I bought my first "test" record in QS. Vector 4 Quadraphonic Sound on Ovation Records. It's presented well, if not the cheesy way they did back in 1974. There's lots of "here's the right channel, here's the left, here's the front and here's the back" by a guy with a huge "announcer's" voice. It sounds good running through my QRX-9001, but it doesn't seem to have much separation. Should it?
Using the balance control, when it says "these are the rear," you can still hear a good amount of sound coming from the front and vise versa. (Left/right is pretty good, though.)
When I sit in the center of the room and listen, yes, the sound mostly comes from the correct area, but not perfect by any means. I know matrix is all about perceived sound location, but I guess I thought it would be better than it is.
My question is, just how good should a matrix record sound in this advanced (for the time) QS decoder?
I appreciate any of your thoughts.
Using the balance control, when it says "these are the rear," you can still hear a good amount of sound coming from the front and vise versa. (Left/right is pretty good, though.)
When I sit in the center of the room and listen, yes, the sound mostly comes from the correct area, but not perfect by any means. I know matrix is all about perceived sound location, but I guess I thought it would be better than it is.
My question is, just how good should a matrix record sound in this advanced (for the time) QS decoder?
I appreciate any of your thoughts.