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Nice speakers! Now, how is “AsciLab” pronounced? Like ASCII-Lab or A-SCI-lab (SCI- as in “science”)? Thanks for the review Amir…

Thanks…Why is this the case, when we listen with two fixed mono “microphones” (our ears)? Is there some directional information that can’t be delivered with one driver?

Hello! Is there any reason that a full surround-speaker experience can’t be delivered through headphones/earbuds? After all, we only have two monaural ears, and our brains construct location of sounds from phase, etc. In theory, could surround sound through headphones sound just like a surround...

Hi all! I have a small 42” TV mounted in our bedroom that has variable analog output, which I send through a little Topping amp behind the TV to power a pair of loudspeakers. Works great and no clutter. We may need to replace the TV soon, but it’s hard to find one today with variable analog...

I usually buy for the long term, but if something needs to go I will usually give it away to friends and family.

The imaginary friends have moved into kid’s phones

Here’s a link to Apple’s audio requirements: https://help.apple.com/itc/videoaudioassetguide/#/itcf946aaace Excerpt: Immersive audio source must meet the following requirements. Dolby Atmos music deliverables Dolby Atmos audio files generated from stereo mixes are not allowed. Specifically...

This is the best article I could find, for Kind of Blue. https://www.mixonline.com/sfp/dolby-atmos-music-its-different-when-you-mix-music-only

Apple Music apparently does not accept Atmos tracks upmixed from stereo; they must be from the multitracks, or generated by playing the stereo track in a physical space and recording room ambience. So, I’m very interested too in how older recordings are rendered in Atmos…following this thread...

I use Plex to stream multichannel FLAC and DSF files from my server, through an Apple TV 4K, to my receiver. It’s very reliable and gapless.

As a fan of well-executed multichannel music, I’m very happy to see Atmos out there. Who would have guessed that surround-sound music would be easily streamed to consumers? I’m less convinced of Atmos’s value for headphones, but in my humble 5.1 system, some Atmos mixes sound great. Now, a bad...

I too am very sensitive to channel imbalance. But it’s a hard goal to reach. Recordings often aren’t balanced, and chances are our ears are a bit off balance.

Respect to Ascend for such great performance for a reasonable price.

Does your new TV have a headphone jack? If so, you can use an adapter cable to send the sound to your amp. Bonus, its volume controlled.

You might have seen in in Mad, but the origin is the great Firesign Theater, from “Don’t Crush that Dwarf…”.