QSound CD's

[Nightcleaner]

First: an example of what I am referring to here if you look at your Madonna immaculate CD label. Your see a Qsound logo.

My question


Have you had much luck with these? Can you hear the three dimensional sound.

I'm never sure to be honest


Thanks



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QSound

 

[Gazdatronik]

Yes, it does work. But speaker placement and their respective imaging capabilities is critical.

 

[qdrone]

It is basically the Bob Carver Holographic theory,take bass from the left channel and add it to right channel and take bass from right channel and add to left channel creating a mono backdrop where recorded stereo instruments are suspended.
A good example of this is Richard Wright's Breaking China cd, my favorite solo album by a Pink Floyd alumnus.

 

[tom3]

I wonder how this would work with a quad decoder? Interesting. I'll look around for this logo. Thanks for posing BTW.

 

[savatage1973]

I have a number of Q-sound CDs and albums--the most notorious being Roger Waters~Amused to Death. The effect is very real, but as already mentioned, speaker placement is critical, as is the listening position. You need to be be in the "sweet spot" to get the full effect.

 

[swamppirate]

Pink Floyd’s Pulse is a Q recorded piece. Sounds freaky deaky to me!