Thanks for the awesome comments, everyone! This was a fun video to make, and I love strolling down memory lane with you all about first surround sound experiences. Many of them sound like my own! Now, what should we explain next?
Caleb - please could you look into a similar video about HDR differences (Dolby Vision, HDR10 etc) and HDMI Versioning - I think these are often too confusing for the end user (my parents really struggled with purchasing a new TV recently) and generally big box stores are not great at explaining these to the general public!
My dad bought a Bose 5.1 surround setup and the first movie we watched was Jurassic Park. Watching that movie with that setup was a life changing moment that has always stuck with me.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was the movie that we watched at home with dad's 5.1 system. The creaking of the ship, squaking of the ropes... That was pretty nice. I now know that the best surround sound experience can be achieved with HRTFs and headphones but that doesn't take away what the 5.1 speaker setup is capable of doing.
I’ve upgraded from 5.1 to 5.1.2 and just recently to 5.1.4. Adding the atmos speakers made a huge difference in how realistic the sound moves around the room. It’s a living room, unfortunately don’t have room for a dedicated home theater but I couldn’t be happier with my setup. Shut the lights off and it sounds just like you’re there.
@@electrolyteorb because 5+4 =9 I’ve got 9 Chanel’s not including the LFE Chanel. There’s a few different ways it can be configured. Don’t mean to be a smart ass, I’m not sure what you’re not understanding. If you can be more specific I’d be happy to answer.
The first time I was blown away by surround sound - it's been ever-present at the theater since I was a child, so, while appreciated, was taken for granted - was playing PUBG with headphones and being able to localize an enemy. Where they were, approximate distance, what direction they were moving, if they were above me or below. Mind blowing. Hearing the report of a sniper rifle in the distance and the bullet whizzing past your head, and knowing exactly where that bullet came from never gets old.
About 15 years ago at a sharper image Store. A 5.1 playing the incredibles. I knew I had to have it.a couple Years later I got my first 7.1 system, and have made consistent upgrades to my current 7.3.2 Dolby atmos system. I’ll never go back
@@brandonmurray2953 yes 7.1 was more immersive to me even before atmos. As far as I’m ceiling, I did the next best thing and installed SVS prime elevation speakers for height effects right where the wall meets the ceiling. They have an angled baffle that works really well to direct the sound right to your listening position, and I don’t have to cross them over really high like reflective atmos modules. They play down to 45 hz but I cross them over at 80 hz like the rest of the system.
What a coincidence! The Incredibles was actually the movie that encouraged me to get a 5.1 system in the first place. As I saw those...spinny hovercraft things?... whizzing past Jack, I knew that would just sound so immersive in surround. And I had to hear it. I'd even bet that was the demo scene you saw at Sharper Image.
My parents were obsessed with cinema and so I grew up in a home that always had a movie teather in the living room, i have watched so many movies on that and it always blew me away, now i have the old 5.1 surround that they gave me after buying an atmos system, so many memories 😊
My first surround sound experience was at a Santa Monica stadium seating theater seeing The Fifth Element. I was completely blown away and that got me into this "hobby". Just added 2 in ceiling Atmos speakers to bring my system to 5.1.2 and watched the 4K blu-ray recently. Just an awesome experience also and brought it full circle for me. Great video!
I've had my Atmos setup for around 5 years now and it really enhances the at home movie experience. I'm running a 7.1.2 setup, utilizing floor speakers for the front LCR, and in wall and incielings for surrounds, surround backs, and top middle speakers. The overhead atmos speakers definitely are worth it.
The first movie I saw that the surround sound changed the whole experience and my life forever was Saving Private Ryan. I mean. Incredible. Bullets buzzing around just incredible.
@@VMYeahVN Saving Private Ryan is an absolute must own on 4K Blu Ray. Is 1.78:1 so it fits the screen perfectly. Dolby Vision is amazing. Dolby Atmos is out of this world on it. Seriously sounded like really being shot at in a 3D environment. Also the scenes where it is raining really sound like rain falling from the sky and hitting the ground.
