Hi, I just received an email from Tidal.
Since it’s written in italian I prefer to use google translate feature to attach the scrrenshot
Since it’s written in italian I prefer to use google translate feature to attach the scrrenshot
Indeed, it was only a matter of time. Dolby Atmos rules the roostFraunhofer, Sony, and open-standard community just never seemed interested in developing a viable strategy for getting the MPEG-H out there into the consumer sphere and competing with Dolby.
Like I've always said "DOA"- Sony just has to go their own way!@Oldschoolsoundengineer mentioned this in the Atmos streaming thread yesterday, but it probably deserves its own thread. I hope this isn't the final nail in the coffin for MPEG-H 3D as an immersive music format, though I fear it is. Fraunhofer, Sony, and open-standard community just never seemed interested in developing a viable strategy for getting MPEG-H out there into the consumer sphere and competing with Dolby.
it'll never happen unless Sony were to have a Foraging Rhino type of guy onboard to drive the project on. i doubt we'd have Quadio without him.Like I've always said "DOA"- Sony just has to go their own way!
However, the release of many of the old Quads via 360 RA was encouraging, they should just start a program (streamline from the 7" SACD's) like Rhino, and release those old Quads in a BD format.
True. Still I'm sorry to see 360RA go even though I've never used it. I do hate toIndeed, it was only a matter of time. Dolby Atmos rules the roost
I don't think they need to TOP anyone's work.it'll never happen unless Sony were to have a Foraging Rhino type of guy onboard to drive the project on. i doubt we'd have Quadio without him.
as it is, Sony Japan and Dutton Vocalion are doing a fine job and i can't realistically see Sony's domestic division themselves topping Sony Japan & Vocalion's work.
also, i'm mindful of the superiority of DV's releases such as Ship Ahoy and The Isley's 3+3 compared to Sony USA's earlier efforts
of the same titles.
in other words.. i'd say.. fahgeddabouddit!
Another huge point in the Tidal news release, as Sal has quoted for a long time, R.I.P. MQA.
Tidal has dumped there MQA playback and there Hi-Res Stereo is now FLAC.
It can, as long as it meets the loudness standard, which would just mean leaving lots of headroom above the crushed peaks. Loudness ≠ dynamic range....Atmos is the superior format simply because of their -18 LUFS requirement. A mix can be lackluster/lazy, but it can never be dynamically compressed...
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