Apple Studio Display supports 8-channel audio

[wmy5]

Today at an Apple Store I checked out the System Report page of the Studio Display speakers. It says it has 8 output channels.

I am quite surprised. I thought the Dolby Atmos effect was simulated with only 2 channels.

 

[haruhiko]

Interesting, mine is reported as below:

Studio Display Speakers:
Default Output Device: Yes
Default System Output Device: Yes
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Output Channels: 8
Current SampleRate: 44100
Transport: USB
Output Source: Default

 

[jacklivehere]

You can configure speaker Setup to 5.1.2 Atmos in Midi App

 

[wmy5]

You can configure speaker Setup to 5.1.2 Atmos in Midi App

But the Studio Display only has two-channel speakers right? Is the 8-channel audio get down mixed to 2?

 

[jacklivehere]

But the Studio Display only has two-channel speakers right? Is the 8-channel audio get down mixed to 2?

Looks like 8 speakers, I just verified with dolby atoms track and I can see sound coming from different directions of speaker ( top/bottom -different points)

 

[wmy5]

Looks like 8 speakers, I just verified with dolby atoms track and I can see sound coming from different directions of speaker ( top/bottom -different points)

Apple says it has six speakers: four woofers and two tweeters. It is unlikely that they support more than 2 channels.