Ahahaha funny you mention this! Every time i talk about speakers or any topic about "good audio" with my father he always goes: so were going to wath SPR on it? Or SPR must be amazing with that! Stuff like that! He even told me this today since in looking for a soundbar to go with our new TV ahah! We had a 5.1 system at home a while back and this was one of the movie we often watched with it! That and Master and commander (the movie about english navy soldiers) and Gladiator! Amazing movies in any type of surrpund sound!
The first time I heard discreet 5.1 surround sound was in the mid 90’s when I worked for Best Buy. Those of us in the video department went to a training conference. They played the DVD of “Heat” and used the downtown gun fight scene. It was and still is pretty epic!
@@absolutium you are correct that almost no receivers have stereo subwoofer outputs. That is because subwoofer channels are in mono. All receivers worth a dime now have 2 mono subwoofer channel outs (in mono). I'm a proponent to using both (2 subs). Turn that 5.1 into 5.2 or 5.1.2 into 5.2.2! 2 subs make a huge difference in your overall lower end. Especially because most rooms will make 1 sub have sweet spots because of the wavelength it projects.
@@headerahelix it has complicated sound for just about everyone without much of an upgrade in terms of sound and pushed prices up. That’s why the wireless Sony ht-9 with 4 speakers is the future as it reduces 11 speakers to 4 and can create virtual speakers. Atmos has pushed most home theater setups to either 1 speaker (a soundbar) or the 4 speaker Sony.
Let’s just say the very first time I heard a DA demo I immediately upgraded my theater processor and added an additional amplifier with four Atmos speakers to my system. That’s how amazing I found it to be. IMO it’s the best thing to happen to movie sound within the last two decades.
@@digitalimpulse Depends on your room size. That determines a lot but most people try to fit too much speakers in a small room then end up having speakers too close to each other. I have a 7.2.4 setup.
My first surround experience was in the early 2000s. My dad went and bought a wide screen TV and a Panasonic surround system. 5.1 sorround watching Final fantasy: the spirit within. I was blown away. During the years i was more invested in headphones, turning to stereo in the later days. Thanks Caleb, you've done a lot for my inspiration to dare and try stuff out.
Just started to plan an upgrade to my system and come across yourself. I asked a shop assistant yesterday what Dolby Atmos was and he indicated it was to do with the sound. That answer was a typical answer of someone just selling a product, and not fully clued up on what they are actually selling. Grate informative video buddy.
The first true surround sound I've experience was way back in summer of 1993 when I saw Jurassic Park at a theater that has DTS surround sound. My first experience with Dolby Atmos was when I saw Gravity back in 2013 and fell in love with this new 3D surround sound. In 2014, I bought my first Atmos receiver and installed two height speakers to my home theater. Now I have a full 7.2.4 set up at my current home theater set up.
I was blessed with an opportunity to get a demo of the Atmos system at the Dolby Labs research theater in San Francisco from the VP of engineering. This theater was sonically isolated from the rest of the building and the city street. 128 speakers surrounding the audience and hundreds of thousands of high contrast colors - WOW what a sonic and visual experience!
I have seen several Dolby Atmos videos and articles. Yours is the best. By demonstrating how the old surround sound works in a cinema, then how the fly is buzzing all around the auditorium with Atmos, there is not a single shred of doubt that Atmos is far superior. Thank you.
First time surround experience: Star Wars Premiere at Coronet Theatre, San Francisco 1977 The opening scene with the star destroyer thundering overhead into the frame was mind blowing, sitting there body and building resonating as loud as a rock concert at Winterland. Quite a profound mind expanding experience for a 19 year old with a whole lot yet to learn about life.
HI. Dolby 7.1 are discreet channels. You said the side left (for example) and rear left would come on at the same time. This is not the case as they are separate channels. Most film productions don't have the time nor money the to dedicate an engineer to channel the sound so finely, as in your example with the fly. In most theaters you don't have 128 channels, and the installation engineers will route many channels into one speaker because of this. Ceiling speakers are not really audible as cinema ceilings tend to be quite high, and with the action coming from the screen it over-rides the ceiling speakers. Dolby are great sound engineers, but Dolby 7.1 for me is the best sound you can get. And at the end of the day, if you have a great technical install in a cinema, and an engineer has lined the room up properly, Dolby 7.1 knocks the socks off any sound format. Great video.
