oxforddickie
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
As many know, during 1976 the BBC developed their own Quadraphonic system called Matrix 'H'. It was loosely based on QS, but totally incompatible. During the development stage they used a modified QS decoder for their tests, and when trial broadcasts were announced in 1977, and as there was no dedicated 'Matrix H' decoder, they made the modifications available to a commercial company who were able to modify users Sansui units so that the broadcasts could be decoded.
There were only a couple of commercially available 'H' encoded recordings made because by the end of 1977, Matrix 'H' had been scrapped and replaced with the incompatible Matrix 'HJ'
But thankfully, some of the broadcast material transmitted has survived in various forms, and seeing as much of it was never actually released in any other format, it has driven me to work on a way of (for the first time) accurately decoding what is easily the most complex matrix system ever created.
Until work on that project is completed, i thought it might be of interest for owners of hardware QS decoders to experience what was heard by the few who had the modified equipment here in the UK
What i was thinking of doing was to make available four or five Matrix 'H' tracks that have been modified as if they had gone through the additional electronics added to the units. This modification is 100% accurate, so the final result will be exactly as heard back then.
So, my question is: Is there any interest in this?
OD
There were only a couple of commercially available 'H' encoded recordings made because by the end of 1977, Matrix 'H' had been scrapped and replaced with the incompatible Matrix 'HJ'
But thankfully, some of the broadcast material transmitted has survived in various forms, and seeing as much of it was never actually released in any other format, it has driven me to work on a way of (for the first time) accurately decoding what is easily the most complex matrix system ever created.
Until work on that project is completed, i thought it might be of interest for owners of hardware QS decoders to experience what was heard by the few who had the modified equipment here in the UK
What i was thinking of doing was to make available four or five Matrix 'H' tracks that have been modified as if they had gone through the additional electronics added to the units. This modification is 100% accurate, so the final result will be exactly as heard back then.
So, my question is: Is there any interest in this?
OD