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The emerging cult of Hi-F- i buffs scarcely had time to upgrade their pre-amand turntables more than two or three times before the wonder of stereophonic sound was ushered in to the roar of locomotives and jet planes blasting through the living rooms of America. Stereo was the T BREAKTHROUGH. And now, in ease anyone reading this has spent the last three years living in a cave in New Guinea and hasnt gotten the word, we are presently undergoing a new BIG : BREAK-TIIROUG1- jfpff : I Quadraphonic b- Sound -v V 'S" XX ' 'dfi tpj- - VK-'- ' - ' a dramatic improvement the bcnctits quad sound 'X, X C-- v yjj - utter confusion of total 5SSf3Sr.w, j find-aquot- e irmly, (Iiks not sit among the elicct I the musicians but out created by tjuad in front of them before thr music wall. The premise that only stereo recreates the projHT listening "ambience." is Cost isnt a motive with the hyperfecs" (short for liyperperfcchoni.st) either, as Consumer Guides "ultimate $13,000 rig is stereo, not quad. For the less than fanatical audio buff, however, cost is always a factor. WIIETIIEU OR not I . These worthies would not dream ol lowering the quality of their coinjx)-i- n ills simply to get quad, and lour $'(uo speakers, oddly enough, cost twice as much as two $300 speakers. Moreover, quad receivers (amplitior, pre amp. AM-Ftuner in one package is a "receiver and has all but replaced the separate units once pop- can cost several hundred dollars more than a comparable stereo er. Tin' same applies to quad cartridges, and rec- ular) ro-ce- iv c Attempts to run this gauntlet for the neophyte the quad jungle have pons to be. 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CD-- vs. RM v s. half logic vs. full logic vs. variable matrix . well, one gets the idea. true four-poin- of eorcling was made forth; ell'oct, one is always at thf mercy of the recordm, engineers) and one calf heighten or suppress an given speaker and it sound by riding the jo an optional stick gadget for those who !ik gadgets. thing. Yes, we are talking alxnit the newest crac swo ping the audio w oi ltl Name That Matrix! v Wv t. t. y" MOST PURISTS go even further and decry quad as a commercial gimmick for inducing upgrading of equipment. Some even write it off as a stop backw ard in sound reproduction. They contend that the purpose of sound equipment is to reproduce, as faithfully as possible, the concert hall environment. The listener, they state AINT IT wonderful?" the proud owner of the new stereo rig would demand of his uncomfortable guest, ordered to sit precisely at the center of the two speakers, stare at the imaginary focal point of maximum separation and, above all. appreciate. 'r ' fc m separation rather than "stereo twice at best, and in some eases room.) ' ,x sound reproduction that Hi Fi meant, nor stoics), for that matter. Many sound buffs long ago added two more speakers to their rigs and they find i ij represent the doesnt (In stereo, the announcer intoned on those early demonstration records, you hear my voice coming from tins speaker. . . clop, clop, clop, . . . now in the middie of your room . . . clop, clop, clop, . . . and now from this speaker on the other side of the ords, and rju.ul tajK recoi--dercan set you back the price oi a good used car. There are other factors m quad that dont crop up in stereo and this is where the audio salesmen olten lose their iish just as they are about to reel him in not because of the extra expense, really, but the 'T'anty, ' 'V'r v i; 't ',.,7 ,J r,; i ' Quad has been met with mixed emotions by audiophiles for a number of reasons. For one thing, it 3' . 0'f "demodulating" of signal!? compressed onto a tape o record. In other words, thl drums come out of omjf speaker, the sax and pianS another, tire guitar from third and the singers voit from a fourth. There is ivl overlap (assuming the rgt '"ST r'fh' rf' rJ7 'JJ7.r ' ' TTf' TTS rW'r i r 1 f ! i !. 30 TT |
