Listening to Now (In Dolby Atmos)

[J. PUPSTER]

D U N E
seems pretty front focused to me, a little underwhelming in a surround sense IMO

 

[J. PUPSTER]

JOHNNY CASH
----and the
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

 

[himey]

JOHNNY CASH
----and the
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

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No Hurt

 

[fredblue]

is there a particularly good Atmos track for tweaking Front Heights?

 

[DuncanS]

is there a particularly good Atmos track for tweaking Front Heights?

I need a new pair of glasses, I read that as twerking Front Heights!!

 

[fredblue]

i ask primarily not because there's anything wrong at the moment its just that nagging feeling and i like fiddling about with equipment for no real reason anyway!

so.. mine are set on either side of the Centre speaker, upward firing (small room, i can't drill in walls as i'm in a tanked out basement and the Height speakers are too big to sit on top of my Mains/Front L&R and point up) yet my AVR's YPAO auto setup has both Front Heights set dead level at +/-0dB and distances are 2 metres apiece which is accurate as the cabinets themselves are 2 metres from the main listening position..

i dunno.. i was expecting YPAO to account for the speaker cones firing upwards or something and giving greater distances.. maybe.. probably just me being silly! anyway, please do let me know some good tracks for Atmos Heights fiddling as that's what i'm in the mood for this evening!

 

[Sal1950]

JOHNNY CASH

Is that a streaming only Atmos release or is it on disc?

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Is that a streaming only Atmos release or is it on disc?

I don't know of any physical disc, never even knew about this title until a couple days ago seeing it on Apple music.

 

[Sal1950]

I don't know of any physical disc, never even knew about this title until a couple days ago seeing it on Apple music.

Thanks Pup, I think it would be cool for posters here to state where the Atmos file came from. I hate spending 15 minutes searching for a disc that never existed.

 

[Sashaaa]

SLOW BURN
KACEY MUSGRAVES

OK

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I discovered this album because of the atmos mix, and slow burn has instantly became one of my favorite songs, and also one of the best atmos mixes of its kind. Listening to the same thing

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I discovered this album because of the atmos mix, and slow burn has instantly became one of my favorite songs, and also one of the best atmos mixes of its kind. Listening to the same thing

Any advice Sausage, on how to always know one's listening to an Atmos mix on Apple TV 4K?
(some of these mixes -i.e. old Jazz, is so subtle you barely notice the rears in 5.1.)

I think their random menu system and search (UI) is rubbish; and no it doesn't always tell you which songs are Atmos; and once playing the song (from what I see) doesn't even show it as such anywhere on the screen

 

[sbrom]

Any advice Sausage, on how to always know one's listening to an Atmos mix on Apple TV 4K?
(some of these mixes -i.e. old Jazz, is so subtle you barely notice the rears in 5.1.)

I think their random menu system and search (UI) is rubbish; and no it doesn't always tell you which songs are Atmos; and once playing the song (from what I see) doesn't even show it as such anywhere on the screen

Your AVR should tell you if the Apple TV 4K output is Atmos. As it streams/decodes an Atmos track my Yamaha RX-A2050 displays “Dolby Atmos” on the front panel, if you have the “info” selector set to “Audio Decoder”. Your AVR may behave differently, but I’m sure there is a way of getting to the audio decoder information.

Further, the Apple TV 4K screen tells you, IFF it is on the right screen. It’s really confusing, but the following screen displays the encoded signal format. See the tiny Atmos logo on the lower right:

 

[marpow]

Is that a streaming only Atmos release or is it on disc?

I purchased the Johnny Cash awhile ago. You can purchase either HDTracks or RBCD, both stereo of course. The Atmos streaming is very good, brings out the orchestra parts better.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Your AVR should tell you if the Apple TV 4K output is Atmos. As it streams/decodes an Atmos track my Yamaha RX-A2050 displays “Dolby Atmos” on the front panel, if you have the “info” selector set to “Audio Decoder”. Your AVR may behave differently, but I’m sure there is a way of getting to the audio decoder information.

Further, the Apple TV 4K screen tells you, IFF it is on the right screen. It’s really confusing, but the following screen displays the encoded signal format. See the tiny Atmos logo on the lower right:

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Thanks for the reply!
That would be great if my AVR would light it up for Atmos info, except I’m running an old school analog makeshift rig (Oppo analog out to non-HDMI Marantz in 5.1) until I can upgrade. Not ideal for sure, but it will give me some decent surround when the songs are mixed with some verve.
You may have noticed in some of my pics a little Atmos logo lower left. That’s just a watermark image I tinkered with to show how it could be done (hopefully more elegant than that), so there’d be no confusion about it. But I’m sure the 18 year old college drop outs designing this UI believe I should just get off my arse, pay the piper beaucoup bucks and get a modern AVR

 

[J. PUPSTER]

I need a new pair of glasses, I read that as twerking Front Heights!!

Ooh la la!

 

[DuncanS]

Ooh la la!

great album JP!

 

[sbrom]

Thanks for the reply!
That would be great if my AVR would light it up for Atmos info, except I’m running an old school analog makeshift rig (Oppo analog out to non-HDMI Marantz in 5.1) until I can upgrade. Not ideal for sure, but it will give me some decent surround when the songs are mixed with some verve.
You may have noticed in some of my pics a little Atmos logo lower left. That’s just a watermark image I tinkered with to show how it could be done (hopefully more elegant than that), so there’d be no confusion about it. But I’m sure the 18 year old college drop outs designing this UI believe I should just get off my arse, pay the piper beaucoup bucks and get a modern AVR

Got it. So your system doesn’t decode Atmos. I don’t have direct experience with this. Other Apple TV 4K users have said if your AVR doesn’t decode the Atmos data it will default to 7.1/5.1.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Got it. So your system doesn’t decode Atmos. I don’t have direct experience with this. Other Apple TV 4K users have said if your AVR doesn’t decode the Atmos data it will default to 7.1/5.1.

well since it's analog out from my oppo (the Apple TV 4K is attached to the "In" HDMI on the back) it must be either the Apple TV 4K down mixing or the oppo, I honestly forget, but it does work. Just not sure how well the height info gets mixed into the 5.1, or at all?
*never said I was an expert at this stuff

 

[sjcorne]

Just not sure how well the height info gets mixed into the 5.1, or at all?

As I understand it, the height information shouldn’t really be thought of as discrete channels. All the elements exist in the 5.1/7.1 bed, but there’s embedded metadata that instructs the decoder to move them further up the vertical plane. If you don’t have Atmos, the height metadata is ignored and everything stays at ground level.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

As I understand it, the height information shouldn’t really be thought of as discrete channels. All the elements exist in the 5.1/7.1 bed, but there’s embedded metadata that instructs the decoder to move them further up the vertical plane. If you don’t have Atmos, the height metadata is ignored and everything stays at ground level.

that's it, I remember now- thanks Jonathan!