@@Caleb_Denison, yes, a video on how what Dolby Vision and HDR10+ are and, more importantly, how the two compare, considering that Samsung, who apparently has the largest global TV market share, does not support the latter.
As he was explaining Dolby/ Dolby Atmos, I was laughing as if, he must be pranking us. And him sounding so serious about it, made it even more funnier. He should make more outdated videos of the obvious. And be very serious while he explains something that everyone should know by now. That would be a funny UA-cam channel 🤣 😄
First movie we watched on our 5.1 surround sound at home when i was 8-9y.o. was "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and it still holds a special place in my heart ! 🎵Flint you have a call, Flint you have a call🎵
The first time I heard “Sen-surround” sound at a theatre showing “Earthquake” and I thought it was amazing then. Glad to see that they have perfected or continue to perfect great sounding everything!
I tell people that the single biggest improvement of Atomos over channel based surround, is scalability. You should get the same effect in your 7.1.4 home setup, as you would in a theatre. Maybe quieter, but the spacing should feel the same relative to the audience.
First 'surround' experience? Starwars back in 1977. Theater presented audio in 6 channel sound ! I JUST finished my 'movie house' theater. No over head channels, but Height front and rear mounted high on the wall. You should mention this, as it is in the setup graphics on my Marantz 6011 as an alternative. Thanks for the video!
Just bought the Vizio M512a-H6 after watching your review. It boggles my mind that for $500, you could get all this in a surround system. Dolby Atmos is amazing. Thanks for explaining it!
First amazing home surround sound experience was Rustler's Rhapsody (1985). More generally, as to all your videos: I love the channel! Your explanations are deep enough to tell me what I want to know without losing me - the perfect levels of detail, geekiness and precision - and always so interesting and on-topic! This is one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. Bravo!
The first time I heard the term surround sound was in 1975. In fact, it was "sensurround" for movie theaters. The movie was 'Midway' and it was a huge success. While we were outside the room, we could not only listen to but also feel it vibrates. Inside the room, every time a plane took off from the deck of an aircraft carrier or did a fly by, the whole room vibrated and it was loud, very loud. The other movie I watched with sensurround was 'Battlestar Galactica'. It felt more 'real' for it had speakers strategically installed in the room. As for Dolby Atmos, I have it in my Samsung cell phones and also in my laptop pcs. Although, I only have a 2.1 hi fi system, it works perfectly. It does not sound artificial like the previous surround systems. I've been listening to some of The Beatles latest remixed albuns and they sound amazing.
First heard of surround sound with my Phillips music system - those days it would have a central system with cassette and CD player and have 2 speakers on both sides. Subwoofer at that time was rarely available and used to cost three times.
In the mid-1960’s, I learned that stereo could be enhanced with a third speaker. Left speaker (connected to left hot and left ground) - Middle speaker (connected to left hot and right hot) - right speaker (connected to right hot and right ground). This as explained to me, objectively had the middle speaker playing the difference of the left and right channels. Subjectively, it brought an echoing expanded sound to my ears. It ‘brightened’ the sound and gave it more dimension. In the mid-1970’s, I purchased a HUGE transceiver with 2-channel stereo, SQ (“Stereo Quadraphonic”), QS (“Quadraphonic Sound”), and 4-channel Discrete Quadraphonic. The three quad systems it had, required specially made LP’s for each system. So those were my first experiences in what became surround sound. - BG
My phone has an inbuilt chip for Dolby Atmos. I know it's not as good as 7.1 discreet system but the music and movies sound phenomenal with hifi headphones.
