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>> Hello Quad Fans,
>> I am shamed and embarassed. I haven't sent out a new newsletter all
>summer. And by now any of you who have been subscribed to this newsletter
>for awhile are probably sick to death of hearing my constant excuses for
>infrequent newsletter mailings. Unbelievable as it might be, I am still
>remodeling my house!!!!!! I moved into this place in January and we've
>never had a kitchen. I am incredibly sick of the food served by every major
>restaurant and fast food chain. And I am especially sick of waiting to get
>the thing finished so that I can finally set up my beloved quad system and
>begin playing my tapes again. Also, I just started a new job at the
>beginning of the summer and have had to travel frequently around the US and
>the world. I know, sob, sob, boo, hoo. But enough of my complaining and
>excuses. Time to hear from all of you. I really encourage you all to write
>about whatever quad subject strikes your fancy. Please don't be shy. A
>newsletter is pretty boring if it's just me rambling on time after time.
>So, on with the much delayed letters since our last newsletter.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ralph Carson
>> To: "trackin@eudoramail.com" <"trackin@eudoramail.com">
>> Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 6:40 PM
>> Subject: Wonderful CD-4
>>
>>
>> I was reading through the earlier issues of the Quadrafanatic Newsletter
>and came across a reader who was having trouble with getting his CD-4 setup
>to work right.
>> I can say that I had this problem for years and finally solved it. I had a
>Claricon demodulator and an Audio Technica AT14S cartridge and shibata
>stylus. From the beginning I never had it working quite right, always
>hearing what I came to call CD-4 breakup. I also tried a brand new Stanton
>cartridge, which I liked very much for stereo playback. It was their
>advertised quad cartridge, with the quadrahederal stylus. It never worked
>right. So I suffered for many years with poor CD-4 playback, the separation
>always enticing me to listen again. I, however, finally gave up, thinking
>that CD-4 records were worthless for quad playback. About a year ago, I
>found a JVC CD-4 demodulator in an Alabama flea market. Now the JVC differs
>from the Claricon, in that it has a carrier level pot. The absence of, which
>I believe dooms the Claricon to status of second rate gear. That and a noisy
>power supply. Well, after repairs, I found that the JVC did indeed perform
>better than the Claricon. It still did break up, however, but not as often.
>When I purchased an Audio Technica Trackmaster 8, a predecessor to the
>AT331LP, It was like magic! I was amazed that this cartridge, that wasn't
>even advertised as a quad cartridge, would play the records without breakup.
>What was even more amazing was that it didn't matter what record I played,
>they all played well, even the old scratchy ones. It played well before and
>after I aligned the cartridge. The best part is that as the stylus gets
>older, it still works just as good. So I then dragged out the old Claricon
>and hooked it up. It played better than it ever did, but still wasn't
>perfect. I believe that the lack of a carrier level control is responsible
>for this. Since then I have had the opportunity to try this cartridge with a
>Technics SH400 and it works good with this one too. I didn't have a setup
>disk for the SH400, so I couldn't perform the more technical setup on this
>demod properly. But I am now aware that proper CD-4 playback is not only
>possible, but it can be done reliably. In the days of quad support, the CD-4
>system was doomed by lack of a good stylus. but the reords were OK, and can
>now be played properly. This is what I didn't know back then. Those of you
>that have read this accounting on Deja.com, this is for those who didn't see
>it there. Keep on quadding.
>>
>> The Quadfather
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> Thanks Quadfather. The info is much appreciated.
>>
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>>
>> Dear Quaddies:
>> It's summer time just around the corner and those of us in the southern
>states are already enjoying pleasant weather. You have to go outside to
>enjoy this, and your quad system is inside. So, what's a quaddie to do? Have
>a yard party! First get a couple of 500 foot rolls of common lamp cord. No
>monster wire needed. pick a location in your yard to set up four speakers (5
>if you have DTS) This should be a large open area. Run the lamp cord from
>the B outputs on your amp or receiver paying attention to the ribbed marker
>on one of the wires, using this for positive so as to maintain proper
>phasing. Just run the wire out through a window. You can string the wire
>overhead to get it across open areas, or lay it on the ground in the bushes.
>Get some of those fuzzy speakers that kids use on their car stereos if you
>plan to do this often. You wouldn't want to take your nice audiophile
>speakers outside anyway. Be sure you can disconnect your speaker lines
>quickly in case of bad weather and lightning. You wouldn't want your
>valuable quad amp to be hit by lightning. (or you either) Then lay off your
>favorite music on Q4 reel, or DTS disc. If you do DTS, you can use a
>multidisc CD changer and hit "random" mode. After all,you wouldn't want to
>scratch that rare quad record in a drunken record changing session, would
>you. You quad 8 trackers don't have to do any dubbing if you've maintained
>your tapes well. Now, invite all your friends and have a party! You and
>your friends will be amazed at the spread out quad sound that this yields.
>It's a whole new experience for even seasoned quaddies if you've never done
>this. Of course be sure that you position the seating so that the guests
>will be in the middle as much as possible, but the neat thing about this is
>that the sweet spot gets lots bigger, and everyone can enjoy the sound.
>Happy Quadding!
>>
>>
>> The Quadfather
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>
>> Quadfather, I hope you had some great quad parties this summer. Your quad
>party set up sounds great!
>>
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>>
>> Because we have such a shortage on letters I will send out an invitation
>to do some trading. I collect Q8's and here is what I'm looking for;
>> Aerosmith/Rocks
>> Archies/Sugar Sugar
>> Average White Band
>> Jeff Beck/Wired
>> Blind Hog/Hits of the Fifties
>> Blood, Sweat & Tears / Same
>> Blood, Sweat & Tears /New City
>> Blood, Sweat & Tears /Riddle of the Sphinx
>> Canned Heat/Future Blues
>> Chicago/ III,V,VIII, IX
>> Country Joe/Life & Times
>> Rick Derringer/Spring Fever
>> Earth,Wind & Fire/ Any titles
>> Funkadelic/Cosmic Slop
>> Marvin Gaye/Live
>> J Geils/Nightmares
>> Guess Who/Rockin
>> Al Green/Check my want list
>> Hot Tuna/America's Choice, Hot Tuna, Yellow Fever
>> Isley Bros/ All except Live it Up
>> Jefferson Airplane/Volunteers
>> Billy Joel/Piano Man
>> BB King/Please see my want list
>> Mountain/Flowers of Evil
>> New Riders/Panama Red
>> Ohio Players/Any
>> Pure Prairie League/If the Shoe Fits
>> Lou Reed/Metal Machine
>> REO Speedwagon/Need both
>> Righteous Bros/Give It to the People
>> Diana Ross/Live at Caesars
>> Santant/Festival, Borboletta, Live w Buddy Miles
>> Sly Stone/High On You
>> Wild Cherry/Electrified Funk
>> Edgar Winter/With Rick Derringer, Jasmine Nightdreams
>> Mighty Joe Young/Chicken Heads
>> Zappa/Apostrophe
>>
>> I'd be happy to purchase or trade for any of these tapes. To get a look
>at my trade list please go to;
>> http://members.spree.com/dcwhit/qtrade.htm
>> Email me directly at; trackin@eudoramail.com
>> Don't be shy. Please get in touch and let's do some quad transactions.
>>
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>> That's it for now. Talk to you all soon, when I've got tons of letters
>for you to read. (hint, hint.)
>> So long!
>>
