Who’s Really Controlling What you Hear ATMOS

[405x5]

Jul 31, 2021 7:01:38 GMT -5 405x5 said:

Jul 25, 2021 11:59:25 GMT -5 jbrunwa said:

I've been disappointed in general with a lot of blu-ray discs that I have purchased that turn out to be no better and sometimes worse than DVD's or streaming versions. I do think there is a need for objective third party reviews of releases of both the video and audio production. I have been planning to add 6 Atmos speakers, which it turns out is going to be a lot of work with my high ceiling and this really has me rethinking the upgrade.

I still hold with the fact that the most important things are the content of the story and the performance of the actors.
Without those elements, no manner of object based audio will save it.

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[jbrunwa]

With a 5.1.4 config, I continue to be underwhelmed by Atmos content. As a test, listening to Atmos content with the floor speakers off, there is more often than not zero content from height speakers, and when there is, it is mostly very low volume ambient or reverb. IMO not worth the trouble to install and upgrade, 5.1 sounds nearly the same to me. I think there would be a good market for audiophile 7.1 equipment, and scrap the Atmos, etc. 4K video and HDR however is a significant step up and worth the investment.

[405x5]

Aug 20, 2021 12:19:12 GMT -5 jbrunwa said:

With a 5.1.4 config, I continue to be underwhelmed by Atmos content. As a test, listening to Atmos content with the floor speakers off, there is more often than not zero content from height speakers, and when there is, it is mostly very low volume ambient or reverb. IMO not worth the trouble to install and upgrade, 5.1 sounds nearly the same to me. I think there would be a good market for audiophile 7.1 equipment, and scrap the Atmos, etc. 4K video and HDR however is a significant step up and worth the investment.

I bought one of those pieces of 7.1 audiophile equipment. It’s called the XMC1!!
Now worth its weight in gold to me, the biggest problem I have had with it is people telling me it’s outdated and obsolete without ATMOS…..(sometimes I cry 😭 myself to sleep)