r/DolbyAtmosContent

Can I just put a porcupine tree disc in a DVD player?? Will my CD player support it??

I searched for “Bryan Adams” in this sub, and I was shocked to find that no one has posted about this before. Because he was (is?) at war with his record label over ownership of his masters, Bryan Adams took a page out of the Taylor Swift playbook and re-recorded his biggest hits. The first thing to note about these recordings is his voice sounds better than it did in his 20s. The second and most important thing to note is that Bob Clearmountain mixed these in Atmos and… when I started listening, my jaw was on the floor. Actually, I was crying. I did not think I could be moved to tears by Bryan Adams, but wonders never cease. I did not know music could sound his good. From now on, if I ever need to convince someone just how incredible music mixed in surround sound can be, I will play them “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started.”

Hello,
Muse The Wow! Signal is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Muse. Conceived as a concept album, it revolves around the themes of cosmic mystery, extraterrestrial intelligence, and human connections, drawing inspiration from the famous 1977 radio astronomy event known as the Wow! Signal.

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The album continues in Muse s signature style, blending epic rock with electronic and orchestral elements, while venturing further into science-fiction storytelling. Through its tracks, it explores the idea of potential contact with something beyond Earth, using space and extraterrestrial communication as metaphors for emotional and existential questions.

Unsurprisingly, this album suffers from extremely heavy dynamic range compression, just as we already observed when the first single was released. Some will argue that this is simply a characteristic of this style of music, which is expected to sound loud and powerful. However, with an average DR value of 4 (ranging from DR3 to DR5 depending on the track), the processing is clearly excessive, resulting in a completely squashed sound.
A comparison with the Dolby Atmos version shows that it is perfectly possible to preserve Muse’s signature sound while allowing for significantly greater dynamic range.

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The graph below compares the spectrum of the Tidal MAX – 2026 (white curve) with the spectrum of the Colored vinyl record – 2026 (blue curve).The two spectral curves almost perfectly overlap across the entire frequency range, with only a slight boost in the vinyl above 10 kHz, varying between 1 and 3 dB.

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With its dynamic and lively mix, the Dolby Atmos version makes full use of all available channels, as illustrated by the spatialization visualization video.

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With The Wow! Signal, the immersive Dolby Atmos version stands out as the best way to fully experience the album, delivering a more dynamic and enveloping sound. For stereo listening, the vinyl edition offers a more enjoyable experience than the digital version, it’s a bit more “dynamic” with a sound that’s slightly less muffled.

The full review with all graphics and analyses is available here (link).

Enjoy listening

Jean-François

Hello,
With The Night Watch (Live at the Rijksmuseum), Sting delivers an intimate live album recorded in the heart of Amsterdam’s famous Rijksmuseum as part of the Sounds Like Art project. Accompanied by guitarist Dominic Miller, he revisits a selection of iconic tracks from his career, blending classics from The Police with solo hits.
The recording highlights the museum s exceptional acoustics, whose natural reverberation fully contributes to the listening experience. Far from a spectacular production, this performance favors closeness to the artist and the authenticity of the interpretation.

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Available in both stereo and Dolby Atmos, this recording is a particularly interesting reference for assessing the ability of an immersive mix to reproduce the unique atmosphere of a truly singular venue.
The concert is available on ARTE s YouTube channel.

For this review, you will find 2 versions tested:

• Ed 1: Tidal MAX – 2026
• Ed 2: Tidal Dolby Atmos – 2026

This intimate Sting album is beautifully showcased by the recording quality. However, the limited dynamic range of the stereo version compromises the naturalness of the presentation compared to the Dolby Atmos version downmixed to stereo. Given that this performance was recorded in a museum, it deserved to preserve the full authenticity of both the recording and Sting’s outstanding performance.

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This Dolby Atmos mix does not employ any moving sound effects on the music. Instead, its goal is to faithfully recreate the acoustic environment by using the surround channels to reproduce the venue’s natural reverberation and the audience’s applause. To fully appreciate the benefits of this Atmos mix, it should be compared directly with the stereo version. The added sense of the room’s acoustic space becomes immediately apparent, while the intimate front soundstage is preserved. This approach enhances the realism of the presentation, creating the impression that Sting is performing right in front of the listener. Although the dynamic range is well preserved, the overall presentation lacks a touch of refinement due to the lossy Dolby Digital Plus encoding (with 7.1.4 channel).

link to the immersive video on Youtube

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This album offers the opportunity to discover Sting in an exceptional setting, presented in an intimate atmosphere with historical instruments. The recording reveals strong sonic potential, unfortunately not fully realized in the stereo version due to dynamic limitations that also reduce the natural feel of this intimate performance. It is the Dolby Atmos version that best conveys the realism and immersion within the Rijksmuseum, thanks to a mix that faithfully preserves the concert’s atmosphere. However, the absence of a lossless Dolby TrueHD Atmos edition is regrettable, as it would have allowed for an even higher level of fidelity to the original recording.

You can find all of the measurements and graphics here (link).

Enjoy listening,
Jean-François

Here are the Dolby Atmos rankings I made so far:

• 100 Best Dolby Atmos Movies
• The Ultimate Dolby Atmos Demo Scene Ranking (with timestamps)
• Every Dolby Atmos album ever recommended on Reddit
• Top 15 Dolby Atmos scenes from articles and news only

What should the next one be? Drop it in the comments.

Hi all i just purchased a Samsung QS90H for my S95D TV I have it connected through eARC. My pc and xbox is connected to my TV.

My issue is when I'm selecting dolby atmos theatre on windows or the Xbox there is obvious lag which makes me revert back to 5.1 for minimum latency.

Is there any fix for this?

I have selected all correct settings such as passthrough, there is a delay setting but I can only add delay not decrease it, the problem im having is I hear the sound after the gunshot, footsteps etc

Any help would he greatly appreciated