quadraphonic sound Last modified: Friday, November 18, 2005
Quadraphonic sound uses four channels to output sound; right front, left front, right rear, and left rear. The goal of a quadraphonic sound system is to reproduce sounds in both the front and back of the listener, which simulates 360-degree sound. Quadraphonic sound became the more common and popular choice in the late 1950s to early 1960s versus Four Channel Discrete which was also available during that time.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about quadraphonic sound . Also check out the following links! New Adventures in Hi-Fi  This "Hi-Fi & Computer" audio article cuts through the techbabble and tells the story of multi-channel audio, and details the latest 'high resolution' surround sound formats. Surround Sound Past, Present, and Future (PDF) A history of multichannel audio from mag stripe to Dolby Digital. The first commercially successful multichannel sound formats were developed in the early 1950s for the cinema. At the time, stereophonic sound, a concept new to the public, was heavily promoted along with new wide-screen formats by a film industry feeling threatened by the rapid growth of television.	Audio Surround Sound channel Fantasound monophonic sound speaker stereophonic sound surround sound Give Us Your Feedback Shopping quadraphonic sound Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Software 0 Store Offers Miscellaneous 5 Store Offers