quadraphonics, n. pl. (usu. const. as sing.).
(kwɒdrəˈfɒnɪks)
Also quadro-, quadri-.
[f. prec.: see -ic 2.]
= quadraphony.
| 1970 High Fidelity Mag. Nov. 76/2 (heading) The quadriphonics sweepstakes. 1972 Observer (Colour Suppl.) 22 Oct. 55/2 How could one have been taken in for so long by stereo which merely made you a member of a concert audience when quadraphonics elevate you to a member of the orchestra? 1974 H. W. Hellyer Stereo Sound ix. 182 Quadrophonics purports to give us back that lost illusion of reality by supplying the lost ambience. 1976 Which? May 99/1 One purpose of quadrophonics is to recreate this ambience properly. |