arnold_layne
300 Club - QQ All-Star
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A few days ago I hooked up my Akai CR80DSS to the multi-channel analog inputs of my HT receiver. OK, check, got quadraphonic playback no problem. So what about making some quad tapes?
The deck can record on standard stereo 8 tracks in 4 channel mode, so any blank will do. I have a bunch of lightly used realistic 80mins.
Now how do I get music onto it? Well my Oppo BDP-103 BD/DVD/SACD/CD player has analog outputs. One of the undocumented and recently discovered advantages of this player is it's ability to rip the DSD layer of SACD's. And I have a handful of Audio Fidelity SACD's that contain original quad mixes. These have no center or sub bass channels which are just silent. Since I already made rips when I discovered the hack, I extracted the iso's to dff files and loaded them onto a thumb drive. This comprised "side one". Side two I used audio from Blu Ray audio and reel to reel transfers I had converted to Flac.
The final track list:
Program A:
The Doors - Riders On The Storm (From The best of the Doors SACD)
The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature (from The Best of the Guess Who SACD)
Bread - Mother Freedom (From The Best of Bread SACD)
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (From Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits SACD)
Program B:
Pink Floyd - Money (Audio ripped from The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Set Blu Ray)
ZZ- Top - La Grange (From a digital transfer of the Tres Hombre Reel to Reel release)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (From a digital transfer of the Paranoid Reel to Reel release)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Audio ripped from Wish You Were Here Immersion set Blu Ray)
I bulk erased the tape and played though and entire program before making the recording. The results were better than I expected.
Picture of the Akai playing a Q8:
The deck can record on standard stereo 8 tracks in 4 channel mode, so any blank will do. I have a bunch of lightly used realistic 80mins.
Now how do I get music onto it? Well my Oppo BDP-103 BD/DVD/SACD/CD player has analog outputs. One of the undocumented and recently discovered advantages of this player is it's ability to rip the DSD layer of SACD's. And I have a handful of Audio Fidelity SACD's that contain original quad mixes. These have no center or sub bass channels which are just silent. Since I already made rips when I discovered the hack, I extracted the iso's to dff files and loaded them onto a thumb drive. This comprised "side one". Side two I used audio from Blu Ray audio and reel to reel transfers I had converted to Flac.
The final track list:
Program A:
The Doors - Riders On The Storm (From The best of the Doors SACD)
The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature (from The Best of the Guess Who SACD)
Bread - Mother Freedom (From The Best of Bread SACD)
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (From Sly and the Family Stone Greatest Hits SACD)
Program B:
Pink Floyd - Money (Audio ripped from The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Set Blu Ray)
ZZ- Top - La Grange (From a digital transfer of the Tres Hombre Reel to Reel release)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (From a digital transfer of the Paranoid Reel to Reel release)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Audio ripped from Wish You Were Here Immersion set Blu Ray)
I bulk erased the tape and played though and entire program before making the recording. The results were better than I expected.
Picture of the Akai playing a Q8:
