Listening to in Dolby Atmos Streaming, via Tidal/Apple/Amazon

[Guitmark]

Thanks for all of the sleuthing, and sharing, @fredblue — amazing. Lots of work. Sincerely, thanks.

I wonder if others are also starting to feel spoilt for choice... for a long time I've listened to, and collected, pretty much whatever was available in various forms of surround because although it was a decent chunk of material (and plenty I haven't even gotten to yet), it was ultimately finite and I could at last somewhat keep my head wrapped around it—the artists that were participating, the genres, etc. That led me into some territory I probably wouldn't have gotten to otherwise, and that was always pretty thrilling.

What I'm feeling this morning I've felt to a degree before now but still ultimately ended up adding everything that has been shared here to a "Check It Out - Atmos" playlist in Apple Music... but today was the first time I fully tipped, realizing "wow... this is amazing... but I'll never have time to get to all of this (let alone everything else backed up in my queue), and in the meantime many more titles will be released..."; and that is both cause for rejoicing and also moving me into a new phase of how I consider at least streaming titles in Atmos/surround. The scarcity is going away, just like when any new format finally comes fully on line... and that's now changing my personal rule set for how I engage. There are titles and artists that I'm just kinda passing on... at least for now.

Are others feeling the same?

Yes, I also am feeling overwhelmed. “The scarcity is gone” is a great way to put it. I find myself taking more of a smorgasbord approach, where I’ll play a song or two from each album just to keep up on all that’s out there, and if something really intrigues or surprises me I’ll dim the lights and give it the whole alpha-state committed listening experience. I do miss the days when that precious disc I had hunted down and waited for would arrive in the mail and I would have a week or two to engage in it. Oh well, these are luxury problems…

 

[jamesc]

@fredblue mentioned Oingo Boingo recently in this thread so I had to go searching. Great mix on this one! Hope they do more of their stuff.

https://listen.tidal.com/album/140309876

 

[alansanchez86]

IMO An average mix, regardless, one of my fav albums of last year, and a debut album.

Black Country, New Road

 

[AYanguas]

Are others feeling the same?

This starts to reminds me the video offering transformation we have had. When I was a child and we had just two TV public channels we watched a film a week and two series, one episode per week. We watched almost all.
Some decades ago, many TV channels and now the subscription services, it's impossible to watch everything. You have to select the good series that you like, which sometimes is difficult to find.

With just stereo music, the offering is so wide that we do not try to look for and listen to everything, right?. Now the immersive music offering starts to be wide. So it's time to be selective, and enjoy just with the music related to our musical tastes. I agree that life is short.

 

[fredblue]

Thanks for all of the sleuthing, and sharing, @fredblue — amazing. Lots of work. Sincerely, thanks.

I wonder if others are also starting to feel spoilt for choice... for a long time I've listened to, and collected, pretty much whatever was available in various forms of surround because although it was a decent chunk of material (and plenty I haven't even gotten to yet), it was ultimately finite and I could at last somewhat keep my head wrapped around it—the artists that were participating, the genres, etc. That led me into some territory I probably wouldn't have gotten to otherwise, and that was always pretty thrilling.

What I'm feeling this morning I've felt to a degree before now but still ultimately ended up adding everything that has been shared here to a "Check It Out - Atmos" playlist in Apple Music... but today was the first time I fully tipped, realizing "wow... this is amazing... but I'll never have time to get to all of this (let alone everything else backed up in my queue), and in the meantime many more titles will be released..."; and that is both cause for rejoicing and also moving me into a new phase of how I consider at least streaming titles in Atmos/surround. The scarcity is going away, just like when any new format finally comes fully on line... and that's now changing my personal rule set for how I engage. There are titles and artists that I'm just kinda passing on... at least for now.

Are others feeling the same?

its a pleasure as always and in the words of the late great Luther Vandross...

never too much Atmos!

🖐

 

[alansanchez86]

its a pleasure as always and in the words of the late great Luther Vandross...

never too much Atmos!

