It must depend on the DAC, I just went from Crowded House @24/44.1 to Eagles (Hotel California) @24/192 on iPhone 11 Pro Max -> Matrix mini-i Pro 3.
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Apple Music Now Rolling Out Support for Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio
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theNatest
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For those playing with music settings and loosing it over and over again (me)… it’s not so much toggeling cellular data, it’s the automatic download that re-enables the settings to magically appear.
I’m not doing anything crazy as to in house testing yet - just trying to accomplish reliability through wireless lossless… can’t wait for real testing amongst my audiofiles to give us a true Thor hammer of knowledge. But oh my the possibilities!!!!
I might finally get my brother to convert! (After I steal back that HomePod I gifted him for Christmas because I need that space gray beauty for that awkward 7th room… first offer is the stupid Amazon thing I got with my Iota security system….last offer is my first born son)
I’m not doing anything crazy as to in house testing yet - just trying to accomplish reliability through wireless lossless… can’t wait for real testing amongst my audiofiles to give us a true Thor hammer of knowledge. But oh my the possibilities!!!!
I might finally get my brother to convert! (After I steal back that HomePod I gifted him for Christmas because I need that space gray beauty for that awkward 7th room… first offer is the stupid Amazon thing I got with my Iota security system….last offer is my first born son)
The effect is quite subtle, especially for the Top-40 crap.
Strongest effect so far out of the spatial audio playlist i had with "Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express"
EDIT: "The Doors - Riders On The Storm" is done very well!
Strongest effect so far out of the spatial audio playlist i had with "Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express"
EDIT: "The Doors - Riders On The Storm" is done very well!
My windows vista laptop had a sound setting called “expand soundstage”. Unfortunately this is what most Atmos tracks sound like. A combination of acoustic and live sound with some extra reverb thrown in. Not a fan so far.
Dms14
macrumors newbie
Wow thank you!!! I just got it to trigger to show up! Apple support didn’t know what to do! This must be a bug!
Not so sure on this. Many Lightning headphones have great DACs built in e.g. Audeze Sine / iSine. I will try mine later, enjoying my Matrix / LCD-2Cs ATM 🙂
Yes, haven’t been impressed overall. Back when initially launched I was impressed with Metallica’s S&M2 concert film, but haven’t seen much like that in actual Atmos Apple Music track. Even the audio version of S&M2 is not supported. Might be just that the generic effect for iTunes 5.1 films is just more obvious while this one is more subtle to preserve closer do the original mix
Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
I just listened to Styx Renegade and I liked it better with spatial audio off. But The Jackson 5’s I Want You back sounded way better with spatial audio. I wish there was a way to tell Apple Music which you prefer so it would turn off spatial audio on tracks where you don’t want It.
I found that turning Sync Library off for a few seconds then on triggered the update.
One thing I’ve noticed straight away is singles on pre-release albums are not available in lossless yet
One thing I’ve noticed straight away is singles on pre-release albums are not available in lossless yet
Showed up without a restart on my work iPhone. I did 2 restarts on my personal and it’s not showing up. Don’t mind that, I’ll listen through my work phone!
SRLMJ23
macrumors 68020
It does show you the rate of the specific album if you click on the "Lossless" logo above where the play/pause button is and it brings this up:
matrix07
macrumors G3
Dms14
macrumors newbie
My iPhone 11 Pro Max and Mac Mini M1 just got switched on in Oz. The iPod can go back to gathering dust LOL.
Finally just randomly appearing. All these toggling tricks didn't do a darn thing. This sounds really great. 😀
Did anyone realise it toggles automatically between Dolby Atmos and Lossless for song by song, it’s preference is Dolby Atmos though
You can listen to the files. But they’re being compressed anyway during playback - just a waste of space.
Tom Sawyer by Rush sounds pretty cool in Dolby Atmos, some other songs sound awful.
I like it. It’s a shame we can’t listen lossless on AirPods.
So, what setting should I use if I only listen via AirPods? No lossless at all?
I like it. It’s a shame we can’t listen lossless on AirPods.
So, what setting should I use if I only listen via AirPods? No lossless at all?
Hmmmmmnnnnn, is Dolby Atmos on AirPods Max meant to be a lot quieter than non-Dolby Atmos?
I've got my volume on 100% listening to Blinding Lights and it feels like the same volume as 60% volume without Dolby Atmos.
I've got my volume on 100% listening to Blinding Lights and it feels like the same volume as 60% volume without Dolby Atmos.