Tidal's Dolby Atmos tracks are awesome =)

[khaliss]

Been using Tidal for a couple of months now with my setup, but never actually tried their Dolby-Atmos enabled content.. turns out there's a lot! A few weeks ago, I acquired a used Yamaha Aventage RX-A2070 Dolby-Atmos 9.2 AVR, but never bothered to try out Tidal's Atmos library... till last night =) The Tidal-integration on Yamaha's MusicCast app doesn't appear to support playback of Atmos-enabled songs, only sees them as 2-channel PCM. However, when I use the Tidal app & playback Atmos tracks using Chromecast (Google-TV dongle), it shows on the AVR's UI that the audio signal/source is indeed in full Dolby Atmos/DD+ format:

Have to say, it's really awesome... these Atmos tracks sound quite immersive/enveloping & 3-dimensional! I'll have to disagree with listeners who claim it's just "gimmicky"... I can't wait to try out more tracks later tonight, I want to do some Atmos vs Stereo comparisons =)

 

[Thighsofsteel]

I like a lot of the Atmos content on Tidal. Some is a bit over engineered and rather false, but there are some great albums and tracks.

 

[rossco]

Been using Tidal for a couple of months now with my setup, but never actually tried their Dolby-Atmos enabled content.. turns out there's a lot! A few weeks ago, I acquired a used Yamaha Aventage RX-A2070 Dolby-Atmos 9.2 AVR, but never bothered to try out Tidal's Atmos library... till last night =) The Tidal-integration on Yamaha's MusicCast app doesn't appear to support playback of Atmos-enabled songs, only sees them as 2-channel PCM. However, when I use the Tidal app & playback Atmos tracks using Chromecast (Google-TV dongle), it shows on the AVR's UI that the audio signal/source is indeed in full Dolby Atmos/DD+ format:

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Have to say, it's really awesome... these Atmos tracks sound quite immersive/enveloping & 3-dimensional! I'll have to disagree with listeners who claim it's just "gimmicky"... I can't wait to try out more tracks later tonight, I want to do some Atmos vs Stereo comparisons =)

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Is there any streaming services using dts X (the other better "Atmos". I listen to Blu ray surround sound albums mixed and mastered in "Atmos" surround sound and it's amazing, would be great if there's DTS X streaming.

It's really cool more people are getting into surround sound. Awsome!

 

[dobyblue]

Mixes can be hit or miss and streaming Atmos is lossy, but one additional bonus is being able to mixdown to stereo and enjoy a dynamic stereo mix of albums that are otherwise slaughtered in the mastering stage for the retail stereo mixes.

 

[RDoc]

I just set up our 5.1 system to use Tidal Atmos and my wife and I have been very impressed by the clarity of the sound. I just wish Tidal would setup their Tidal Connect on Google TV so it would work with Atmos. Our Nvidia Shield will use Atmos if directly controlled, but uses Chromecast for Tidal Connect so it reverts to stereo.

 

[RDoc]

After our amazement at the improvement in music listening experience with our 5.2 system, I added two Klipsch atmos up-firing speakers. We agree that the difference is significant in overall spacial effect, but not as marked as going to ATMOS from multi-channel stereo. We did both notice that we could much more clearly make out the words in songs however. Overall, it's worth it to us, but not revelatory.

The general comment we both have is ATMOS does sound significantly more like a live performance if you were sitting in a very good venue in the best seat.

 

[Ciobi69]

What device could I buy to run tidal atmos on my nad 758v3i? I don’t know if the Apple TV 4K can but I was looking to buy it

 

[kyuu]

What device could I buy to run tidal atmos on my nad 758v3i? I don’t know if the Apple TV 4K can but I was looking to buy it

I'm quite certain you can do Atmos via the Tidal app on an Apple TV.

 

[Ciobi69]

I'm quite certain you can do Atmos via the Tidal app on an Apple TV.

Thank you very much it’s years that I was trying on my tv and receiver , gonna buy asap

 

[kyuu]

Thank you very much it’s years that I was trying on my tv and receiver , gonna buy asap

Further confirmation here:

https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dolby-Atmos