I had some free time this afternoon to do some listening and wanted to use the time to discover something new rather than listen to my usual playlists.
I used the create playlist function in Hello Atmos to quickly grab the Hidden Gems tanks songs.
What an awesome feature!
Beats looking through the standard Apple Spatial Songs section in Apple music by a long way.
If anyone out there uses a Denon or Marantz receiver for their Atmos listening have you done any calibration of your system apart from the initial audyssey setup?
If not I’d highly recommend looking into A1 Evo Acoustix by OCA which gives a much better result than the standard Audyssey (built in) calibration.
Also lets you play with curves and finer settings
It’s a free download. You probably need to be a bit savvy/nerdy with how hands on you get but it’s worth it if you have the want.
He has also just released a paid application which optimizes the speaker measurements focusing on time alignment in Atmos. It’s made the most noticeable difference in my system thus far.
This one is Gsonic Immersive and it’s pretty new and maybe a bit buggy for some users, so maybe hold off and keep abreast of how it’s going on Facebook or forums if you’re not prepared to ride the ups and downs
But I took the plunge and worked through some small issues and it has changed my room in a huge way.
I’ve got a 7.1.4 system and it’s the most immersive it’s ever been. Clarity and placement of sound is incredible now.
Acoustix by itself was a big step up and made the surround sound aspect extremely good improving clarity and detail, but the Gsonic changes that to immersive- not just surround.
Songs that I loved previously in Atmos feel like they’ve been remixed and now I have to relisten to everything to hear what was hidden to me previously.
It feels like the speakers have disappeared now and it’s the first time I’ve felt like I’m in a sound bubble.
You can search these up on YouTube for more info