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900 Club - QQ All-Star
As those with a Fosgate Tate II 101A know, its surround mode is second to none in creating a 270 degree U shaped horseshoe of sound. The Involve Surround Master SQ unit can't do this since its a straight SQ decoder.... But, I have found that if you combine the Fosgate with the Surround Master you can have the Tate type of synthesized surround. Here's how:
feed your input signal into the Fosgate. Feed the Fosgate's front L/R outputs into the Involve Surround Master SQ units 2channel inputs. The outputs from the Surround Master should be the standard 4 channel outs - don't use the outputs with the center channel. Set the Fosgate to the Surround mode and the switch under Tape to MONO, then set the front/back balance all the way to the front. You are now sending the Surround Master a stereo signal that has been reencoded into SQ 270 surround. Make sure your Surround Master is on SQ and the Fosgate input is properly balanced L/R and the input and output levels don't over drive the Surround master.
set up like this you will have the exact same soundfield the Fosgate Tate produces in the surround mode. To listen to regular stereo or encoded sources, simply put the Fosgate in Bypass.
this really works. You can even record the output of the Fosgate in the surround mode setting and have a CD or digital recording that is SQ encoded 270 degree surround.
try it, you'll like it. Switching the Fosgate to mono turns off the DES processing so the Surround master can decode it perfectly.
i don't know if this can be done with other SQ decoders.
post your results, because I'm getting excellent synthesized SQ surround and I'd like to know others opinions of the process and results.
feed your input signal into the Fosgate. Feed the Fosgate's front L/R outputs into the Involve Surround Master SQ units 2channel inputs. The outputs from the Surround Master should be the standard 4 channel outs - don't use the outputs with the center channel. Set the Fosgate to the Surround mode and the switch under Tape to MONO, then set the front/back balance all the way to the front. You are now sending the Surround Master a stereo signal that has been reencoded into SQ 270 surround. Make sure your Surround Master is on SQ and the Fosgate input is properly balanced L/R and the input and output levels don't over drive the Surround master.
set up like this you will have the exact same soundfield the Fosgate Tate produces in the surround mode. To listen to regular stereo or encoded sources, simply put the Fosgate in Bypass.
this really works. You can even record the output of the Fosgate in the surround mode setting and have a CD or digital recording that is SQ encoded 270 degree surround.
try it, you'll like it. Switching the Fosgate to mono turns off the DES processing so the Surround master can decode it perfectly.
i don't know if this can be done with other SQ decoders.
post your results, because I'm getting excellent synthesized SQ surround and I'd like to know others opinions of the process and results.