really?
oh, such exquisite drama queenery!
we do still have some physical product after all, including but not only for some higher profile releases.
i see lossy streaming Atmos as far from a backward step but a wonderful addition to physical releases of Multichannel Music, which still trickle out on disc just as they always used to come out in dribs and drabs, before Atmos for Music became a thing, there would be the occasional new Surround Music release on SACD, DVD/Blu-ray, etc.
ok, The Beatles have decided to pull the plug on Atmos Blu-ray's for now and that is unfortunate but there's a lot more music in this world beyond The Beatles, so I'm not only thankful for but happy at what we
are getting.
to me, Immersive Music streaming is an utterly
amazing development in our hobby
the sheer amount of new Surround music released on a nigh-on daily basis, on Apple, Tidal, etc., is quite something, largely thanks to streaming
anyone who is so anti the development can pretty much get stuffed as far as i'm concerned because like it or not this is where we're at right now and it's not as if there's no hope, there's always the possibility the quality of streaming Atmos may well improve in future
above all it's a hell of a lot better than the virtually zilch new Surround Music we were getting circa 2009, when i first signed up to QQ in the "bad old days" when Quad was long dead, DTS CD had been and gone, DualDisc had flopped and SACD and DVD-A were pretty much on life support. it was either you hunt down and fork out a serious wodge for old out of print discs or it's tough titty you make do with your Stereo stuff. we've come a long way thanks to Atmos and streaming