CBS Labs SQ decoder!

[ClarkNovak]

Look at THIS!

http://cgi.ebay.com/CBS-LABS-PROFES...pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c15a4a85e

Is this a Paramatrix unit?? Wow... Whatever it is, I'd love to hear it...

 

[Disclord]

It's an awful full-wavematching logic unit - very slow with terrible sound quality. It's NOT a Paramatrix.

 

[ClarkNovak]

Thanks for the ident! Not that I was going to bite at that price anyway, but it's good to know what one's looking at >

 

[cupboy]

Would be difficult to stack another component on top of it.

 

[ClarkNovak]

 

[ChristopherLees]

a lid , an instruction manual and a service manual would be neccessary with that one.

 

[zabble]

Is it possible that this is the type of decoder used to decode the Dark Side of the Moon and Atom Heart Mother SQ masters for the US q8 releases? Seems a strong possibility.

 

[Disclord]

This was the 'main' decoder used by studios for quad mixes. The 2400 did get an 'upgrade' of the vari-blend logic, replacing the front/back logic, but the unit on ebay doesn't look to be modified. It wasn't until the Tate DES based decoders came out that even CBS (people like Dan Gravereaux) heard how the SQ mixes really sounded. The CBS Paramatrix prototypes didn't cut it because they only decoded the 6 principle directions - no side decoding or 'in-between' speakers except for Center Front and Center Back.