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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

 

kota1
fittebd
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@britamerican  A few hundred is not dominant  did you mean few hundred thousand?  Even so most have zero clue what BACCH is outside the audiophile world. But millions know what spatial audio is as they have tried it since it’s on mainstream’s streaming services  D o they like and use? Justly still out  will they build a 5.1 system just for it, prob not   But 5.1 systems have sold and continue to be sold at numbers greater than people like us who have dedicated 2 channel systems.  We are the outliers.

Also when I said anything will work I was referring to BACCH  you just play the 2 ch through the filter no mixing needed as it is with object based  object based needs studio work  

 

@kota1 when I said someone has not listened to a proper 51.1 I was was referring for only movies.  Not music  I do not recall who posted they have heard movies on both and said the 2 ch was just as good.  

 

 

avanti1960
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not for me, thanks.  budget already blown.  

britamerican
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@fittebd ,

Also when I said anything will work I was referring to BACCH  you just play the 2 ch through the filter no mixing needed as it is with object based  object based needs studio work  

 

So you get a bit of left right enhancement from the crosstalk rejection. To have spatial information to listen to with the BACCH system there needs to be spatial information in the music.   There is no spatial information in the music except some left and right from panning and some tricks for the rest.

To get much out of the BACCH system you need newly encoded music (that is why they sell the tools) and no one is going to do that with no market. Best you could hope for is someone transcodes ATMOS.

 

 

kota1 OP
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@ibisghost

Thanks so much for contributing to this thread! As for the sound you are hearing in your room it would be great if you could post your system. Click on the virtual system area and at the top click "add a new system". It could be related to so many different things. I am sure it can get better, whatever the issue.

As for classic rock one that stands out as a favorite in atmos is Chicago. Man, those horns sound amazingly refreshed in this format. Depending on the mix sometimes it is like they are standing in front of you, sometimes they put you in the studio and wrap them around you like a horseshoe. I like when a solo horn takes the center channel and it just resonates in a very clear, real, articulate fashion. 

kota1 OP
2,706 posts
 

But millions know what spatial audio is as they have tried it since it’s on mainstream’s streaming services

Roger that, check out the links below, most people like it, love it, and want more of it:

 Apple reports spatial audio is a HIT

Apple reports more than 80% of subscribers have listened to spatial audio

and check THIS out

Why spatial audio is the future of the music industry, even if you HATE it (ouch)

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