@@GauravSharma-dy8xv gtfo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 U too simp to get amazed by a low level DAC which is just tuned by 'Dolby' and rest is just Atmos marketing Label shizz🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The first time I experienced "surround sound" was actually when there wasn't any surround sound, only monaural sound...so I built, using a Wurlitzer amp out of an old juke box and a Heathkit monaural amp with a stereo pickup on a 33 RPM stereo record. That is simply amazing sound. I was a sophomore in high school about 1955.
Love all your videos. I was depending on my children for the technology but with your channel I feel confident and now I bragg about been able to do it my self. I adore you!!!!!!
My irst surround sound experience in a cinema screening the original Jurassic Park, where ticket stubs are collectibles, cinema halls are double storey on two different levels, and they pull the red curtains covering the screen to the top, signifying time for patrons to shut up. Cinema ads are less intrusive, and trailers for upcoming movies are a rarity. Truly mind-blowing surround sound experience in DTS.
Thank you! Now, I understand the hype surrounding Dolby Atmos. I've only encountered it so far using my AirPods Max, which I'm sure is watered down. However, depending on the content, the sounds is still amazing.
a simplify and easier understand vid, thanks you! Can you describe about Dobly Vision like this vid? seem like that will be upcoming trend for new TVs.
The 1st time I heard real THX in a theater built with it was the re'release of Star Wars A new hope. Pure awesome clearity. I' Day also at that same theater. 👍😁😉
...the first time I experienced surround sound was a 1975 Pink Floyd concert in the Seattle Center Coliseum... the concert was in Quadrophonic, they debuted material from Wish You Were Here before the album was released, and played Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety... I was 15. Oh, you meant at a movie... probably Star Wars a few years later at the Cinerama. ;-)
Good job covering it. I've been enjoying my 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup for years. I first learned about it from my Xbox One X and the headphones. I was so impressed that several thousand dollars later I built my system as I was hooked.
0:51 My first surround-sound experience was in the 70s. My best friend's dad had a quadraphonic stereo system. Quad-stereo, yeah, didn't make sense at the time either. He had several vinyl recordings of classical music and if you sat in the center of his living and closed your eyes, it was like you were sitting in the middle of the orchestra. I loved The Student Prince. First audio enhanced movie was either Tora! Tora! Tora! or The Battle of Britain, around the same time. Then, of course, Star Wars, the year I graduated from high school. First at-home experience with surround-sound was Top Gun, in the mid-90s. And now we have so many sound channels it's hard to keep up.
Enjoyed this one! How about a video explaining some of the common terms you use while reviewing? Blooming, lag, imaging( audio) as so on. The tech vocabulary can really challenge newer people trying to come to this hobby. Keep up the great work!
I turned on Dolby Atmos on my phone recently and I have not looked back. Everything sounds so much better and I can hear words in movies and songs better.
My first conscious Dolby Surround experience was seeing "Hair" in a big cinema. It probably was Dolby 4.0: an analogue stereo channel with 2 additional channels interpolated coming from a magnetic strip on the 35mm film.
My grandfather was a movie buff (made me into one) and had a Bose surround sound. When I was a kid he had it and it was thousands of dollars at the time.. we watched the original predator, and I remember the hairs on my neck standing up when I first heard a creepy sound in the movie… I remember thinking when I grow up, I need this!!
DTS-X actually has the capabilities of being better than Atmos. Dolby TrueHD (the 7.1 channel core before the Atmos effects are added on) has a lower maximum bitrate by about a quarter of the size, 18 to 24 mbps. DTS also has double the range in the kHz. You usually have punchier bass and deeper sounds with DTS tracks and touch more clarity with Dolby.
The very first time I was watching a movie in the theatre and noticed surround sound, it was the flick "Phantom of the Paradise", by Paul Williams and Brian DePalma. There's a scene where Williams character is listening to a performer on stage while he is in a balcony suite. I swear his voice came out of a discrete speaker in the rear left. This was early 70's, and wow.
The first time I heard it was at a Circuit City with one of those Bose 5.1 satellite systems they use to make. The scene was the original Jurassic Park scene where they were running through a field with all of the dinosaurs. A DVD with 480 resolution on a rear projection TV was the height of technology.
