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jrahrah
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OK, it was a pseudo quad. When I was around 14 in say about 1974 or 75, my parents broke down and got a new system for the finished basement-of course they needed my help in picking it out.
I definitely wanted quad, if only for the mere reason four speakers had to better than two. I must admit that my criteria was not that of a true audiophile. I was attracted to the systems that looked nicer, the ones that had more lights and meters. Since my parents were bank rolling this, cost was a definite factor.
We settled on a Juliette phase four unit. In my opinion, it looked cool. It was silver with a green face when powered up. It had an AM/FM receiver and an 8-track player recorder and two VU meters. She also had a separate BSR turntable and four matching Juliette speakers.
As I remember, it really did sound nice. The phase four effect gave a nice synthesized surround sound. I spent hours sitting in the yellow plastic recliner, listening to records and tapes with one of the rear speakers over my head. I was in of the sound. It somehow managed to produce certain sounds distinct to the rear, while the main soundstage was from the front.
I lost that Juliette unit when I left it at a house we rented for the winter in the Poconos. As far as I know, one of my old friends has it but I always remember the sound it made. Of course today I have 5.1 and recently I got a Sansui QRX 7001 that I can't wait to get set up.
Let's here some of your stories, Murph
I definitely wanted quad, if only for the mere reason four speakers had to better than two. I must admit that my criteria was not that of a true audiophile. I was attracted to the systems that looked nicer, the ones that had more lights and meters. Since my parents were bank rolling this, cost was a definite factor.
We settled on a Juliette phase four unit. In my opinion, it looked cool. It was silver with a green face when powered up. It had an AM/FM receiver and an 8-track player recorder and two VU meters. She also had a separate BSR turntable and four matching Juliette speakers.
As I remember, it really did sound nice. The phase four effect gave a nice synthesized surround sound. I spent hours sitting in the yellow plastic recliner, listening to records and tapes with one of the rear speakers over my head. I was in of the sound. It somehow managed to produce certain sounds distinct to the rear, while the main soundstage was from the front.
I lost that Juliette unit when I left it at a house we rented for the winter in the Poconos. As far as I know, one of my old friends has it but I always remember the sound it made. Of course today I have 5.1 and recently I got a Sansui QRX 7001 that I can't wait to get set up.
Let's here some of your stories, Murph