Anyone trying Dolby Atmos music on a surround sound system or headphones? What did you think of the two?
So far:
-Listening to surround music on headphones isn't as good as binaural, especially not the Starkey Cetera treated stuff, but it works for the ones that were done well. Some of Eilish's songs I like better in virtual surround over earphones. Some over the older remasters of 80's music I don't.
-Half of what is available in surround/atmos sounds tonally different and there is a volume difference. Maybe 8dB softer in Apple Music, and nearly 15dB softer in Tidal for surround audio... Needs better volume levelling.
-Tidal's app is a mess on LG TVs and hardly better on mobile... Need a better way of discovering Atmos albums. Like a tab or a setting where you can browse all atmos music by genre and popularity.
-A surround sound system with multiple speakers seems to work best, but the surround speakers seem to need to be higher than for movies. Downmixing to headphones is okay, more likely to sound a bit weird. I wonder if most of these are checked on surround systems and not headphones?
-Apple has the right idea being able to toggle between stereo and surround audio instead of them being listed as separate songs and albums.
If anyone in Utah wants to try it on speakers instead of headphones you're welcome over!
So far:
-Listening to surround music on headphones isn't as good as binaural, especially not the Starkey Cetera treated stuff, but it works for the ones that were done well. Some of Eilish's songs I like better in virtual surround over earphones. Some over the older remasters of 80's music I don't.
-Half of what is available in surround/atmos sounds tonally different and there is a volume difference. Maybe 8dB softer in Apple Music, and nearly 15dB softer in Tidal for surround audio... Needs better volume levelling.
-Tidal's app is a mess on LG TVs and hardly better on mobile... Need a better way of discovering Atmos albums. Like a tab or a setting where you can browse all atmos music by genre and popularity.
-A surround sound system with multiple speakers seems to work best, but the surround speakers seem to need to be higher than for movies. Downmixing to headphones is okay, more likely to sound a bit weird. I wonder if most of these are checked on surround systems and not headphones?
-Apple has the right idea being able to toggle between stereo and surround audio instead of them being listed as separate songs and albums.
If anyone in Utah wants to try it on speakers instead of headphones you're welcome over!