Our minds were very “fuzzy” while listening to that system at the time. From what I can recall, that is.
-D > On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:45 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I think that’s the one he had although my memory might be getting suggested > by that listing > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:31 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Best friend in high school had a dad who was a very successful law >> practice. Their house had the requisite “conversation pit’ of the time. He >> had a Pioneer quad system professionally installed around the “pit”. >> >> He lived close to school so we would often go over there at lunch and listed >> to the few things that were released in quad, the one I can recall was >> “Victim of Love” by the Eagles. >> >> It was a bit of a gimmick. Sounded cool, but I don’t think it was practical. >> >> On a related note, I saw a quadrophonic Pioneer receiver on FBM today, the >> one that had the “oscilloscope” display to “tune” the system. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/640855280582333/ >> >> -D >> >>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 7:07 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> A buddy in my dorm had some money I think in a trust after his dad died, >>> and he was in the Natural Guard too so made some $$ from that. He was >>> always upgrading his hifi system. >>> >>> Quadrophonic came out and he bought a system. Some huge receiver putting >>> out a couple hundred watts, a quad turntable, and 4 Heil Air Motion >>> Transformer speakers which were pretty huge. All this in like a 10x12 dorm >>> room. >>> >>> The speakers were truncated pyramids with the woofer in the bottom then >>> this vertical omnidirectional speaker in the top. >>> >>> It was “surround” sound at the time and certain albums were remastered for >>> the four channel aspect. It sounded really cool but after awhile was kinda >>> tedious. The room was too small to really get the full effect but he got >>> married and moved into a campus apartment that had a larger living room and >>> it was marginally better. >>> >>> I think the fad passed but he hung onto the system for quite some time. >>> There were never too many quad recordings but it played stereo quite well >>> and there was some “simulate” setting. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
