Do NOT Blow Your Entire Budget on Two Channel Audio

Wow !

Looks like those over the age of 70 could care less about Dolby Atmos and are using every excuse in the book to justify their very expensive awesome sounding 2 channel. Fair enough. I love a great 2 channel rig as much as the next person.

The "you only have 2 ears" BS is a tired and antiquated comment generally told by the "Geezers" in the room.

For me it's been multichannel madness since the 1st DVD-Video (and later Audio) discs came 25 years ago. 6 dedicated (albeit compressed) channels of full frequency audio. Amazing. I bought (and still keep) a lot of Rock Concert DVD's. 

Fast forward to 2022 and I went Dolby Atmos and documented the whole messy install with the help of my Son. No, it's not for the Rich or faint of heart. I found 4 Klipsch 8" Woofer/Dome Horn loaded Tweeter for only $60 - $65 a piece on Amazon Warehouse last December. These usually retail for $300 a pair. I upgraded the Crossover Caps because I could. Emotiva have their decent budget Bas-X Amplifiers on a 10% discount for 1st time buyers. So I bought a 4 channel Amp from them. Building and Orchard Audio 4 Channel Amp would have been overkill for Speakers that are not being used 50% of the time.

Now understand that Dolby Atmos played via Amazon Music or Apple Music is compressed on all channels. Onlt their 2 channel music offerings are lossless.

Playing BluRay's (4k discs typically have uncompressed multichannel audio) is an absolute joy to listen to.

I have some Atmos Discs (All Things Must Pass, Abbey Road, Let It Be, Fully Completely, Moving Pictures, and some demo Dolby and other material.

While my in ceiling Speakers don't follow Dolby's recommendations. I did the best I could WRT to placement and where my ceiling beams/joists are located.

YOU MUST HAVE OPEN EARS AND TOTALLY FORGET ABOUT THE 2CH VERSION !!!!!!!

I can't state this enough times over and over again. These mixes are meant to bring out things in the music you never knew were there without owning a 6 to 7 figure 2 channel audio system !!!

What I hate is the Boxed Set Money Grab that our favourite Artists are doing to fulfill their Retirement funds. I get it. Between Peer to Peer sharing and low sales of their poor most recent recordings. The can only make a Buck touring (good) and rebranding/remastering/remixing and re-marketing their Best Albums yet again (bad and good I guess).

Rant Over.....for now.

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I’ve always liked auro 3d with the fully immersive surround. This  site allows you to download free, auro 3d, Dolby, dts, imax, and thx most in 5.1 and some in 7.1.  But I’m sure auro 3d is pretty similar to Dolby atmos.  https://www.demolandia.net/cinema/brands-demo-trailers-hd/page-1.html?highlight=1

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@rajugsw

Wow !

Looks like those over the age of 70 could care less about Dolby Atmos and are using every excuse in the book to justify their very expensive awesome sounding 2 channel.

+1, and the anger that anyone else can enjoy something that is different than stereo (note, I didn’t say better than stereo, not going there).

The "you only have 2 ears" BS is a tired and antiquated comment generally told by the "Geezers" in the room.

Yep, these are "audio karens", they show up a lot in threads on cables or in any discussion about measurements too.

For me it’s been multichannel madness since the 1st DVD-Video (and later Audio) discs came 25 years ago. 6 dedicated (albeit compressed) channels of full frequency audio. Amazing. I bought (and still keep) a lot of Rock Concert DVD’s.

+1, I have been scooping up second hand concert DVD and Blurays on Amazon and local thrift shops at around $5 a pop. Ripped them to a NAS and playing back on a Zidoo multimedia box, fantastic. I often upmix the 5.1 DTS or DD soundtrack using the auro 3d or dolby surround upmixers.

Thanks for sharing the journey, the Bas-X amps are supposed to be awesome and yes, discs are always a step up from streaming. The BEST disc I own is the Kraftwerk concert. An Atmos disc AND you can also play it back in 3D. Absolutely the BEST experience, at the level of attending the concert without the crowds.

See this review:

https://www.whathifi.com/features/kraftwerk-3-d-catalogue-blu-ray-review

@fittebd 

With a push of a button it’s the 2.1 part of my 7.1.4 Atmos system I can use for both movies and music.  Eversolo now streams my ripped 5.1 library replacing my oppo.

Now that's a good idea, I need to checkout the Eversolo.