Beatles' Sgt. Pepper in Dolby Atmos available to stream (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

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Beatles Sgt. Pepper in Dolby Atmos available to stream

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[meli]

Why would Doby recommend listening to an Atmos mix on (presumably 2-channel) headphones? How about listening on a 5.1.4 Atmos system?

 

[Wayne_j]

Why would Doby recommend listening to an Atmos mix on (presumably 2-channel) headphones? How about listening on a 5.1.4 Atmos system?

Yes this, you don't promote your new Atmos mix by telling people to listen with headphones.

 

[Don Lindbergh]

Dolby is likely recommending headphones because the fact is today there is probably no effective way to bitstream Atmos from any of the currently supported devices on the Amazon Music platform although possibly with some kind of wired connection from one of the supported mobile devices to an AV receiver. You have to use a DAC on a PC to get the high def Amazon Music HD and UHD content using the app on that platform so I don't see how that could work for bitstreaming Atmos. Amazon calls/labels Atmos content '3D' which again is almost certainly not supported on the PC app and therefore likely won't show up in searches/browsing etc. On the Android side the Nvidia Shield TV seems like a likely candidate since it can bitstream Atmos to AV receivers but it seems the native Amazon app doesn't currently support the HD and UHD content let alone '3D' content (lots of finger pointing between Amazon and Nvidia there). It may be possible to 'sideload' the Amazon Music mobile app on the Shield. The mobile app does apparently support the HD/UHD Amazon Music content but I don't know if it supports the 3D content. In general the Amazon HD Music service is in it's infancy and rife with issues in general currently for audiophiles attempting to use it seriously today.