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Trio Callas – Mozart_Brahms_Mehmari – Review of an immersive recording (DSD stereo , PCM Hires 5.1, MKV Dolby Atmos TrueHD, DXD 5.1.4)

Jean.Francois

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Hello,

After Invisible Cities Part 2 by André Mehmari and Sergio Reze, ADS founded by Gustavo Cândido, offers us an immersion into a different musical universe with the album Trio Callas – Mozart Brahms Mehmari. The 5.0.4 recording literally places us at the heart of every instrument and every nuance, delivering an exceptionally refined immersive sound experience. This classical album not only allows us to discover another musical style but also to appreciate the richness of spatialization and the depth of the sound. I invite you to explore this album across various playback formats, up to DXD 5.1.4, to fully enjoy every detail and the full dimension of the music.

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The Trio Callas, founded in 2021 in Salzburg, is made up of three musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds:
- Lucas Garcia Muramoto (cellist)
- Bella Schütz (pianist)
- Miguel Rocha (violinist)



The DSD64 (codec of the SACD) version is delivered as a stereo DSF file, encoded in DSD64 (2.8224 MHz / 1-bit). The waveform of the DSD stereo - 2025 below shows a high range confirmed with DR13:
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The DXD 5.0.4 version provides access to the sound quality of the album’s original master. It faithfully reproduces all the subtlety and richness of the multichannel recording, while accurately recreating the spatialization captured with a 5.0.4 microphone setup.
This version delivers an exceptionally transparent and precise listening experience, both in terms of tonal quality and the breadth of the soundstage.

The Dolby Atmos mix was created from a Dolby Atmos ADM master featuring a 5.1 bed and four audio objects assigned to the height channels (more information on Dolby Atmos here).

When playing this Dolby Atmos TrueHD version on a 5.1.4 system (or 7.1.4 system configured in 5.1.4), the playback perfectly matches the 5.0.4 channels of the DXD master. However, on a 7.1.4 system, playback does not occur strictly in 5.1.4: the Dolby decoder redistributes the 5.1.4 surround channels across the four surround channels of the 7.1.4 setup to create a more immersive effect—consistent with Dolby Atmos’s original design for cinema. This results in a slightly different spatial rendering in the surround field.
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If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend listening to this album on a 5.1.4 system to fully experience the immersive depth of this recording.

You can access the high-resolution samples ( and MKV Dolby Atmos sample) to compare the different versions by ear, as well as all the measurements, by clicking HERE (link).

Enjoy Listening,
Jean-François
 
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