The other two current Life in Surround Atmos videos (for those interested - the other is in the FAQ thread):
Thank you for your videos. I know it's a lot of work to do what your doing, and it does provide additional information that's a fun easy way to learn when compared to simply reading about a certain multichannel release. You've given me a very nice way of getting the
low down on the hoe down when it comes to new multichannel mixes of some of our favorite music.
About Atmos, I've recently did a audio upgrade and Atmos was going to be a big part of it, but I ended up doing so much more to my original setup (going from 5.1 to 7.1,) including replacing all the rear speakers with new ones, wiring in the walls, getting two new subs (to replace the one sub that stopped working a few years back,) along with a professional calibration. After all of that, it was too much to add those extra four in wall ceiling speakers I originally visioned.
Not to be a total bummer on Atmos, when I had all that in wall wiring work going on, I made sure that there were four additional pair of wires I had prewired that are specifically going to be used for in wall Atmos speakers...two above in front of my listening area, and two more above behind my listening area (they will of course be pointed towards the listening spot.) I plan on adding those Atmos speakers sometime during the first quarter of 2020.
So with that in mind, I am very interested in this new Beatles release. Of course I could get a really good idea on how the 5.1 version of it sounds, then of course once the new speakers are in place...well that's just going to be a lot of fun.
You mentioned this new Beatles Atmos release might be the software that gets people into Atmos. I see the point. Adult material got people buying into VHS machines, "Avatar" (2009) got people excited about buying 3-D TVs, and frankly speaking...I was not thinking of Atmos music as the reason to get Atmos. Buying into the full movie going experience is, and has been my original goal for adding Atmos (it still is.) However, since my audio upgrade I've been buying up quite a few 5.1 music titles and in addition started listening to the nice collection of 5.1 music mixes I originally bought in the early 2000s. Overall, I was not expecting my music listening experience to be improved on so much. I knew it would be better, but now I find if I'm going to be sitting down to listen to music; it most likely has to be high resolution from the best source with a multichannel remix if available.
There's a lot of movie reviewers out there, and there are those who review new musical releases, but not much in the way of multichannel musical reviews. Thanks again for the hard work you do providing us with your video reviews.