Listen to the way mastering engineer Michael Romanowski describes atmos music at the 1:30 mark, that is a pretty good summary. At 2:20 he talks about the difference between stereo and atmos both from the listeners perspective as well as the composers:
Describe the "new HiFi sound"?
Recently had a discussion with an audio friend over the word "musical" and what this word means to each of us with regard to sound from different amplifiers and speakers. Some debate too. And, reading this other comment on Agon once in a while...how some equipment has the "new HiFi sound".
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Can someone describe this, in your words, what is the new HiFi Sound to you? Examples? Or, opposites of the new HiFi sound, what does this sound like?
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Right, well the problem is that Atmos is based (started) primarily as a movie format. That makes sense…multichannel sound for special effects and cues. Problem is it involves mostly non audiophile equipment and or would be cost prohibitive if scaled up for most people. Ideally, it would add more of a sense of space around the sound if it were a live recording, but could only offer fake cues for studio recordings. Most of my music is from by gone days…certainly not current mainstream garbage. A properly set up stereo with a great recording can be immersive on its own…music designed for Atmos sounds like Frankenmusic! Strong Quadraphonic vibes I’m afraid. But again…midfi gear, so it’s a non starter. |
Here is the president of Grammophon records describing how they can take multi-track masters and recreate the acoustics of the concert halls they were recorded in. Then they get to present the work to the artists that are on the recording in dolby atmos. This is a 3 minute video and if the artists themselves are "absolutely blown away" like violinist Daniel Hope is why would the MLP be any different at home? "It’s not about the sound its about the experience. Once you have listened to your own pieces in Dolby Atmos there is no going back" |
As for getting yourself a setup that will absolutely delight it can be far less expensive than stereo. Let’s start with Focal speakers, an all active system includes speakers and all the required amps (plus two subs) for a 7.1.4 system which ranges from $7K to $25K: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/search?s=focal+atmos Here are Focal’s atmos setup guidelines: https://www.focal.com/en/pro/dolby-atmos Remember, you are NOT ditching stereo, you are simply adding atmos.
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