I stopped reading when told Elton John is a fan. Obviously not my thing, Elton or Atmos. If nothing else, getting too old to bother with starting over. Same as AI. It will probably take over someday, but I will gladly miss it.
Do NOT Blow Your Entire Budget on Two Channel Audio
Yes, two channel audio is here, and is not going away. However, object based audio is delightful, widely available on Tidal and Apple Music, and should be in the listening room of every music lover on the planet, not just "audiophiles. If you plan to be a music fan a year from now start building your object based audio system today. You will need:
1) A receiver/processor capable of Dolby Atmos.
2) A subscription to Tidal or Apple music.
3) A Firestick, ATV, or Nvidia Shield.
4) A minimum of 7 timber matched speakers and a subwoofer.
Once you experienced stereo would you ever go back to only mono? No, you would build a system capable of either mono or stereo. Now that object based audio has arrived do the same thing. Build a system capable of mono, stereo, AND object based audio. When Elton John heard Rocket Man in an object based format for the first time why did he demand to convert his entire catalog to Atmos? If you don’t know, then you need to go listen to Rocket Man in a good Atmos setup ASAP.
So, take your budget, DIVERSIFY, and get a good Atmos capable receiver or processor. Object based audio is NOT last decades surround sound or home theater. It is for MUSIC first, if you need a recommendation on how to allocate your budget feel free to post a question. Most importantly, you don’t NEED two systems, one for music and one for movies. A good object based audio system can play two channel music just fine. A two channel system on the other hand can’t play object based audio without a proper processor or receiver.
Greg Penny talks mixing Rocket Man in Atmos.
https://youtu.be/ggzfcUKDqdo?feature=shared
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@kota1 , Best way to look at this. Some are happy to drive a Chevette while thinking it's a Corvette. Others will work hard so they can have the real thing. Others are just angry others have a Corvette while they drive the Chevette so they put down the Corvette. Do you and enjoy. Help those that want the help. |
There's another way to look at this. Some are happy taking cheap shots, thinking themselves clever. Others are perfectly content with what others do without raising any animosity over what is basically a non issue. Others are just angry about those that could care less so they attack them on spurious claims about system costs wrapped in premises of jealousy. Live and let live and let others go about tilting at their windmills. All the best, |
The speakers ‘disappear’ and ‘you are there’. Also, his processor takes away the need to hang room treatments everywhere, and agonize with speaker and sub setup. True, audio starts and ends with acoustics. The Martin Logan Forte steamer/amp your son got has room correction as well and hits way above expectations, nice size for a desktop setup too, hope he likes it! |
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