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Quadrophonic sound came out 57 years ago
Posted on 4/9/26 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 4/9/26 at 2:34 pm
Yet here we are in 2026 listening to the same Simon and Garfunkel and Rolling Stones songs on our stereo FM radios instead of some crazy arse audio of the future (Bluetooth slop doesn't count).
Sometimes technology doesn't march on.
Sometimes technology doesn't march on.
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Posted on 4/9/26 at 3:58 pm to CAD703X
They were cut in stereo (or mono even). Each song would have to be individually reproduced with the original studio tracks. The tracks necessary for that kind of layering while still maintaining fidelity to the original mostly don’t exist, why would they have made them? Ultimately all you would get is a producer DJ’s new remix with his own original stuff thrown in, or I guess AI slop.
4, 5 and more track surround sound systems and produced cuts of all kinds of things do exist, including some music.
And then the issue of headphones. We only have 2 ears
4, 5 and more track surround sound systems and produced cuts of all kinds of things do exist, including some music.
And then the issue of headphones. We only have 2 ears
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 4/9/26 at 4:58 pm to CAD703X
My friend got one of the first quad stereos and Quadrophenia came out we would fire up and get in the middle of the room and enjoy a great album in quad. Dam Good Times.
This post was edited on 4/9/26 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 4/9/26 at 5:12 pm to CAD703X
QuadraDisc
I have a restored and working 4-channel Marantz receiver (4415), and a few QuadraDisc LPs from the mid ‘70’s.
I have a restored and working 4-channel Marantz receiver (4415), and a few QuadraDisc LPs from the mid ‘70’s.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:00 pm to genro
quote:this is true but we have the perfect vehicle (pardon the pun) in billions of cars that have 2 front and 2 rear speakers.
then the issue of headphones. We only have 2 ears
Seems like this would have been the perfect platform for it to gain popularity.
Posted on 4/9/26 at 9:11 pm to CAD703X
That would be a interesting niche. This mix only sounds right in your car. Again it would have to be produced that way from the bottom up with studio tracks. Those don't exist for 60s rock n roll artists, at least not intentionally. Though some producers have created 5.1 versions of Beach Boys, Beatles albums etc I don't know how legit they can be. Either they found some outtakes that just so happen to accidentally work as a layered track, or they created new tracks. The best one I would recommend is Eye in The Sky by Alan Parsons Project because it was done by Alan Parsons himself (albeit 30 years later)
Posted on 4/10/26 at 6:29 am to genro
Quadrophenia was the first thing came to mind when I read OP
What an album!
What an album!
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