The Beatles - Abbey Road 50th Anniversary (5.1 & Dolby Atmos mixes)

[J. PUPSTER]

For those who saw Sir Paul on the Colbert show last night; did you notice, he not once mentioned the 50th Anniversary Abbey Road release. Guess any warm body with a pulse remotely interested in music should know anyway.

 

[Goona]

Apparently, Atmos can do 96k, I just don't recall seeing it, yet.
Maybe @Goona can tell us what's on the AR BD.

"Dolby Atmos in Dolby TrueHD
Dolby has expanded the Dolby TrueHD format to allow the format to support Dolby Atmos content on
Blu-ray and ultra high definition Blu-ray Disc. Prior to Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD provided lossless
support for channel-based audio, such as 5.1 and 7.1. Now we have added a fourth substream for Dolby
Atmos sound in Dolby TrueHD codec to enable a support for a losslessly encoded object-based sound
mix.
Dolby Atmos in Dolby TrueHD is transmitted from a Blu-ray player or Ultra HD Blu-ray player to your
AVR via an HDMI connection. If your AVR supports Dolby Atmos, the Dolby TrueHD object-based audio
and related metadata will be decoded, processed, scaled, and rendered to your specific speaker
configuration. Dolby Atmos audio can be encoded with Dolby TrueHD at multiple sampling rates
(including 48 and 96 kHz) and bit depths (16- and 24-bit).
Dolby Atmos enabled receivers will also support legacy Dolby TrueHD bitstreams at multiple sampling
rates (including 48, 96, and 192 kHz) and bit depths (16-, 20-, and 24-bit) to provide full backward
compatibility with legacy Blu-ray Disc media and Dolby TrueHD music files.
Dolby Atmos in Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Digital Plus has been updated and features a new decoder capable of processing content encoded
for Dolby Atmos. This module uses new bitstream metadata to extract Dolby Atmos object-based audio
and outputs this information for further signal processing. The sampling rate for Dolby Atmos content
is 48 kHz, the same sample rate as for Dolby Digital Pluscontent.
Both new audio decoders are designed to be fully backward compatible with legacy channel-based
Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD soundtracks."

Its 48 but has twice the bit rate than the DTS. But the oppo didnt specifically say Atmos so it could just be reading the Core 7.1

 

[4-earredwonder]

For those who saw Sir Paul on the Colbert show last night; did you notice, he not once mentioned the 50th Anniversary Abbey Road release. Guess any warm body with a pulse remotely interested in music should know anyway.

Yes, it was that damn children's book that Colbert kept hawking. And he didn't even sing a song. Of course, Colbert was star~struck and the audience with their standing ovations was deafening. And Sir Paul loved EVERY SECOND OF IT!

I thought for sure he'd at least mention Abbey Road and disclose that with his amassed fortune of $1.2B+ he hired Steve Wilson to remix ALL his SOLO albums in Dolby Atmos/5.1.

 

[Scott65]

I got a shipping notice too...except it's for a part to fix a bathroom sink.

Did it get broken after she came in through the bathroom window?

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

So, what happens if you select the Atmos mix, but play it back through a 5.1 system. Does one get weird effects and mixes?

 

[4-earredwonder]

So, what happens if you select the Atmos mix, but play it back through a 5.1 system. Does one get weird effects and mixes?

It is my understanding that with most modern players it would be considered 7.1 and downmixed to 5.1.........

 

[Mesozoic Mike]

It is my understanding that with most modern players it would be considered 7.1 and downmixed to 5.1.........

So one would assume fidelity would be unaffected, with only the mix being different.

 

[4-earredwonder]

So one would assume fidelity would be unaffected, with only the mix being different.

Think of it as an OPPO vegetarian Stew .......... 🌶 ........tasty and nutritious but just not as beefy as Atmos!

 

[GOS]

Moose told me this a couple days ago...

Hello Gene,
We are anticipating these to arrive from our distributor in the next few business days. At that point we will ship out items according to what "Region" you are in. Since you're in Illinois, it would be likely that we would ship this out on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. This would allow us to time it so the package arrives on the date of its street release.
-davey


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[H.A.L.]

Pending charge at Amazon -- what a TGIF this will be!

 

[mrcond]

Thanks @mrcond, very interesting review, especially with changes in vocal/instrument placement (pg-2.) And yes, old stereo vinyl guy alert (Michael Fremer!) That's fine with me, nothing wrong with great stereo vinyl; but on the other hand, it's not surround.
And just to be clear, the quote is Michael Fremer's, not mrcond's.

Yes, thanks for clarifying that. I am hoping my own thoughts on the surround mix are MUCH more enthusiastic.

 

[4-earredwonder]

BEATLES PRE "ABBEY ROAD"

POST "HIT THE ROAD JACK!"

 

[4-earredwonder]

I'm so damn excited about Abbey Road I'm starting to hyperventilate

 

[PissedOffPeoN]

Anyone order from bullmoose shippjng yet? First time ordering something big from them.

 

[4-earredwonder]

I'm so damn excited about Abbey Road I'm starting to hyperventilate

CHILL, DUDE ..... IT'LL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!

 

[esimms86]

Moose told me this a couple days ago...

Hello Gene,
We are anticipating these to arrive from our distributor in the next few business days. At that point we will ship out items according to what "Region" you are in. Since you're in Illinois, it would be likely that we would ship this out on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. This would allow us to time it so the package arrives on the date of its street release.
-davey


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Thanks Gene. I wonder how this region thing affects my ‘moose delivery to Massachusetts. I believe the company is in New Hampshire , so they can probably ship mine Thursday night.

 

[Computernator]

I'm so damn excited about Abbey Road I'm starting to hyperventilate

This guy looks like Steven Wilson. Coincidemce or on porpuse...

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A500FU met Tapatalk

 

[Simon A]

This guy looks like Steven Wilson. Coincidemce or on porpuse...

Porpoise...

 

[Simon A]

So this was recently posted by Bullmoose...

 

[J. PUPSTER]

The Anticipation grows...