I agree that there is a very limited amout of Atmos source material available at present - but it does seem to be improving, with Tidal & Amazon Music HD starting to offer Atmos based tracks, and Atmos Blurays slowly becoming available. Obviously, I'll very much continue to listen to my Vinyl, CDs & DVDs though, given that they've been such a major part of my life for so many years I can really see why Steven Wilson has made his decision that it is Atmos all the way for him from now on.Īs mentioned, my main interest in Atmos has always been for music rather than movies - and Atmos music, to my ears, then makes listening again to albums in Stereo and even 5.1 sound slightly / oddly "empty" afterwards. Once you've heard the Atmos mix of (for example) the Kraftwerk Blu-ray, you will realise there is just no going back - the music really does "move" all around you, with instruments / rhythms appearing from all over the place and whizzing past your head etc. I would very strongly encourage any music fan who has been considering whether to upgrade to Atmos for some time (as I had) to just go for it. The only equivalent I can think of in terms of step change is the "wow-factor" I had when I first heard the Steven Wilson 5.1 remixes of the original stereo versions of Yes, Tull, KC albums etc. I've only been using this 7.1.4 Atmos system for a few days, but I'd say that it is a massive mind-blowing change moving from 5.1 music to Atmos music. I find that 5.1 music allows one to hear things in “dense” music that might be difficult to hear clearly when in stereo. But I don’t see that happening for a while. But with ceilings like that one can always mount speakers on the front wall and back wall as the Atmos height speakers. It is very tall (over the 14’ Atmos limit) and is also peaked so no reflective Atmos speakers will work. I too have a ceiling that makes Atmos difficult. But so far I like the larger sound-space it seems to create. Maybe once more Atmos titles are available I'll be more motivated to upgrade.I just shifted over to 7.1 but am still tinkering with placement. Every once in a while I consider going to 7.1 (from 5.1) but lose interest once I start trying to figure out where to put the speakers. So, I have limited space and limited spots to mount speakers. The area behind the sofa is open (thus a loft) and the area to the right is open to the rest of the room. It's up in a third floor loft so the space is limited and the ceiling is a trapezoid shape. The problem I have with Atmos is the layout of the room I have my home theater in. I bought one of the first reference players when it came out. I've been into 5.1 music ever since DVD-Audio was introduced.
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