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PaulB
 
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hi,
yes you do need a specialized cart for playing quad albums. unfortunately
nobody is producing them anymore.
here is a company that has some nos (new old stock) carts
http://www.garage-a-records.com/quadcart.html

paul
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Hi all

we have a very old Sansui 4 channel quadraphonic receiver. Theres
some old quad vinyl albums on Ebay we'd like to buy.

I dont know what kind of needle-cartridge is on our turntable... will
we need a special 4 channel cartridge to play the Quad albums? And if
so, would anyone know where on earth i could get something like that?

thanks






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Gary A. Edelstein
 
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 11:34:02 -0400, howldog wrote:


Hi all

we have a very old Sansui 4 channel quadraphonic receiver. Theres
some old quad vinyl albums on Ebay we'd like to buy.

I dont know what kind of needle-cartridge is on our turntable... will
we need a special 4 channel cartridge to play the Quad albums? And if
so, would anyone know where on earth i could get something like that?

I disagree with the other poster that you always need a special
cartridge/stylus. That's only true for CD4 quad LPs. I expect the
Sansui will have a QS decoder; it may have an SQ decoder. Both of
those are matrix, and matrix LPs can be played by any standard stereo
cartridge/stylus. Carefully check the sort of quad format the LPs on
Ebay are.

If the Sansui has a CD4 demodulator, then you may want to consider CD4
LPs. Then you need a cartridge/stylus that can properly track the
high frequency carrier signal. Cartridges with a Shibata stylus will
do so. It appears you may be able to locate such a cartridge through
the internet based on a Google search for Shibata stylus.

Gary E

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DV Nebel
 
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Hello, I had contacted Shure about playing quad albums a couple years
ago. The rep. that I contacted stated that their Hyperellipticle (HE)
and Microridge (MR) stylus could be used for quad play back. Don
Nebel

 
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