Article: Atmos Music and Some Current Favorites, Part 1

[bbosler]

so call me Mr. Obvious, but what we need is a database for all of this, does it exist ?

 

• Artist
• Album
• available formats (5.1, Auro3D, Atmos, etc)
• where available (Apple, Tidal, Amazon, download, DVD, SACD, etc.)

 

I know you are focused on Atmos because that is where the vast majority of the activity is right now and will be going forward, but there is a lot of wonderful 5.1 stuff out there too

 

am I just dreaming? 

[bbosler]

1 hour ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Video bores me

On the other hand, IMHO it is impossible to truly appreciate the mastery of their instrument some musicians have without seeing them perform. It is impossible to truly experience the passion of some artists without seeing them perform. It is impossible to truly understand the interplay and unspoken communication of some musical groups without seeing them perform.

 

The main problem I have with many videos though is the extremely distracting practice of jumping from camera to camera every few seconds like it is a Van Halen MTV video. I had to stop watching a PBS tribute to Charles Mingus and a Charles Lloyd concert recently because of it.  And don’t get me started on symphonies where they bounce all over the orchestra every few seconds,,,,  IT DRIVES ME INSANE !!! 

 

Thank you for allowing the small rant

[bbosler]

3 minutes ago, jrango said:

So, I suggest that, if you easily get to your amplifiers, you invest in some reversing plugs and give reverse polarity a try. In my system it makes a big difference.

 

Glad you have found a way to improve things, but I simply can't imagine going to the trouble to switch these plugs in and out depending on what recording I'm listening to, much less testing each recording by going back and forth to determine which are, and then trying to keep track of it all.

 

My surround system has 20 channels...  do you insert plugs for all channels or just the L-R ?

 

Have you tried this using DSP? Roon has a button to "invert phase" for all channels or individually. Should be invert polarity but pretty sure that's what they mean 

 

BTW you could insert the plugs at the output of the source, you wouldn't have to do it at the amps.