If there are people here that haven’t heard the superiority of TrueHD Atmos compared to DD+ Atmos, level matched, there is no point discussing.
Really.
Are you into multichannel music at all? Movies?
Maybe we should do a double blind study to prove that it’s safer to jump off an airplane with a...
Of course.
We could also make an objective test for audible threshold of SINAD or IMD or Jitter measurements, and we haven’t.
But we prefer excellence in measurements.
Lossy DD+ is far from excellent in 2024. Objectively.
We should ask for more, as we do in equipment reviews.
I mentioned my...
Objectively it’s compressed. DD+
We know that.
Do you want me to organise a double blind study, with a statisticaly significant number of listeners, in order to express my opinion on how it sounds?
I am aware of this.
It’s about 10-13dbs below as you mentioned, so yes, I have to raise volume accordingly with Tidal Atmos to get to Reference Level.
But the problem is that it sounds harsh like 128mp3.
I am not using loudness compensation because I mainly listen to Reference (average...
I would be very happy if that was true. I would love to be able to enjoy all the content that’s available in Tidal Atmos as much as I do with lossless Atmos and Auro discs (I have plenty). But I don’t.
It sounds compressed, annoyingly, and I am not talking about “golden ear” stuff. It’s obvious...
There’s a noticeable and annoying sound quality degradation with Dolby Atmos lossy streaming compared to physical media Dolby Atmos.
Personally I always prefer upmixing the 2 channel lossless version with Auromatic (Auro3d) than streaming the lossy Atmos through Tidal.
Please note that I never...