Quadraphonic Front/Rear Comparison of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' by Alan Parsons

I simply cannot express how amazing it is to be completely immersed in this album. For me, It's like hearing it for the first time, times ten. Mastering engineer, Alan Parsons took full advantage of the Quad format, by ping-ponging sound effects, and the crazed laughter around you. On 'Us and Them', the echos circle around you, rotating the sound field each verse. If you have the proper equipment, and the source material, I urge you to experience it for yourself.

I recommend experiencing this with four full range speakers and a Quad receiver, but any DTS capable home theater receiver will also do the job. Even with bookshelf/satellite speakers and a subwoofer.

This unreleased (at the time) Alan Parsons Quad mix has been available since 2006, via a pirated copy supposedly made from the master tapes. As of September 27 2011, you can legally acquire this Quad mix in DTS form via; "The Dark Side Of The Moon - Immersion Box Set" on disc 3 http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Side-Moon-Immersion-Box/dp/B004ZNARH4 . I'm not sure if it's 4.1 (for people who do not have full range speakers, and rely on a sub for handling bass).



Equipment used in video:

Kenwood KR-8340 Quadraphonic receiver

Four Sansui AS-200 3-way acoustic suspension speakers

Audio is fed to the receiver using an HP desktop, using the front/rear outputs of the 5.1 soundcard.

Asus laptop is used to control the HP Computer, and serve as a monitor, keyboard and mouse, via windows remote desktop.

Sony Vegas Pro 10, is what I used so that you can see the front/rear waveforms and VU meters.

Quadraphonic Front/Rear Comparison of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' by Alan Parsons

"quad" "4 channel" "4-channel" 1973 "four channel" "four-channel" "quadraphonic" mix "Dark Side Of The Moon" "Pink Floyd" "ALAN PARSONS" "Speak To Me" "Breathe" "On The Run " "Time" "The Great Gig In The Sky " "Money" "Us And Them" "Any Colour You Like" "Any Color You Like" "Brain Damage " "Eclipse"

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Music

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• quad
• 4 channel
• 4-channel
• 1973
• four channel
• four- channel
• quadraphonic
• mix
• Dark Side Of The Moon
• Pink Floyd
• ALAN PARSONS
• Speak To Me
• Breathe
• On The Run
• Time
• The Great Gig In The Sky
• Money
• Us And Them
• Any Colour You Like
• Any Color You Like
• Brain Damage
• Eclipse
• roger waters
• nick mason
• david gilmour
• richard wright
• syd barrett
• dsotm

[mmasimo]

@RkivUnderground Me too PM. Wav/Flac files 24bit/96khz is the best. Greetings from Italy.

[GGiblet]

why would anyone dislike this?

great demonstration! :)

and we all admire your fabbo setup

[danimass]

taquelparil pq o quadraphonic devia ser o formato padrão.

[Bigron865]

Awesome! You are great at this stuff. Keep it up. All us music/stereo nuts just love it!

[RICKROLLBLENDER]

wish I could find one! :D

[shaunsstuff7997]

Women will just never understand us men and our electronics lol Vintage gear is like our chocolate LOL

[jd111932]

This is great! I really like the look of your receiver, where'd you pick it up? Looks like its in mint condition. I've recently joined the quad world myself, I recently picked up a Pioneer QX-747 off craigslist for only $30! After seeing this video it inspired me to try listening to this mix, and you're completely right, it was breathtaking! It was almost like hearing the album for the first time again in a whole new way.

[ricky771able]

Nice set up my friend can i ask where u got ur quad amp and what speakers you using on this set up.regards

[pedrito77]

Awesome setup! I have this album on SuperAudio CD and it also sounds magnificent!

[MrBassdude5]

yep I got the same mix

[anderzom]

the new release 2011 is better than the DVD bootleg? I think no, or yes is good, beacuse I prefer my black sabbath paranoid on quad than the official one