Dolby Atmos Music Mixes

[Bobby Bass]

Starting a thread to discuss Dolby Atmos music mixes with so many Blurays being released with new atmos mixes. I just setup two different systems with the best being a 7.1.2 system with 9 separate speakers, sub, AVR and BluRay player. The other is a Sonos system with 4 pieces for the family room. I’ve been buying BluRays both separately and as a part of reissued box sets. I’m also listening to atmos mixes on Apple Music. Please share your thoughts on atmos mixes you’ve heard.

 

[Bobby Bass]

I’ll start off by sharing the best mixes I’ve heard. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Animals along with Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms are the 3 best I've heard so far. No surprise since the CD versions also sound excellent but the atmos mixes take them to another listening level in my experience.

 

[TLS Guy]

I’ll start off by sharing the best mixes I’ve heard. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Animals along with Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms are the 3 best I've heard so far. No surprise since the CD versions also sound excellent but the atmos mixes take them to another listening level in my experience.

I think it all depends on your receiver or AVP. I am now on my third unit. I had a Marantz 7705 and then 7706 for Atmos. Atmos was interesting but not a huge game changer. They both failed one at five years and the 7706 at three months. So then I bought a Marantz AV 10 and that is totally different and impressive. I suspect most processors are not up to Atmos decoding, and tha AV 10 has shown me the real potential of Atmos mixes. So results will vary.