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Marantz stopped charging for Auro 3D once Dolby and DTS came out with their own versions. That started with the AV7704, the model after mine. I guess I kind of assumed it had more or less lost its value.

I hadn't thought about Auro 3D. I don't see the point in using a DTS upmixing codec for Dolby HD soundtracks, but for those who paid for Auro 3D, this is kind of a screw job. With my AV7703, Auro 3D was an additional cost that I never saw the reason to pay for, but what about the people who...

A lot of the terminology in that article seems to be incorrect. Anyway, back to my my original solution. I use DTS upmixing (DTS Neural X) for DTS soundtracks and Dolby Surround for Dolby soundtracks. Done. I get very active channels with the upmixing, every time. Watch movie. Enjoy movie...

You need to get your terminology correct, because now I'm just confused. There is no such thing as "Atmos upmixing". There are various codecs to synthesize additional channels, but none of them are called that. And DTS:X is already object based, so no additional processing is needed.

I'll have to try this on my AV7703. I do know that I have it programmed to play back Dolby soundtracks of all sorts that aren't Atmos in DD + Dolby Surround, and all DTS soundtracks in DTS + Neural: X, since those are the codecs that match the source soundtrack. It just makes sense to me to...