Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon

[LennonCobain]

Saw this ad on Facebook, claiming Chuck Berry is available in Atmos. Using that site that’s tied to the Twitter bot… only Run Rudolph Run is available… so sounds like we might be getting some Chuck Berry in Atmos soon?

I have seen similar ads on Facebook for Frank Sinatra and other artists. I don’t think the promotion is necessarily an indication of more Atmos tracks forthcoming by these artists.

 

[marpow]

Is this a loaded question?
Depends on what you're listening on, of course, and one's personal preferences.
I've listened to Les Brers and half of Mountain Jam in 7.1.4.

Six additional speakers make a noticeable difference, of course, spreading the surround field.
Plenty of content in the heights and back surrounds.
Mountain Jam center channel is totally silent.

A wonderful 50th-anniversary alternate mix.
I'll be hanging on to my 5.1 SACD.
Folks that don't have one may well feel the Apple surround is enough, whatever their system configuration.

All true.
First I must say, Mountain Jam is The Allman Brothers Band at perfection, a purely great piece of music.
I think between the 5.1 SACD and this Atmos mix they are two different listens.
With the Atmos mix you get no better or worse than the 5.1. Everything seems equal to me.
1. The Dolby Atmos signal is very strong in the heights which is good. but if you could imagine take a block of wood say 4" tall and trim 1" off the top and put that in the heights, what you get is a mirror image of the bottom surround, albeit weaker.
I know this because I turned off all my floor amps just leaving the heights on and that is what I heard.
2. So it makes me wonder for Eat A Peach, I think the listening experience of the 5.1 SACD would be a little better as nothing is taken from it.
3. As Dave~~Wave said and I will add this Eat A Peach Atmos is definitely a keeper, even if you have the 5.1, I like both versions as they are different experiences. Atmos done well, not always has discreet placement of the music, vocals/instruments, but the envelope of sound can be a great experience

 

[perzon57]

All true.
First I must say, Mountain Jam is The Allman Brothers Band at perfection, a purely great piece of music.
I think between the 5.1 SACD and this Atmos mix they are two different listens.
With the Atmos mix you get no better or worse than the 5.1. Everything seems equal to me.
1. The Dolby Atmos signal is very strong in the heights which is good. but if you could imagine take a block of wood say 4" tall and trim 1" off the top and put that in the heights, what you get is a mirror image of the bottom surround, albeit weaker.
I know this because I turned off all my floor amps just leaving the heights on and that is what I heard.
2. So it makes me wonder for Eat A Peach, I think the listening experience of the 5.1 SACD would be a little better as nothing is taken from it.
3. As Dave~~Wave said and I will add this Eat A Peach Atmos is definitely a keeper, even if you have the 5.1, I like both versions as they are different experiences. Atmos done well, not always has discreet placement of the music, vocals/instruments, but the envelope of sound can be a great experience

I'm listening to this now, and I really like it, currently on Little Martha with the guitars all around me. Mountain Jam is for some reason not avaialble here.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Oh wait, the deluxe for Eat A Peach with 6/17/1971’s full show is ALSO in Atmos

 

[sjcorne]

Back in my foggy memory, I believe my opinion of the SACD was that it wasn't very discreet. I was just wondering if this is an improvement over that. It sounds like it may be.

It's definitely an improvement over the 5.1 and maybe even the quad to my ears. The studio tracks like "Melissa" and "Blue Sky" have decent seperation, with keys & organ mixed mostly to the sides/back and some discrete tambourine in the height speakers. Lead guitar images nicely between the fronts and front heights.

 

[César]

Nice mix and stunning fidelity. I watched "The Sound of 007" documentary and was going to play just the Billy Eilish song when I realised the whole album is in Atmos

 

[perzon57]

Oh wait, the deluxe for Eat A Peach with 6/17/1971’s full show is ALSO in Atmos

This live show is real good, and with a real good mix too.

 

[PurpleMoustache]

This live show is real good, and with a real good mix too.

I got the set of the full Fillmore East recordings and it’s the final disc. Interested to give it a spin to see how it stacks up to the (fairly ambient) 5.1 mix in that set

 

[HomerJAU]

The Beatles Revolver now on Tidal - ID: 255419674

 

[fredblue]

 

[himey]

The Beatles Revolver now on Tidal - ID: 255419674

Too soon in the states but great to see it is up, unlike the Zappa

 

[mrcond]

Damn! Eat a Peach, Holy Diver, Planet Drum, Revolver, Barracuda, this is turning out to be quite a release week for us classic rockers!

 

[popshop]

@HomerJAU well, good sir you are living in the future!....will you start a new thread with your thoughts on the album?
REVOLVER IN SURROUND!

 

[himey]

I didn't intend it to be a loaded question. Back in my foggy memory, I believe my opinion of the SACD was that it wasn't very discreet. I was just wondering if this is an improvement over that. It sounds like it may be. But no problem. Ill get a listen to it myself at some point.

It is much better!

 

[HomerJAU]

@HomerJAU well, good sir you are living in the future!....will you start a new thread with your thoughts on the album?
REVOLVER IN SURROUND!

No time to listen at the moment I’m afraid. Won’t be until this evening.

 

[fredblue]

https://www.whathifi.com/features/i...stem-that-makes-people-cry-and-its-the-future

 

[fredblue]

its up! and so am i!

 

[GOS]

its up! and so am i!

Hmmm, when I select it, it doesn't offer me to put in my library.

 

[elmer]

Hmmm, when I select it, it doesn't offer me to put in my library.

It's Friday in U.K. You have to wait a few hours…

 

[boxhead]

Just completed my first listen of Revolver. First up, this would have to be the clearest most accurate presentation of the album that I've heard. I can't detect any artifacts from the de-mixing technology, which is good. The mix itself presents as mostly front-centric to my ears, most noteably the main band instruments rarely move away from front L+R. I'm listening on a 5.1.2 system so take that into account with these descriptions. A lot of what appears in the heights and more so the rears is a duplicate of the fronts, although quite often they are used for backing vocals.

There are some standout tracks though. Got To Get You Into My Life makes good use of the surrounds for the brass, then things really start to improve with Yellow Submarine. The sound effects make great use of the heights and rears with various effects and voices popping up everywhere. The most adventurous mix is reserved for the final track Tomorrow Never Knows. The tape loops appear in all 7 channels which is no mean feat of de-mixing given that they all appeared on a single track on the original 4 track tape. There's also plenty of swirling movement - most impressive. Giles even managed to de-mix the original single channel drum track in that the main tom (or snare?) and cymbals appear centered, while the secondary tom appears centre-right.

So to my ears it's a real upgrade but doesn't hit the heights of say Abbey Road.