Good point. I forget that everything Dolby related is branded Atmos right now. My PC has a headphone upmixer I can buy branded Atmos. Seems that would cause confusion, but I'm guessing most people won't notice. Their marketing team has done well with the Atmos brand.
I'm a different animal maybe in this regard, but I would be content if my system was strictly 2 channel.
I'd hateto give up multi-ch audio more than I would the surround sound movie audio, but I would take the premium 2 ch...I listen more than I watch.
Apparently there are some sound bars that do a half decent job within it limited range of course. I wouldn't mind one of the better ones in my bedroom. But as I said before even a half decent Atmos setup will probably sound better than the equivalent sound bar without Atmos so why not? Atmos on mobile phones however, I just don't get that at all. That to me is 100% empty licensing dollars.
People may not implement separates because in many cases they might be superfluous. Why buy separates when you can almost get identical sound from an AVR at less expensive cost. If separates sounded dramatically better than AVR's at close to the cost, no one would buy AVR's.True that the Atmos speakers need to be ABOVE your head and not sitting on a speaker shooting up in the air.
Not everyone can or will implement Atmos speakers just like not everyone will implement separates systems.
Are separates systems (Preamps, Amps, Integrated Amps) overall failure since most people don't "Implement" them?
It's a niche market just like Atmos/DTSX and 4K UHD Blu-Ray, which most people don't and won't "implement".
There isn't any software support to give serious consideration to setting an Auro 3D system. However if that was to change, all you would have is add extra set surrounds on top of the bed surrounds, no need to cut holes in the ceilings. A person with an existing 5.1 or 7.1 could just add the additional sets of surrounds to their systems, which seems much easier to implement in the home than Dolby Atmos ceiling speakers approach. The VOG in Auro 3D is optional.So what are you waiting for? Implement Auro3D for your system already!
So in your opinion, Atmos is a failure because of poor logistics?
Wait. Have you ACTUALLY listened to a Home Auro3D system with absolutely NO OVERHEAD speakers?
Well you can use the height locations. You don’t have to cut the ceiling up. Most speakers that you’d use for heights are pretty light so mounting would be easy. A little bit of putty and couple dabs of paint...back to normal.
I don’t know exactly where to drop this in, so I guess it’s here!
The article does kind of lend itself this this kind of "fork". Not so much it's content because there's nothing technically wrong. Just its general tone.
The problem with that statement is the definition of "mediocre" speakers. "Poor", I think we can take as a given. I don't think you can generalise like that because with Atmos creating a sound bubble the immersion can make up the difference. Add to that some height effects and it will sound "better" for immersing yourself into the film, even if the sound timbre isn't up to the same quality as a high end speaker.
Sorry Mark I’m gonna respectfully call this a difference of opinion!
