Recent content by srsxmi

Not my agenda, please reread my objective. Psychoacoustics and/or the ability to detect the difference is not the issue. The issue is technical. And they are likely right for many if not most of their subscribers.

This is the (last) confusing part. Assuming Apple Music does deliver lossless audio (with or w/out Atmos) as they advertise, how can it be based on lossy audio sources? Do they transcode the lossy audio to lossless audio? EDIT: I misread @Tre2023 : So, Apple TV 4K is the weak link in the...

All good here. By "less than optimal", are you referring to ARC limited bandwidth for lossless surround audio streams vs eARC which can? I am a bit confused by the comments regarding DD+ and how different devices interpret the stream differently, so below is a specific example to use as a...

Do you mean that there are no streaming sources that are lossless Dolby ATMOS (i.e., Dolby TrueHD + the ATMOS bits)? Or do you mean that there is no such thing as a "Dolby TrueHD ATMOS"? Do you have any more information on the specific devices and how they interpret the stream? I am interested...

Yes, it was not, I did repeat your steps on my Mac and had similar results. Confusing I agree. I think we are primarily different use cases, e.g., I was using a preview of Apple Music on Windows to send music to a DAC and headphones, and it came through as the file you saw (now below on the...

Thanks for the information. Minor point, DD+ is lossy, Apple Spatial music is lossless, e.g., the highlighted portion of image below. Apple's definition of lossless is 16 bit /44.1 to 24bit/48kHz and Hi-Resolution Lossless, is up to 24bit/192kHz. (ref: Introducing Spatial Audio, section on...

Not sure what you mean; I am describing the files that are in the cloud, i.e., the data at rest. It has nothing to do with ATMOS as they are not being streamed.

Food for thought: You might try a Sennheiser AMBEO soundbar, its really quite nice with 10 channels available. You can stream to it in stereo or multchannel, and is plays very well with Apple TV; its sounds best when fed by eARC HDMI. Hearing is believing and you would likely save money. Also...

With my Apple TV 4K playing to my Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar, I get 10 channels of "Dolby TrueHD ATMOS ". I use the HDMI connection to my TV. The notation is important because as I understand it, Dolby Atmos is an extension and depends on, one of two Dolby codecs, "Dolby Digital Plus where it is...

Here's what I discovered after some research and experimenting with using the 2023 HomePods, Apple Music and Roon (all of which I own and will keep). And thoughts on using them as a soundbar. HomePods: After owning the original HomePods and really not getting much use out of them, I decided to...

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Yes it was mine. I did not get an FR with them, but Amir's would likely be more accurate than one Audeze would have provided because I expect Audeze would send a target FR for the model (see Audeze FRs). You should be able to write to the Audeze support group and verify whether its specific to a...

Hi, Sorry for the delayed response. My actions probably speak louder than my words; I kept the LCD-24 and sold the LCD-X a 2018 version. I regret keeping the X as long as I did. The newer X is better, but still the 24 outperforms both. The 24 is a special edition and may not be available...