The MADNESS of DOLBY ATMOS for music fans

Don’t obsess over sound quality. Buy a system that you can afford and listen to the music you like.🎉

Yep. I've literally argued with producers over this. They're wasting all this money kitting out their studios -- from big facilities to bedroom rigs -- as if Atmos is going to be THE standard audio format for music consumption for the foreseeable future, and... no, it's not. This is quad all over again. Consumers are not going to reject the affordability, practicality, and portability of 2-channel stereo to gain the vertical dimension or even rear-placement audio. Just isn't going to happen. Home theater? Sure, absolutely. Audio for video is the only reason for Atmos to exist, be that in homes, movie theaters, or anywhere else. But nobody is going to install Atmos in place of a bookshelf stereo. Nobody is going to install Atmos in place of a hi-fi system. You can approximate three-dimensional audio SOMEWHAT with a soundbar, but not well. You can't replicate it at all in headphones or earbuds, no matter how hard you try, and that 60% figure you cite proves that. Because in terms of headphones and earbuds, psychoacoustics becomes the necessary mechanism, which is only ever a best guess based on what the consumer's playback device manufacturer thinks your channel separation is supposed to be. We tried that with SEVERAL different standards in the late 90's and early 2000's, and even when you used a CD that was engineered to match your device's standard, it was hit-and-miss at best and outright shit at worst. Which, again, echoes your experience. So long story short, music will ALWAYS be stereo first and foremost. There will be experimental concerts and albums to take advantage of the Atmos format -- much like The Who's "Quadrophenia." But that will be the extent to which anyone is really going to care about Atmos in the music realm.

Dolby Atmos will never replace stereo music, but it doesn’t need to. I enjoy it as a bonus for the music available, and which I like, on my 7.2.4 system. I also equally enjoy stereo, vinyl, speakers, headphones, SACD and DVDA. It can all exist together, just enjoy your preferred format. Personally I’m excited about the prospect of more music in Atmos.

I absolutely looove atmos music on my multichannel set up. Puts you in the middle of the music Sip some whiskey and play some good hi-res with atmos is sublime.🍻

"we are talking about Atmos for music"... Pitchforks up!!!!

Just purchased Dark Side of the Moon atmos Blu-ray and listened to it my theater room. 7.2.4 system. Amazing.

Atmos is something which is incredibly cool and when done properly, so hard to argue against the benefits. But agh, the inconvenience vs the amount of content available is such a tough sell

I have a 7.3.4 home theatre setup separate from my two channel office system with an Apple TV and Sony UHD blu-ray player. I have thousands of Atmos tracks from Apple Music and it’s just amazing!

I love everything about this video. Thanks so much John. ❤

Just the vlog on Atmos I needed , thank you !

thank you for the sound quality of this video !

Many of us love films and music. I already have a 5.1 surround system, so, if I feel like it, I can play the Spatial Audio songs. I also own the Peter Gabriel I/O Dolby Atmos and it sounds great. For me, I didn’t need to buy any extra gear. I already had it for my movie watching.

loving this ATMOS content!

One thing not mentioned is the mastering on the Atmos releases. They are very often way less dynamically compressed than the stereo releases. That’s more of a big deal than lossy data compression in terms of sound quality.

Absolutely excellent content , some of the very best on YT Thank you 👍🥂

Look forward to the side by side comparison of the speakers in the back ground 🙌😄 Thank you John for the videos and your wise words

Steven Wilson is a true Genius. The Album Years is a great Podcast, but you have to check out 3 of his solo records, The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories), Hand.Cannot.Erase and To The Bone... amazing.

Wow. Awesome info. Great vid. Thanks 🙏 heaps.

Upgrading my dedicated home theater from 5.1 to 7.2.4 is the best upgrade that I have ever done to my movie watching and music listening. Native atmos mixes on disc are the best, but the Dolby and DTS upmixers do a great job of non-immersive audio. Atmos Soundbars and up-firing speakers are not true atmos. If you want audio over your head, install 2-4 height speakers in your ceiling

great video and very well explained ☺️☺️☺️