3/24/2024 0 Comments 2015 dolby atmos demo disc![]() DTS Neural:X was excruciatingly synthetic. And if there’s one album I don’t want to hear in the surrounds, it’s this one. In this case, Dolby Surround’s simulation of extra air was not an improvement. The transition from 2.1 (stereo with bass management) to 5.1.4 (expansion to center, surrounds, and heights) predictably broke up the rich density of the soundstage. I used “Black Cow” as the test bed for stereo to Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X rechannelings. ![]() The Marantz fulfilled the potential of this best-case material in every respect, from timbre to imaging to layering. My latest-and I hope last-copy of Steely Dan’s Aja is the Japanese two-channel non-hybrid SACD. I also listened eyes-closed, for the first time, to the aerial combat scene from Unbroken and found it all the more convincing that way. Stepping through the 2015 Dolby Atmos Demo Disc, I concentrated on selections that allowed me to close my eyes and listen to the overhead effects, from the mechanized noise of the “747 Takeoff” and “Helicopter Demo” to the more natural sounds of “Rainstorm” and “Santeria.” With Audyssey correction enabled, the receiver’s timbral finesse made trajectories in the 3D soundfield easy to follow.
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