Dire Straits records in ATMOS

[Robson]

And I was thinking MK solo albums. They sound better in the boxes 

[dustyvalentino]

And I was thinking MK solo albums. They sound better in the boxes 

Disagree, couldn't notice any difference. The originals already sounded great.

Out of interest, did you do A/B comparisons and is there a track you could point to where there is a dramatic improvement so we can test for ourselves?

[Robson]

Everything sounds better, clearer. You can hear every breath MK:) I don't have expensive equipment but you can hear the difference.

[dustyvalentino]

Ok well we have to agree to disagree

[Robson]

 

[qjamesfloyd]

Sometimes it can work really well, the new remix / remastered version of Animals by Pink Floyd is stunning, to my ears, and I have heard the original a lot, it vastly improves the listening experience. Also, the 2016 version of Obscured by Clouds from the Later Years box set is stunning, sounds like a new album.

[Rolo]

Please, don't get me wrong.

Remixes/remastered are always welcome unless we get something more.
DS have a very limited official material out there.

If the MK/DS management had released some interesting new material to achieve a new fanbase, these atmos releases would be a sucess.

I see that, the managemente works to transform the DS/MK fanbase in something more restrict.

[wakeywakey]

ATMOS might be a niche market now but will be the norm in the foreseeable future so they are basically future proofing the DS catalogue.
It'll be interesting to see if they do that with the MK solo albums.

[Jules]

Sometimes it can work really well, the new remix / remastered version of Animals by Pink Floyd is stunning, to my ears, and I have heard the original a lot, it vastly improves the listening experience. Also, the 2016 version of Obscured by Clouds from the Later Years box set is stunning, sounds like a new album.

The reason why "Animals" is so excellent is because it is a REMIX, that means they took the original tracks and remixed again from zero, so many things that were buried in the original mix now are more present, that's why remix is better than remaster, a good remix offers new things.

[qjamesfloyd]

And it really works too, I find the album a lot more enjoyable to listen to now.

[Pookie]

BiA now available in Dolby Atmos. Is it any good?

[the visitor]

BiA now available in Dolby Atmos. Is it any good?

I've had a listen to this overnight and today. I don't have an Atmos setup but I do have an Atmos smartphone and some fairly decent headphones. I've also listened to it in stereo through some studio monitors.

I'm sure I'm not getting the full effect in the headphones but it sounds pretty good. The multiple guitar lines in MFN are brought out particularly,  almost to the extent they become slightly distracting, but separation is very clear and impressive as you would expect. Brothers in Arms works particularly well and so does the Man's Too Strong, feels like Guy being in comfortable ground mixing here.   

The mix on a stereo setup sounds really good.  You can tell it is a new mix, sounds very crisp but faithful to the original and thus breaking no real ground.


Alas not something that would make me want to update my longstanding physical hifi setup, but that would take a lot.   Sounds good on headphones, to which i reckon this format will gravitate to for most people with a phone in their pocket. 

Be interested to hear from anyone lucky enough to win the competition on Wednesday night.  I'm.assuming I didn't win a ticket!

[peterromer]

I have been searching for a BIA ATMOS download link but cannot find anyone. Is it only available at streaming services ?

[Jules]

I have been searching for a BIA ATMOS download link but cannot find anyone. Is it only available at streaming services ?

I think Apple music has a download option but as far as I know is just streaming.

[Jules]

I'm just listening to the BIA Atmos mix in Amazon Music with a new pair of JBL headphones and wow...

You can spot the real difference in songs like Your Latest Trick, where I'm listening stuff I never noticed before, Why Worry is also out of this world, but the start of Ride Across the River is amazing, all the percussion noises are quite separated as indepent objects and, despite I'm listening to it on stereo headphones is as there are sounds I never ever heard before, also the songs are a little longer with longer fade outs than before.

All the percussion sounds during One World are amazing, never heard them! Lot of great things here and there.

The synths at the start of BIA are wow, almost Floydian.


I also would say Guy mixed some sounds in a higher volumen than in the original mix so stuff that was buried originally now can be heard. That, or the objects technology in atmos makes everything more present in the mix even with headphones.

This mix is really something, I will get an Echo Studio speaker probably this week to try this atmos mixes properly and will tell you, but just with the headphones is something worth to listen!