Black Ice demoed the new Aries headphone amp at Cedia 2022 and it should be out soon, this video is from the prototype:
What is Your Opinion of Atmos Music?
Most members here have "stereos" for music and "home theater" for movies. Atmos music takes the immersive format that started with movies and uses it for music. It seems Dolby has a series of interviews/tutorials with recording engineers and that is picking up momentum. Personally I listen to immersive music (atmos and surround sound) about 80% of the time and the other 20% I listen to two channel on my desktop system. What is your experience with either Atmos music/spatial audio or using any of the various upmixers (auro-3d, dolby surround, etc) for immersive music listening?
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'Did you ever hear of Jim Fosgate? Black Ice audio has partnered with him on their designs. They have a tube based headphone amp and are bringing out a SOA headphone amp (The Aries) that Jim designed to replicate his own SOA audio system. kota1- No doubt when the Foz introduces something unique, it's worth a listen. I remember the "Punch" car audio days of the 80's and use his tubed signature phono amp introduced 10 years ago. I guess my tinnitus/frequency deficient ridden ears just aren't interested in anything except a real cure for both of these afflictions. While I'm not a home theater enthusiast, this is interesting- outdated perhaps based on whatever the latest iteration is, but perhaps the tube magic makes it worthwhile. FOSGATE AUDIONICS FAP V1 NEW OLD STOCK #3... For Sale | Audiogon |
@brianlucey can you recommend a pair of headphones for atmos music? I noticed the headphones have to be enabled for atmos. Just pulled the trigger on a new headphone amp, Thanks. |
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