Great stuff! Are you familiar with VOODOO Records? They do a lot of (I am assuming) bootleg issues, many Beatles and Prince which are great. But the George Harrison 'All Things Must Pass' is kind of muddy. 'Sgt. Pepper' is a real trip!
Fair enough. You don't and can't compromise yourself or your guests when it comes to those issues/questions as you definitely DON'T want to "burn any bridges" as we would all be therefore penalized.
streaming only? what a shame.RC can’t predict whether anything will be released on Blu-ray, as standalone, streaming only, etc. He was surprised when I let him know that the 4 new Rush mixes arestreaming.
We have discussed the topic between ourselves and agreed to leave it out of the talk, along with current projects, recently finished mixes, etc. Anything that might present problems with NDA.
. A shame that Ryan put forward some new release music surround discs as some of his choices, but Mike didn't!
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Since Atmos is object-based, I have to imagine there's a difference with 5.1 speakers between how the TrueHD bed gets played back on older purely channel-based hardware, and how an Atmos receiver will distribute those objects across 5 speakers and a sub.
I would have thought that the fold down process was the same, as it was folding down to the number of available speakers, but perhaps the Atmos AVR processes it differently.
My understanding is that non-Atmos AVRs/processors will access some sort of “core” Dolby Digital 5.1 mix.
Only non-TrueHD decoders will default to the co-encoded DD. A non-Atmos TrueHD decoder will use the 7.1 TrueHD stream without unfolding the Atmos objects/channels using metadata.
That's what I have, and I have to crank up the volume each time My Blu-Ray decodes an Atmos mix into a 5.1.
Agree!!! But...we are keeping the old amp too. It decodes to TrueHD7.1. No atmos. But, happy of what we own over the years. If we keep it up, going to have to store stuff in piles on the floor in the middle of rooms.. OUT of room.Great summary video and some excellent choices by both of you
Like Ryan I only have a 5.1 set up, not Atmos. I have no intention of increasing my number of speakers in the near future, but I have recently changed my amplifier with excellent results (that I didn't really expect). My new amplifier is a Denon that is Atmos capable, whereas my previous one wasn't. Previously when I played Atmos mixes on discs the amp would play them as 5.1 and show TrueHD on the display. Now this new amp shows Atmos on the display. Obviously I'm not playing true Atmos as I haven't added speakers to my set up, but the mixes sound a hell of a lot better. Definitely more spread around the room. I'm currently listening to Tears for Fears The Hurting Atmos mix. Up until now the Atmos mix on that disc sounded horrible on my 5.1 system. The dedicated 5.1 mix is excellent of course. But now, WOW, the Atmos mix is sounding superb, much better than the 5.1 and a million times better than the Atmos mix previously sounded on my system. I don't know what the science is here. This is definitely not a case of subconscious bias, over the past few days I've listened anew to the Atmos mixes of Crimson's Red and Larks Tongues, Who's Next, Gentle Giant's Free Hand and Elton's Diamonds, all with improved results. I think the amp might be doing some sort of "Atmos height virtualisation", but whatever its doing I'm loving it, and I'm going to be enjoying revisiting the various Atmos mixes I already have on discs in the next few weeks
) But this not too shabby... good job Penny.. next time, if there is one.. ad 5.1 too! 