First time I heard surround sound that was NOT a movie theater was a department store in a mall. Yes, a mall. To this day I've never heard a better system. It was sometime mid-1990's. They use a Dolby Prologic system. It had the center channel, 2 side channels, a subwoofer, all in the front. Then they had 3 channels behind you for the surround sound, all installed on the ceiling. (Left, Center, Right.) And they were playing Empire Strikes back, the scene in the forest w/ the flying machines that looked like snow mobiles. The clarity and power of the sound was amazing. And like I said, to this day I've never heard a better surround sound system, even when going into Best Buy in their special home theater room in the store - not even that is as good. Other than that, I was impressed by THX in theaters, and then DTS when it was used in the first Jurassic Park. After that, sound even in theaters has just been fluff. When I was in high school I had a 110 watt, 2-channel amp and EQ by Technics, and 120 watt peak power speakers (old school 10" woofers), that to this day could almost get audio as good as theaters of today.
Good Stuff as always Caleb! Could you please now do a video on DTS:X and Auro to get the message out to folks that other flavors of 3D audio exist? Dolby Atmos is awesome but I've always loved DTS and watching every new release come out with Dolby all over it saddens me since that is all folks here about these days.
DTSX is my fav. It sounds more "full" to me. The low end seems deeper too. Plus, it can handle more audio objects than Atmos which can't do more than 128.
Mine was a similar effect. I remember watching Saving Private Ryan, I found myself unconsciously hunched behind the seat in front during the D Day landings beach bit, with bullets zipping and whizzing by.
I was a kid and my dad randomly came home with an amp. We gathered speakers from around the house and the first thing I remember hearing in surround was "independence day". The opening credits at the very beginning how they go from front to back 👌 Also you mentioned the upfiring speakers, and then in-ceiling speakers but forgot the middle option, wall elevation speakers. For me, that was the best, most non-intrusive method. 👍
So well explained! Rare to have sophisticated technology demonstrated and unpacked so accessibly. Well done and thank you for adding to the short list of good UA-cam explanation videos✊🏽
I've always thought I knew what "object-based" Atmos sound was, but I never realized the crux of the matter is the separation of 'Channel' and 'Placement of Object in 3D Space' especially in commercial theaters with multiple speakers per channel. Thanks for the explanation!
My first experience with surround sound was over 30 years ago in 1992 when I installed a 5.1 Pro Logic setup in our family room. The first movie was The Hunt for Red October and I have been hooked ever since.
The first surround sound I heard was at a large music concert. There were no digitised sounds at the time, nor any kind of FFT processing. The great sound we all heard was produced with some clever application of phase shifting techniques...
Super informative! I've never understood how *any* surround sound works better than I do now. Incredible editing, too, and the thumbnail's not so bad either! 👀
btw trinnov-altitude-32 is the most powerful 3D Sound Processor on the market right now. its like professional cinema for home cinema - the speaker mapping and optimizer is awsome
I think dolby has made a mistake slapping the logo on everything. I've had friends buy dolby atmos virtual soundbars they think thats what atmos is, then they come to my screening room and are blown away.
For sure oh boy you must have fun when they hear your home theater I'm just in the process of figuring out how I'm going to set up mine I'm going to buy the Dennon 6700 H so its going to kick ass !
The first time I ever heard surround sound was at my uncle's. He rented the movie Reign of Fire and I distinctly remember when a helicopter flies overhead and hearing it pass overhead through the speakers. Amazing.
Since I work with DV I can in short explain what it does with the video. Dolby Vision decoder knows parameters of TV, display capabilities etc. it uses this data along with metadata in the movie to display video on your screen in the best way possible for given TV, in contrast to HDR10 where all of the movie is mixed on some reference display and it plays on everything in the same way. So basically DV tells your TV how to display itself so it looks better, more vivid, blacks are more black, dark or light areas have much more details. (imagine if that battle episode in GoT S8 was with DV we could actually see the action lol). Most of the impact of DV is in lower to mid range TVs where displays aren't as good(so most of the TV market really).
