved on the CD. The surround information is still on the Boxed CDs provided the SQ mix that was used. It is intertwined with the 2 channel mix like the standard Dolby Stereo matrix (i.e. pro logic). Mike’s recordings are in SQ. The system doesn’t disappear when it’s transferred to the CD (I’ve done real tests with the Exposed CD). As SQ is stereo compatible there is no need to make a downmix to plain stereo just to play it on normal stereo amps. This SQ matrix mixes both surround channels into two normal channels using phase shifters, quite similar to Dolby Surround, just different speaker layout and different phase shifts. Simon Heyworth told us in an interview that quad versions on CD are still SQ encoded. No separate stereo masters were made. So if you have an SQ Amp, you could play the Boxed CDs and it should stil
The following page, http://personal.riverusers.com/~manderso/quaddisc/quadpo.htm, states that the quadrophonic mixes of Boxed are preserved on the CD. The surround information is still on the Boxed CDs provided the SQ mix that was used. It is intertwined with the 2 channel mix like the standard Dolby Stereo matrix (i.e. pro logic). Mike’s recordings are in SQ. The system doesn’t disappear when it’s transferred to the CD (I’ve done real tests with the Exposed CD). As SQ is stereo compatible there is no need to make a downmix to plain stereo just to play it on normal stereo amps. This SQ matrix mixes both surround channels into two normal channels using phase shifters, quite similar to Dolby Surround, just different speaker layout and different phase shifts. Simon Heyworth said in an interview that quad versions on CD are still SQ encoded. No separate stereo masters were made. So if you have an SQ Amp, you could play the Boxed CDs and it should still work. This explains this strange phas