No, as I said I’ve solved any potential hole in the ceiling with top middles but it’s very room size dependent. Basically 7.x.6. With the height layer being at roughly 30 degrees, 90 degrees and 150 degrees (relative to listener horizon, of course). Sounds great with all immersive content. The Dolby helicopter demo is spot on.
Well if you want the layout perfect according the Dolby and Auro intentions, yes.
Their music may or may not be to your taste but the 2L label is big on both Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D. Their releases also uniformly sound phenomenal.
I have 2L's Nordic Brass Ensemble: European Tour and both the playing and recording quality are superb.
I always assumed that the real lure of Auro 3D was Auromatic upmixing. It does sound great with my Smyth Realiser A16 (a virtual surround sound device).
I have a 5.0 system, and using Auro to upmix stereo to 5.0 is distinctly underwhelming.
I totally get that. I have the luxury of upmixing from stereo to 9.1, 11.1 or 13.1 with my virtual system that also includes a VOG speaker, so my mileage does indeed vary quite significantly from yours. Incidentally, my system doesn’t offer the option of upmixing to any Auro 3D configuration less than 9.1. Yes, I know that I’m fortunate to have what I have. My speaker system is 5.1 with one subwoofer.
If your into Big Band and horns, The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel has at least 3 albums out using Auro 3D with superb sound quality.
Boy I wish. I have three media players (Zidoo Z9X, Ugoos AM6b+ with Corelec and a Sony X800M2 bluray player) and the Auro 3D extra channels in an embedded flac are only recognized by the Sony (via USB in). The other two play the core layer but not the Auro 3D. I'm assuming its my players and not my Lyngdorf prepro (since the Sony works) but am open to any suggestions. Morten thinks it's some non-bit-perfect setting on these other players, but I'll be damned if I can find it.
I would check the Lyngdorf pre/pro. Often both my Marantz 7703 and my current Denon X4700H at times do not "automaticaly" recognize and switch to Auro 3D. Many times when I look at the Denons "INFO" it simply shows PCM as the Input Signal and the Sound/Active Speakers as whatever it was last set to. But manually changing to Auro 3D and the whole system then recognizes the Signal as Auro-3D/PCM and correctly decodes the output "Sound/Active Speakers".
No not your Lyngdorf or my D-M.
Ok but for me it’s in the high 90s. That’s almost bulletproof. But Auro is certainly a bit more problematic. Even at Native, some of our most award-winning label partners have, in the past, had issues producing consistent Auro 3D encoded embedded flac. But I love the sound, once they do.
I quite enjoy my stereo CDs auro 3D upmixed to my 5.1.4 system, but I have found that some stereo CDs are better than others. For example, I recently played a Ryuichi Sakamoto CD and it sounded terrific, but then another time I played The Clash's Bring 'Em Enough Rope, and that was only OK. But still, I feel Auro 3D has opened my extensive stereo collection in a new way for me, which is nice.
I've always enjoyed the Auro upmixer but it's never been a "always best" situation.
