Its so funny, and weird that you just posted this because I was literally trying to look up what Atmos music is. That is very ironic. And sadly I still don't understand it completely. Is it a 5 channel discrete system or more than that? Will you see Atmos on your processor or receiver? I have Amazon music HD and just searched for it on there and a few songs did say Atmos music or remastered in Atmos but was that what I was hearing? It sounded excellent but as I said I'm still a bit confused on just what this format is but I'm intrigued to say the least.
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I don't really understand Dolby Atmos music either. As I understand it for movies, it's for object based audio. Meaning if you are watching a movie in atmos and a plane is flying overhead, if you have atmos speakers placed correctly in you ceiling, then you are actually going to hear that plane flying over your head. Some people seem to have atmos module speakers sitting on top of say their front tower speakers or whatever. I can't see how that would give you the same effect as ceiling speakers. My receiver is capable of atmos, but I have not been inclined to run wire through my walls and put speakers in the ceiling. Lately I've been thinking about it because I got the new Roku Ultra, which seems to have a good amount of movies and shows in atmos.
But I'm confused about atmos music. Before surround sound sound I was perfectly happy with two channel music. Then I got my first surround receiver that had Pro-logic II music, and I was like wow, I like this as a change of pace. It was music in surround and it was subtle, it didn't hit you in the ears so to speak. Prologic II to seemed to take any ambience or other effects in the recording and send it to the surrounds. Dolby Surround seems to do the same thing. But music coming from overhead?? Like I said I don't understand it. Would certain instruments or vocals be mixed to overhead channels? I'm not sure I would like that. Mind you I haven't heard it so I really don't know. If I did put atmos speakers in the ceiling and rerun YPAO to identify those speakers, would those overhead speakers play every time I engaged Dolby Surround on the receiver? Yikes!! And the article says that even people listening with headphones, a sound bar, or sonos would be able to hear the difference in an atmos recording? I am lost at sea here