🖐

oldie but a goodie, it was uploaded months ago.

 

[fredblue]

oldie but a goodie, it was uploaded months ago.

silly me, i keep forgetting this is the "look what i just found in Atmos!" thread

 

[Dan T]

silly me, i keep forgetting this is the "look what i just found in Atmos!" thread

Well, I’m grateful to you for bringing it to my attention.

 

[Ephi82]

silly me, i keep forgetting this is the "look what i just found in Atmos!" thread

Don’t let it happen again! Thanks for posting, its new to me, and it’s also a cool mix. For me there was two disco music genres, the early stuff played by musicians with roots in R&B, and the later stuff, with mechanized rhythm sections and tons of synths. Yuch

 

[humprof]

Hoping they do all of the songbooks!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Hoping they do all of the songbooks!

Yes, but it's all about the mix for me; a flaccid mix and I won't care a hooty hoot hoot

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Hoping they do all of the songbooks!

BOLO for the new Beyoncé RENAISSANCE album, probably a good bet it'll be in Atmos at some point (release date for 7/29 IINM.)

 

[elmer]

4 tracks from the new album - due Aug. 26 - play it loud!

 

[DuncanS]

Hoping they do all of the songbooks!

My late father loved his Ella Fitzgerald albums, not sure I'd have got him to listen in Atmos if he'd still been about though!

 

[Ephi82]

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-edition/1440947163
tracks 1-12 in Atmos

I’m very late to listening to this one. Wow, great mix, it really elevates these songs and performances. Excellent.

 

[Cheezmo]

Yes, but it's all about the mix for me; a flaccid mix and I won't care a hooty hoot hoot

That can be said for a lot of the Verve Atmos mixes, but I have to disagree on this one, much more immersive. Did you listen to it?

 

[humprof]

That can be said for a lot of the Verve Atmos mixes, but I have to disagree on this one, much more immersive. Did you listen to it?

Agreed. A very pleasant surprise!

 

[Cheezmo]

Yes, but it's all about the mix for me; a flaccid mix and I won't care a hooty hoot hoot

Further in and you clearly didn't listen to this one and your prediction is way off the mark. It is an awesome mix.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Further in and you clearly didn't listen to this one and your prediction is way off the mark. It is an awesome mix.

Let's face the Music and Dance Cheezmo!

Agreed! It's very nice, but I was speaking generally for all the Jazz titles.

And from 1958 -interesting

 

[beerking]

Thanks for all of the sleuthing, and sharing, @fredblue — amazing. Lots of work. Sincerely, thanks.

I wonder if others are also starting to feel spoilt for choice... for a long time I've listened to, and collected, pretty much whatever was available in various forms of surround because although it was a decent chunk of material (and plenty I haven't even gotten to yet), it was ultimately finite and I could at last somewhat keep my head wrapped around it—the artists that were participating, the genres, etc. That led me into some territory I probably wouldn't have gotten to otherwise, and that was always pretty thrilling.

What I'm feeling this morning I've felt to a degree before now but still ultimately ended up adding everything that has been shared here to a "Check It Out - Atmos" playlist in Apple Music... but today was the first time I fully tipped, realizing "wow... this is amazing... but I'll never have time to get to all of this (let alone everything else backed up in my queue), and in the meantime many more titles will be released..."; and that is both cause for rejoicing and also moving me into a new phase of how I consider at least streaming titles in Atmos/surround. The scarcity is going away, just like when any new format finally comes fully on line... and that's now changing my personal rule set for how I engage. There are titles and artists that I'm just kinda passing on... at least for now.

Are others feeling the same?

You are not alone.
As they say, 'Never look a gift horse in the mouth'....
But...I'm truly overwhelmed with all that Apple is currently offering.
There was a time when I was trying to listen to all that there is, maybe I will again in the long winter months?

Now I have a grandson to entertain, time is spent surrounding him with my worldly knowledge!!
Which won't take long....

No way am I complaining though, no way Josè. Apple are giving me so much pleasure, long may it continue.