Describe the "new HiFi sound"?

I find that all that Dolby processing takes away from the music.

@kota1 no, had not before, and just checked it out, thanks. Nice.  You enjoy it and that's what matters. As noted "on well recorded material". Gotcha.  I listen to all sorts of different and inferior recordings, so that rules me out for immersive sound.   

@decooney 

Whatever floats your boat, personally I couldn't git 'er done with just 50% of the SQ I get from an immersive setup but whatever.

@decooney

Whatever floats your boat, personally I couldn’t git ’er done with just 50% of the SQ I get from an immersive setup but whatever.

Yep. Was born mid-60s, still listen to old rock bands 60s, 70s, and some 80s stuff.

My former audiophile days of securing the perfect recordings and remastered tracks just to be able to sit and listen to how things sound - are over.

Back to listening to MUSIC again, most any type of average recording. Tube, old Class A solid state, whatever. It all works. Nice not to worry about that any more.

Learned all of this from my local audio shop, open 53 years. Been going there for 38 years, no joke. Has all tube, 2-channel systems, total bliss, pure music. 

There are a lot of topics in this thread! I don’t know what the "new hifi sound" is, but I think it’s worth including the art of recording in any discussion of new sound. Artists, engineers and producers have broadened the palette of sound being recorded. This isn’t as simple as an eq curve; it’s about adding octaves, pitching percussion, playing with phase to create soundstage effects and carving out eq segments to let instruments blend. I’m not judging old or new, but the sound of an old recording like Crosby Stills vs newer recording artists is dramatic and largely due to the recording artistry. We are all creatures of our time, and artists creating good or less good within the given limitations.