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SQ Quadraphonic
SQ Quadraphonic logo
Media type
Phonograph record
Encoding
Analog signal
Capacity
Four audio channels
Readmechanism
phono cartridge
Usage
Audio storage
SQ Quadraphonic ("Stereo Quadraphonic")[1] was a matrix 4-channel quadraphonic sound system for vinyl LP records. It was introduced by CBS Records (known in the United States and Canada as Columbia Records) in 1971. Many recordings using this technology were released on LP during the 1970s.
Record companies who adopted this format include: Angel, CTI, Columbia (internationally called CBS Records), EMI, Epic, Eurodisc, Harvest, HMV, Seraphim, Supraphon and Vanguard.
With matrix formats, the four sound channels (forward left, forward right, back left, back right) are converted (encoded) down to two channels (left, right). These are then passed through a two-channel transmission medium (usually an LP record) before being decoded back to four channels and presented to four speakers.
The SQ encoding is based on the work by Peter Scheiber and further developed by Benjamin Bauer. His basic formula used 90 degree phase shift circuitry to enable enhanced 4-2-4 matrix systems to be developed.[2][3] This 4:2:4 process could not be accomplished without some information loss. That is to say, the four channels produced at the final stage were not truly identical to those with which the process had begun.
In 4-2-4 matrix four channel stereo, the rear speakers should be of the same or almost same size quality and have the same or almost same frequency range as the front speakers.
^Bauer, Benjamin B.; Gravereaux, Daniel W.; Gust, Arthur J. (1971-09-01). "A Compatible Stereo-Quadraphonic (SQ) Record System". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 19 (8): 638–646.
^Scheiber, Peter (December 1969). "Toward a More Accurate Spatial Environment". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 17 (6). AES: 690, 691.
^Scheiber, Peter (November 1971). "Analyzing Phase-Amplitude Matrices". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 19 (10). AES: 835–839.
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