Hi all A mate of mine in the US recently sent me the Percy Faith Black magic Woman SQ album which I dutifully played and enjoyed but straight after played The Harry Roche Constellations album Sometimes on QS encode. Now I know we have to compare apples with apples but I realised that I consistently enjoy QS recordings far more than SQ. SQ recordings generally sound like they are way more phasey and disparate ..the solidity of the audio especially in the central image is never nearly as strong as in QS recordings in general. Most of the classic CBS/Columbia SQ albums (green gold surround Quadraphonic ) are fairly lo fi to me. Pye, Command,ABC,Project 3 all seem to have a punch and clarity and separation that always moves me listening in QS. ( it maybe that Enoch Light was indeed light years ahead of anyone ever though)
There are a few exceptions to the bunch but mainly these are more avantgarde albums in SQ.(Subotnick and Carlos)
Where do people stand on fidelity generally of these 2 formats. Is it the encoding or the engineering I’d like to be proved wrong and would love to take a poll on peoples favourite recordings for their engineering quality and performances in both formats.
Apologies in advance if this has been hacked to pieces already
There are a few exceptions to the bunch but mainly these are more avantgarde albums in SQ.(Subotnick and Carlos)
Where do people stand on fidelity generally of these 2 formats. Is it the encoding or the engineering I’d like to be proved wrong and would love to take a poll on peoples favourite recordings for their engineering quality and performances in both formats.
Apologies in advance if this has been hacked to pieces already