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
@kota1 ,
This expression literally means wasting all our money on two channel stereo. Really don't think there's a single person on here who thinks all his money spent on his system has been a waste. And it's nice to see you're trying to be so civil and polite after your temporary ban. |
I keep seeing post on its either a processor or pre. You can do both in same system. So many come with bypass no. Many have done it for years. Sure if you don’t want don’t do it. A vinyl enthusiast is certainly not going to to but many others would. Honestly the bigger issue is all the speakers and their wiring not the pre. It’s a ton of work hanging and running the wires and in many cases finding the place to put them. I built my room with this in mind so it was easier for me. But I get those who have a living room system or even a den it’s a big ol mess to install. But I agree with OP it’s worth the squeeze. |
For anyone that is simply curious and is not ready to change their home stereo. The Miles Davis estate provided Capitol Records special permission to remix Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain in Dolby Atmos. Engineers David Rideau, Steve Genewick and PMC Speakers US President Maurice Patist did both an Atmos multi-channel mix AND a spatial audio binaural mix for headphones. You will need apple airpods pro or airpodds maxx to get the atmos headphone mix. If you don’t use Apple you can find other atmos capable headphones on dolby’s website. Here is more info on the SUPERB Atmos mix of Miles. If Miles is not your taste most Atmos tracks have a binaural headphone track embedded: and a "behind the scenes at the studio" video: https://youtu.be/FU5-ZdprCrc?feature=shared
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Having heard Atmos 7.1 systems and music with Atmos label in the same room as high end 2-channel audio, it appears to me that most people who keep plugging all this Atmos stuff have no idea what proper 2-channel audio sounds like. Sound imaging and soundstage are not merely "audiophile" concepts -- and the original poster double quotes that moniker, which already tells me it's going to be a bit of a pseudo-insightful post.
I've seen films like Fury on phenomenal bookshelf format 3-way speakers, just two speakers, not even a subwoofer. Fabulous audio immersive experience.
Drop the Atmos marketing charade, or target it to people who will lap this stuff up because...more gear. |
