And you'll need Atmos content, of course, which we'll discuss in a moment. To the right, you'll see a couple of Atmos home setup examples. At the top, you see a setup with specially designed upward-firing speakers. Each is a traditional speaker but also has separate drivers that shoot sound to bounce off the ceiling.
These are tuned so the bounced audio sounds correct to your ears. At the bottom, you see a soundbar designed to do the same. Atmos also lets you have a greater number of possible speakers. So how many could you have if you really wanted to go wild? Oh, 24… plus 10 height speakers. Yep, 34 speakers if you want.
You don't need to do that, of course. But if you've got a bunch of spare speakers and amps laying around and a room that can fit them, go for it. On the left, a well-installed Atmos home theater system with four in-ceiling height speakers.
On the right For Atmos, Dolby uses a slightly different twist on the nomenclature of home systems. Traditionally a 5. If you then added two Atmos height speakers, Dolby would describe this system as a 5. If you see "a 7. Get CNET's comprehensive coverage of home entertainment tech delivered to your inbox. In addition to the gear, you'll also need Atmos content. That's actually pretty easy. On disc it can be found on 4K and regular Blu-ray discs.
It's even in a handful of video games. Chances are if the movie is 4K, it's also Atmos -- though that doesn't mean it's in Atmos everywhere you can find that movie. It might be available with Atmos on the 4K Blu-ray, but not on Amazon, for example.
Just keep in mind there won't be compatibility issues. I prefer the following: Optical fed Base, premium cans with separate drivers — possibly planar magnetic wishful thinking I know! THD, dynamic range, etc. I want to hear footsteps behind me when I am private viewing or late night viewing. Who has non-gamer- newest gen Atmos or even Standard Dolby Headphones? You may be the gent who can solve this riddle for me! Thank you!
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Second, if you do try watching non-natural Dolby-supporting movies with Atmos, your audio will simply revert to stereo, 5. To be honest, this is probably the best reason to get Dolby Atmos. Music lovers or audiophiles looking for a way to upgrade their music listening experience even further can do so on Apple Music , Tidal , and Amazon Music.
These three are currently the only music streaming services that support Dolby Atmos audio. Especially since all of these platforms already offer ultra HD and lossless audio quality that is more than good enough for casual music listening.
Ultimately, if you want a more immersive listening experience, Dolby Atmos is not a bad option. Do you have any thoughts, questions, or experiences with the format?
Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. E-sports gamer We examine the pros and cons of Dolby Atmos for headphones and see if this virtual surround sound format is worth spending for. How Does Dolby Atmos Work? To illustrate, imagine a movie scene with a speeding motorbike. The motorbike audio might be mixed to originate from the right rear speaker, then pan through the right, center, and left speakers. It might then continue to the left rear speaker and fade off as the motorbike speeds out of frame.
To better visualize this, you can check out this video. Dolby Atmos does this by turning individual sounds into 3D objects with accompanying metadata. This metadata, which is created by a sound engineer, maps out where each sound goes within that virtual audio bubble.
With multiple drivers, these headphones can deliver more expansive sound. Similar to how Bluetooth codecs reduce the sound quality of lossless music files, some Bluetooth headphones may not render 3D audio as effectively as a pair of wired or Dolby-enabled headphones can.
In one interesting review , Dolby Atmos was tested on a selection of wired and wireless headphones. The experiment yielded mixed results with both types of headphones yielding good and mediocre performances. What We Like. Compatible with any headphones More immersive sound quality Available on more devices and platforms Intelligent Equalizer adjusts to your content.
Dolby Access app is a little less accessible Requires payment after the free trial Requires Atmos-supported hardware for the best experience. To see the full list of compatible devices for games , movies , and music , you can check out the Dolby website.
Dolby Access can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. When hearing in natural settings or listening to speakers , the sound elements arrive at your ears at different times due to distance, wall reflections, bouncing off other objects in the listening environment, and even your shoulders and parts of your head.
All these factors provide information regarding the distance of the sound sources from your ears. Besides HRTF, the characteristics of sounds coming at you change as you move in your environment, as well as moving objects emitting sound change their distance from you resulting in The Doppler Effect. Unlike hearing sound in the natural world or via speakers, when listening to audio either music or movies using wired headphones or headphones connected wirelessly to your TV, the sound seems to originate from within your head.
Even sounds entering your ears from left or right in a headphone environment sound like they are on the left or right side of your head, instead of a distance from it. The reason for this is that when wearing headphones, all sounds arrive at your ears simultaneously, which means there are no distance cues and no natural sound reflections, thus negating the HRTF effect.
Various techniques deliver sound with a more natural depth that can closely approximate the characteristics of sound arriving at your ears as it might with your ears exposed to the natural environment. Even the use of open or closed headphones can impact the sonic signature.
With stereo, expanding the sound field is a matter of placing center channel sound elements such as vocals in front of you, while the left and right channels are placed farther from the left and right of your head. The task is more complicated with surround sound, but it is possible to place left, center, right, left surround, right surround, or more channel surround sound cues accurately in the "space" beyond your head's borders than inside it. Algorithms create a virtual surround environment that gives the listener an enveloping sound and removes it from within the listener's head, and places the sound field in the front and side space around the head, which is more like listening to a traditional speaker-based surround sound system.
For home theater, check to see if your home theater receiver or one that you may be considering features Dolby Headphone, Yamaha Silent Cinema, or other headphone surround sound processing system that allows the use of any set of headphones. All of the needed surround headphone audio processing for each method is in the home theater receiver, preamp, surround sound processor, or another compatible device.
These technologies can work with wireless headphones Bluetooth is limited to stereo. Connect any set of headphones to the headphone jack, activate an appropriate format listed above that you may have access to, and you can listen to surround sound without a soundbar or a lot of speakers. However, even if your home theater receiver or another device that provides headphone listening doesn't come with built-in surround sound headphone processing, you can still access a surround sound listening environment with some headphones.
Another type of approach to headphone surround sound is by German headphone maker Ultrasone. What makes the Ultrasone process different is the incorporation of S-Logic. The key to S-Logic is the position of the headphone speaker driver.
The driver is not in the earpad center, where it would send sound directly to your ear, but slightly off-center.
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