Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or for a four-channel sound system in which speakers are positioned at all four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are independent of each other.
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- adjective of a sound system Employing four independent channels or speakers.
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- adjective of or relating to quadraphony
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Examples
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Dan Neil/The Wall Street Journal The Xplore Wrangler certainly feels authentic on the highway, with quadraphonic tire roar blasting from the BFGs' deep treads and a serious lack of top speed, thanks to the vehicle's aerodynamics.
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The "knowns" -- the gifted Galt MacDermott, the ingenious British designer John Bury, the not yet knighted Peter Hall, couldn't have had better pedigrees for approaching a piece of such ambition: there was a space ship that sailed over the orchestra; trampolines cratered into the stage to bounce us like 'low gravity' might, and a massive rocket tail would blast us all off at the show's end in quadraphonic sound.
Melanie Chartoff: Spine-tingling"Spiderman"--for All the Wrong Reasons Melanie Chartoff 2011
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I even remember standing in a music store in the Twin Cities in about 1970 listening to “Whole Lotta Love” from Led Zeppelin II [1] speed around me on the latest technological breakthrough, quadraphonic stereo.
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I even remember standing in a music store in the Twin Cities in about 1970 listening to “Whole Lotta Love” from Led Zeppelin II speed around me on the latest technological breakthrough, quadraphonic stereo.
Midweek Music Moment: No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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The Xplore Wrangler certainly feels authentic on the highway, with quadraphonic tire roar blasting from the BFGs' deep treads and a serious lack of top speed, thanks to the vehicle's aerodynamics.
Go Off Road, Sleep Up Top Dan Neil 2011
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A quadraphonic eight track tribute album to the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin recently fetched $152.
Play It Again: Promoter Has One-Track Mind About Eight Tracks Russell Gold 2010
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A quadraphonic eight track tribute album to the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin recently fetched $152.
Play It Again: Promoter Has One-Track Mind About Eight Tracks Russell Gold 2010
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A quadraphonic eight track tribute album to the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin recently fetched $152.
Play It Again: Promoter Has One-Track Mind About Eight Tracks Russell Gold 2010
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I recall that at one time we were told we * needed* quadraphonic sound.
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Obsessive audiophiles are a relic of the 70's, like AM receivers and quadraphonic sound.
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