@@michaelwyckoff7593 you are welcome! Ofc there is much more cause there is multiple DV 'profiles' which some are compatible backwards with HDR decoders for example but at the cost of missing some of the metadata therefore quality.
@@nevrast-1 love chatting with you my friend. In a nutshell does DV help to improve the performance of a lower end and mid range TV so that movies that support DV are benefiting from it. If I'm way of base please let me know so I can fully understand all about Dolby Vision because I enjoy learning new things as much as possible.
my dad bought a 7.1 surround sound and we wired it up together and the first movie we watched was Pirates of the Caribbean at worlds end… i’ll never forget, hearing the sound come from all around me.
The first time I really remember going "wow" about the sound Ina movoe was the lobby shooting scene in the Matrix. She'll casings bouncing all around the room, it was truly transformational. Love good sound!
Nice explanation of 5.1, 7.1, and Atmos. I've had 7.1 at home but when I last moved I decided to simplify to a cheap sound bar. It's not as good but the lack of wires and tip-prone speaker stands is kind of worth it to me. 🤷♂
I first heard surround sound in 1994 watching a movie at a friend's house. It blew my mind.. even if it was just a couple of speakers behind the dude's couch. :D
Thanks for the great video, but the question i have is if am buying speakers for my TV, should the TV also support dolby atmos or just the speakers! I just bought a sony x80l tv which comes with Dolby Atmos as i was told, but will i lose this feature if i add a normal surround system ?
First time I heard surround sound was in the late 90's at a audio shop using a Onkyo sound system. The demo played Air Force One. The experience was phenomenal as the fighter planes seemed to be around me. Since then i have been addicted to the audio narcotic but have bill fold constraints. Excellent video.
First surround sound was with Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in1983 when THX intro came at you and you nearly jumped out of your seat!!! Thanks for all the great reviews and videos to explain tech!!
Hey Caleb, great work! This was the bestest explanation of Dolby Atmos I've seen to date, video or written! I was familiar with the topic, but curious to see where you'd go with it in a ten minute video. Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻
Good description of Atmos, but maybe a video about what that means for for tv setup. I’ve been considering a soundbar and was targeting an Atmos system. But when discussing with a sales representative, was told that my tv, which isn’t too old, still wouldn’t support Atmos or anything beyond 5.1. So, while a new bar might improve on my tv sound somewhat, I wouldn’t get the true benefits of Atmos without also upgrading my tv. Perhaps a video discussing what to be aware of when upgrading your system? Keep up the great content!
Not true unless your TV doesn't have HDMI ARC. If your TV is a few years old and has ARC, you'd still get the best results by plugging your Blu-ray player/video game consoles directly into the soundbars HDMI In so you get lossless audio. Even today, you won't find many soundbars that take full advantage of what a TV can do for gaming if that's a concern. What TV do you have and which soundbar are you looking to get?
@@mrchiledonut Thx for the comment. My tv is a 55” 2013 Samsung LED and has one ARC port. After some in store comparisons I opted for the Sonos Beam (wanted the Arc but don’t have the proper space) and added the mini-sub and SL One surrounds. Definitely an improvement over my tv’s sound but have found the enhanced sound to be inconsistent (ie. streamed Dune first and was impressed; streamed Avatar Way of Water but wasn’t “wowed”; both streamed thru Max). Research said the Sonos app was superior but I’ve been underwhelmed by it so far (perhaps I’ve got some learning to do?).
This is like the TED talk I listened to on Quantum Physics..............except you made this easy to understand AND (the And is very important), I actually will be able to retain the knowledge!
The first surround sound experience that I had was Quadraphonic back in the mid-70's, it was decent for its time but ultimately didn't go too far. Then there was also Laserium at Griffith Park ...
Thanks for the awesome comments, everyone! This was a fun video to make, and I love strolling down memory lane with you all about first surround sound experiences. Many of them sound like my own! Now, what should we explain next?
Please look into DTS:X & Auro 3D audio with comparisons and differences to Dolby Atmos.
