Hello Andrew,
Yes it was.
I seem to recall the BBC had to get permission from Sansui
to allow the use their Variomatrix chipset for H.
At the time I thought nothing could beat a discrete system
like JVC's CD-4 but H was far superior owing no doubt to
the fact that the BBC incorporated a little psychoacoustic
compensation, which of course was lacking in the discrete
approach of CD-4.
Regards,
Alan
G6CQC
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From: Andrew
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 12:19 PM
To: Surround Sound discussion group
Subject: Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973
Was that the design published in 'Wireless World' Alan?
Best regards
Andrew
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From: Alan Varty <alan.va...@talktalk.net>
Date: 05/01/2017 11:19 (GMT+00:00)
To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu>
Subject: Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973
I too have experienced BBC Matrix H broadcasts.
I built the BBC H decoder which was based around the Sansui QS variable
matrix chipset.
It was absolutely amazing for a matrix system, sounding much better than the
discrete CD-4 system I also had at the time.
One broadcast I recall was a play based upon Alice in Wonderland entitled
"Alice's Adventures In Wonderland".
I can remember listening to this play on BBC Radio 3/4 several times, great
stuff.
All the very best,
Alan
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From: Andrew
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 10:32 AM
To: Tim Boissaud-Cooke ; Surround Sound discussion group
Subject: Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973
I still have some off-air recordings of the BBC's Matrix H system. Never
tried to decode them but they have a pleasing surround sensation when
listened to on headphones. Must have been the mic. placements 😉
All the bestAndrew Birt
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From: Tim Boissaud-Cooke <tim...@btopenworld.com>
Date: 04/01/2017 21:49 (GMT+00:00)
To: sursound@music.vt.edu
Subject: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973
A link to the beginnings of quadrophony & broadcasting from 1973.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/archive/pdffiles/engineering/bbc_engineering_94.pdf
There are many other related articles if you search the site.
All the best for 2017
Tim BC
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