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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

 

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cleeds
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kota1

... if it was a high enough priority for Elton John to convert his entire catalog to Atmos as a HIGH priority. I think every fan of music should have budget for both types of files ...

You sound very impressionable. Many people are not so easily swayed by celebrity culture and social media "influencers." Good luck to you, because the next Big Thing is just around the corner. And then the Next Big Thing will be just around the corner after that.

hilde45

Not everyone needs to be in a Disney ride to enjoy and immerse in music. We are not children, needing to be gobsmacked and drooling at special effects.

Exactly! But that kind of faux excitement is exactly what many younger people have come to expect. They grew up exposed to much more artificial, processed music than they were real, live music. It’s the same with food, which in part is why you see some many obese kids these days.

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@xenolith 

Ridiculous proposition based on a ridiculous premise.

The "premise" is you will be or already streaming music.

The "proposition" is to consume the object based audio included with your subscription, to not do so is a waste, period.

kota1 OP
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That dog won't hunt.

See Snoop Dogg in Dolby Atmos, 😁

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@cleeds 

You sound very impressionable.

That only means one thing, you didn't hear Rocket Man in Dolby Atmos yet, please post your impressions if you have. Thanks

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@jeffrey125 

I do not own a TV and honestly find your posts quite boring, same old same old, yadda, yadda, yadda. 

Do you own a phone, you know, yadda, yadda, yadda? 

 

 

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