You didn't start with Dolby Pro Logic w/ the 1 "rear channel"? Lol.
@@doublet147 couldn’t do it!
Duuuudddeeee! You been hitting F45 or something? Looking fit
Caleb - please could you look into a similar video about HDR differences (Dolby Vision, HDR10 etc) and HDMI Versioning - I think these are often too confusing for the end user (my parents really struggled with purchasing a new TV recently) and generally big box stores are not great at explaining these to the general public!
My dad bought a Bose 5.1 surround setup and the first movie we watched was Jurassic Park. Watching that movie with that setup was a life changing moment that has always stuck with me.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was the movie that we watched at home with dad's 5.1 system.
The creaking of the ship, squaking of the ropes... That was pretty nice.
I now know that the best surround sound experience can be achieved with HRTFs and headphones but that doesn't take away what the 5.1 speaker setup is capable of doing.
Amen!
My dad did same. We watched behind enemy line. But it wasn't dolby atmos. It was 5. 1 setup. Crazy
Here with another cool dad 👨 😎- out first 5.1 was top gun. I can remember the f18s today 🎉
@32discodave"Lackluster highs and muddy lows,
Way overpriced? It must be Bose!
I’ve upgraded from 5.1 to 5.1.2 and just recently to 5.1.4. Adding the atmos speakers made a huge difference in how realistic the sound moves around the room. It’s a living room, unfortunately don’t have room for a dedicated home theater but I couldn’t be happier with my setup. Shut the lights off and it sounds just like you’re there.
What kind of receiver did you use? Is it a 9.1.2 surround receiver?
@@opnlms Its a Integra DRX 3.2. It can be configured a number of ways but I don’t believe it can do 9.1.2. It’s got 9 Chanel’s total.
@@jeffclark5024then how is 5.1.4 possible??
@@electrolyteorb because 5+4 =9 I’ve got 9 Chanel’s not including the LFE Chanel. There’s a few different ways it can be configured.
Don’t mean to be a smart ass, I’m not sure what you’re not understanding. If you can be more specific I’d be happy to answer.
@@jeffclark5024 oh... I counted the LFE channel too
The first time I was blown away by surround sound - it's been ever-present at the theater since I was a child, so, while appreciated, was taken for granted - was playing PUBG with headphones and being able to localize an enemy. Where they were, approximate distance, what direction they were moving, if they were above me or below. Mind blowing. Hearing the report of a sniper rifle in the distance and the bullet whizzing past your head, and knowing exactly where that bullet came from never gets old.
About 15 years ago at a sharper image Store. A 5.1 playing the incredibles. I knew I had to have it.a couple Years later I got my first 7.1 system, and have made consistent upgrades to my current 7.3.2 Dolby atmos system. I’ll never go back
Did you notice a significant difference from your standard 5.1 to the 7.1 with Dolby Atmos and did you install ceiling speakers to make it the 7.1?
Dash running around during the dinner scene 👌
@@brandonmurray2953 yes 7.1 was more immersive to me even before atmos. As far as I’m ceiling, I did the next best thing and installed SVS prime elevation speakers for height effects right where the wall meets the ceiling. They have an angled baffle that works really well to direct the sound right to your listening position, and I don’t have to cross them over really high like reflective atmos modules. They play down to 45 hz but I cross them over at 80 hz like the rest of the system.
What a coincidence! The Incredibles was actually the movie that encouraged me to get a 5.1 system in the first place. As I saw those...spinny hovercraft things?... whizzing past Jack, I knew that would just sound so immersive in surround. And I had to hear it. I'd even bet that was the demo scene you saw at Sharper Image.
@@wright96d that is a heck of a coincidence
My parents were obsessed with cinema and so I grew up in a home that always had a movie teather in the living room, i have watched so many movies on that and it always blew me away, now i have the old 5.1 surround that they gave me after buying an atmos system, so many memories 😊
My first surround sound experience was at a Santa Monica stadium seating theater seeing The Fifth Element. I was completely blown away and that got me into this "hobby". Just added 2 in ceiling Atmos speakers to bring my system to 5.1.2 and watched the 4K blu-ray recently. Just an awesome experience also and brought it full circle for me. Great video!
