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

@stuartk

Noted, thanks. The idea of spending $$$$ on channel based audio and 0 on object based audio (which is growing beyond all expectations according to AAPL) is simply unfathomable to me when more than likely members already have access to the content through their current streaming service.

Such a condescending post. These kids that live on their phones could care less about your "Spatial Audio"  they care about conveniences and portability. They also simply do not have the space for such an obtrusive system. I would never. 

Atmos will go they way of Quadraphonic and 5.1. 

Any real audiophile is not using Bluetoot. Could care less about backwards compatibility. Yep you are smiling just like those Laserdisc adapters back in the 80's and 90s.   

 Lossless doesn’t work on bluetooth or wireless streaming. AAPL spatial audio does and works with all of their products. Look at all these devices that are backward compatible.

This is the "mass market" adopting which gives me a bit of a smile. 

the masses

The general population, especially the common or low-class portion thereof. Usually used to deride those seen ashaving unrefined tastes 
or intelligence.

And this makes you smile? Going for the lowest common denominator? I'll say it again: this is the cruelest joke ever perpetrated on A'gon. Providing links to ad copy promoting solutions looking for a problem is an old tactic. Like one idiot said of the people who adored him, "I love the poorly educated."

All the best,
Nonoise

 

@jeffrey125

Any real audiophile is not using Bluetoot.

That is exactly why atmos is growing so quickly, if you were aapl and had to present a business model to the shareholders would you want to include as many AAPL customers as possible or eliminate every customer that isn’t an audiophile? You can consume atmos music as you choose (yes, it works with two speakers, you don’t need to buy more). BTW, this album is fantastic in atmos: