There were three competing systems: QS (Sansui), SQ
(Sony) and CD-4
(JVC). Only the CD-4, which used a supersonic subcarrier a la FM
broadcasting, required a special stylus on the cartridge (Shibata).
I bought and assembled the Southwest Technical Products CD-4
decoder, but could never get it operational (SWTP == on-topic).
If anyone on the list knows of anyone with experience
with this decoder, I'd appreciate a pointer in their
direction...