What HiFi and Atmos

I’m not against listeners enjoying 50 channel music

This is NOT Atmos, MQA or a valid setup of any type.

I just don’t see the need en masse.

OK, that is a preference. Is it all about you? No.

I think what we really need are drone Atmos speakers

Now you are just trolling, I won’t go there. If you take your current investment in your system ($150K?) and divide by 10 you will have enough for a VERY proper Atmos setup (actually you could do it for less than $10K).

This <$15K build will play all files including immersive, video, audio, MQA , vinyl and stereo. Spend the remaining $135K on whatever.

Now you are just trolling, I won’t go there.

It was clearly a joke, not a troll. If it was a troll it would have to be something like realistic. However the joke illustrated a sincere perspective and personal opinion:

5.1 speakers is as far as I’m willing to go. It’s not even about the money, it’s about wiring, speaker location, etc. It is a value choice.

I just don’t see the need en masse.

OK, that is a preference. Is it all about you? No.

Actually I was making a prediction. It’s not all about me. Others will do as they will and so long as it doesn’t cost me money that’s fine. I am however predicting that the majority of music listeners don’t care or need Atmos or Atmos systems. Will the Dolby branding however will push us towards that? I will be really shocked if they are that good a snake oil vendor.

Yes, you can listen to Atmos on 2 speakers, but then, why on earth have I interjected all the CPU and software required to translate object based recordings for music to 2 speakers?

At least MQA made some plausible claims for improving the performance of individual DAC's based on their performance characteristics.  Dolby Atmos for music listening leaves me scratching my head. 

Dolby Atmos for music listening leaves me scratching my head. 

The resources I used when checking out Atmos music were the engineers, you can find many resources on youtube from engineers and srtists.