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Any plans for Devialet to support Dolby Atmos now that Apple Music is adding support for spatial audio?
Not that I'm aware of.
Let them stay in stable stereo first.
(08-Jun-2021, 22:50)pabfou Wrote: [ -> ]Any plans for Devialet to support Dolby Atmos now that Apple Music is adding support for spatial audio?

If you use 7 speakers and a processor that supports atmos, there are several ways to do it. It is meaningless to simply convert only atmos standard sound to stereo.
I have two Phantom I Golds in stereo configuration. These are the most recent Phantoms. I can confirm that Apple’s Spatial Audio in these when streamed in AirPlay 2 sounds incredible. When comparing the same track in regular stereo (which still sound great) to Spatial Audio, there is a distinct increase in audio quality. Try it yourselves. You must stream with Airplay 2, not via Bluetooth.


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(10-Jun-2021, 01:18)Bobbybina Wrote: [ -> ]I have two Phantom I Golds in stereo configuration. These are the most recent Phantoms. I can confirm that Apple’s Spatial Audio in these when streamed in AirPlay 2 sounds incredible. When comparing the same track in regular stereo (which still sound great) to Spatial Audio, there is a distinct increase in audio quality. Try it yourselves. You must stream with Airplay 2, not via Bluetooth.


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Fully agree, I had the same experience, even using just 2 Golds in stereo, the Spatial Audio mixes sound better than stereo, via Airplay 2.
(10-Jun-2021, 11:49)Marcello Wrote: [ -> ]
(10-Jun-2021, 01:18)Bobbybina Wrote: [ -> ]I have two Phantom I Golds in stereo configuration. These are the most recent Phantoms. I can confirm that Apple’s Spatial Audio in these when streamed in AirPlay 2 sounds incredible. When comparing the same track in regular stereo (which still sound great) to Spatial Audio, there is a distinct increase in audio quality. Try it yourselves. You must stream with Airplay 2, not via Bluetooth.


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Fully agree, I had the same experience, even using just 2 Golds in stereo, the Spatial Audio mixes sound better than stereo, via Airplay 2.

OK, I thought I was mad... And I only have 2 103dB phantoms.
(10-Jun-2021, 01:18)Bobbybina Wrote: [ -> ]I have two Phantom I Golds in stereo configuration. These are the most recent Phantoms. I can confirm that Apple’s Spatial Audio in these when streamed in AirPlay 2 sounds incredible. When comparing the same track in regular stereo (which still sound great) to Spatial Audio, there is a distinct increase in audio quality. Try it yourselves. You must stream with Airplay 2, not via Bluetooth.


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Another severe case of the placebo effect ! I have tried with Apple Music and airplay 2 or optical connection on my Phantoms gold (Norah Jones or Diana Krall in the "Spatial audio" playlist): strictly no difference.
The official Devialet site says the Phantoms are not compatible with Dolby atmos or DTS:

https://help.devialet.com/hc/fr/articles...lu-ray-etc-

Si vous souhaitez utiliser Phantom avec votre télévision, voici quelques informations importantes à connaitre :
  • La grande majorité des TV jouent en Dolby ou un autre format propriétaire de manière automatique dès qu'un signal dans ce format lui est envoyé. Chez Devialet nous ne considérons pas ce format comme suffisamment qualitatif, c'est pourquoi Phantom ne sait pas traduire ce format lorsqu'il le reçoit et est donc incompatible avec le Dolby, DTS, Surround ou Dolby Atmos. Nous vous recommandons donc de modifier les paramètres de votre TV afin qu'elle n'utilise pas ce format, et qu'elle permette à votre Phantom de jouer l'ensemble des sons qui lui sont présentés. Le format recommandé dans ce cas est le format PCM, qui est le format le plus standard et le plus fonctionnel du marché. Pour trouver cette option sur votre téléviseur, veuillez consulter les informations du fabricant de votre télévision
(14-Jun-2021, 05:53)eniriop Wrote: [ -> ]
(10-Jun-2021, 01:18)Bobbybina Wrote: [ -> ]I have two Phantom I Golds in stereo configuration. These are the most recent Phantoms. I can confirm that Apple’s Spatial Audio in these when streamed in AirPlay 2 sounds incredible. When comparing the same track in regular stereo (which still sound great) to Spatial Audio, there is a distinct increase in audio quality. Try it yourselves. You must stream with Airplay 2, not via Bluetooth.


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Another severe case of the placebo effect ! I have tried with Apple Music and airplay 2 or optical connection on my Phantoms gold (Norah Jones or Diana Krall in the "Spatial audio" playlist): strictly no difference.
The official Devialet site says the Phantoms are not compatible with Dolby atmos or DTS:

https://help.devialet.com/hc/fr/articles...lu-ray-etc-

Si vous souhaitez utiliser Phantom avec votre télévision, voici quelques informations importantes à connaitre :
  • La grande majorité des TV jouent en Dolby ou un autre format propriétaire de manière automatique dès qu'un signal dans ce format lui est envoyé. Chez Devialet nous ne considérons pas ce format comme suffisamment qualitatif, c'est pourquoi Phantom ne sait pas traduire ce format lorsqu'il le reçoit et est donc incompatible avec le Dolby, DTS, Surround ou Dolby Atmos. Nous vous recommandons donc de modifier les paramètres de votre TV afin qu'elle n'utilise pas ce format, et qu'elle permette à votre Phantom de jouer l'ensemble des sons qui lui sont présentés. Le format recommandé dans ce cas est le format PCM, qui est le format le plus standard et le plus fonctionnel du marché. Pour trouver cette option sur votre téléviseur, veuillez consulter les informations du fabricant de votre télévision

It's not that the Phantom are playing Atmos, they can't do it, unless you have a receiver capable of decoding Atmos and several of them connected to the pre outs :-) but some of those songs were likely remixed to spacial audio, then you have the same effect of listening to a different mix of the same song, they can sound better to someone's taste or not.
Well, whatever the process, the sound of a Spacial Audio track sounds much better than a regular track on the Phantoms. All you need to do is listen…


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After reading this thread I tried spatial audio today in my family room. I have a JBL SDP-55 that can decode Atmos, an appletv, and a 5.5 phantom setup. I didn't hear a difference... Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
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