[78-L] Binaural, duophonic, etc.

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 4/21/2011 8:04, Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> I specifically remember having "Cinderfella," a Dot stereo album ca. 1960
> that was cut with a Fairchild lathe. Don't remember the model number.
>
> Funny thing about the Minter stereo system. When CD-4 records were mastered,
> they had to be cut at half speed to get all the information in the groove.
> It was the precursor of the whole half-speed mastering technique for
> standard stereo LP albums. But the masters had to be cut carefully and the
> vinyl had to be top grade. The Japanese CD-4 albums I had played
> beautifully; there was even a quad version of the soundtrack album of "Jaws"
> that was incredible. But I had an Anthony Braxton Arista CD-4 album that had
> a lot of problems where the modulatory tone simply dropped out and the back
> channels cut out. Too much information and too little space I guess.
>
Mahavishnu Orch live was stupendous in quad.

I still have a Sony QS-100. Has a bum channel.

Good info here. I had no idea how they did this.

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