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What do you think of Q-sound recordings?

I have four Qsound recordings now and  it has expanded my sound stage dramatically. Amused to Death by Roger Waters, Soul Cages by Sting, The Immaculate Collection by Madonna and a Roger Waters live album are the recordings I have.  Just curious if you think this is just a gimmicky process that will pass, or do you think we will be seeing many more recordings using this technology?
baclagg
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millercarbon
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Got a question for you: How is it possible to see this as anything other than just a gimmicky process?
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baclagg OP
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@millercarbon  I agree, but I want to see if others feel the same way. I have recordings that were very well recorded with very wide and deep sound stages that don’t use this technology. There was a very good engineer at the board. I personally liked it on Amused to Death, but on the others it sounded over used. Do you think this technology could be used as a crutch in place of a good engineer and we will see more recordings in the future using it? 
big_greg
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I think the Qsound thing petered out (at least for music recordings) in the 90’s, so it doesn’t seem likely that it will be used much in the future. Amused to Death is a great sounding recording, and the imaging is pretty cool. I heard it on a really nice system and the barking dog in The Ballad of Bill Hubbard sounded like it was coming from behind me. Gimmick or not, that was pretty cool! To me it would be "gimmicky" if it detracted from the sound quality, which at least on Amused to Death, I don’t think it does.
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