I've had my Atmos setup for around 5 years now and it really enhances the at home movie experience. I'm running a 7.1.2 setup, utilizing floor speakers for the front LCR, and in wall and incielings for surrounds, surround backs, and top middle speakers.
The overhead atmos speakers definitely are worth it.
The first movie I saw that the surround sound changed the whole experience and my life forever was Saving Private Ryan. I mean. Incredible. Bullets buzzing around just incredible.
Omg i bet that movie would be doubly mind blowing in Dolby Atmos
same and amazing way of hearing an incredible war movie
@@VMYeahVN Saving Private Ryan is an absolute must own on 4K Blu Ray. Is 1.78:1 so it fits the screen perfectly. Dolby Vision is amazing. Dolby Atmos is out of this world on it. Seriously sounded like really being shot at in a 3D environment. Also the scenes where it is raining really sound like rain falling from the sky and hitting the ground.
I'm still traumatized by this movie, I didn't want to look at my neighbor cause I was afraid he would have a big hole in place of his face!
Ahahaha funny you mention this! Every time i talk about speakers or any topic about "good audio" with my father he always goes: so were going to wath SPR on it? Or SPR must be amazing with that! Stuff like that! He even told me this today since in looking for a soundbar to go with our new TV ahah! We had a 5.1 system at home a while back and this was one of the movie we often watched with it! That and Master and commander (the movie about english navy soldiers) and Gladiator!
Amazing movies in any type of surrpund sound!
The first time I heard discreet 5.1 surround sound was in the mid 90’s when I worked for Best Buy. Those of us in the video department went to a training conference. They played the DVD of “Heat” and used the downtown gun fight scene. It was and still is pretty epic!
One of the most impactive upgrades I made to my theatre room was installing 2 overheard in ceiling Atmos speakers. 7.1.2 is just amazing.
Agreed. I love my 5.2.2
I really think 7.1.2 is the best setup.
7.2.4 or 5.2.4 (gotta have 2 subs!) is probably best for a small room. I would've gone with a 5.2.4 but my room is wider than it is longer.
@@doublet147 Hardly any receiver outputs two subwoofers in stereo.. most two sub receivers have a Y split to output a mono signal.
@@absolutium you are correct that almost no receivers have stereo subwoofer outputs. That is because subwoofer channels are in mono. All receivers worth a dime now have 2 mono subwoofer channel outs (in mono). I'm a proponent to using both (2 subs). Turn that 5.1 into 5.2 or 5.1.2 into 5.2.2! 2 subs make a huge difference in your overall lower end. Especially because most rooms will make 1 sub have sweet spots because of the wavelength it projects.
It's divine
Do u have any job apart from commenting in literally on all youtube videos?
It's the worst thing to ever happen to Home Theaters Sound.
@@techsamurai11 Why?
@@headerahelix it has complicated sound for just about everyone without much of an upgrade in terms of sound and pushed prices up. That’s why the wireless Sony ht-9 with 4 speakers is the future as it reduces 11 speakers to 4 and can create virtual speakers. Atmos has pushed most home theater setups to either 1 speaker (a soundbar) or the 4 speaker Sony.
Let’s just say the very first time I heard a DA demo I immediately upgraded my theater processor and added an additional amplifier with four Atmos speakers to my system. That’s how amazing I found it to be. IMO it’s the best thing to happen to movie sound within the last two decades.
I 1000% agree. Movies and now most new video games using atmos just adds so much more joy to the experience
What’s your setup?? Advice??
@@digitalimpulse Depends on your room size. That determines a lot but most people try to fit too much speakers in a small room then end up having speakers too close to each other. I have a 7.2.4 setup.
@@pf5658 which brand did you go with? Sony? Toshiba? JBL? For my living room
@@digitalimpulse Brand of what?
Are movies that are streamed have same sound as theater movie? Thanks
My first surround experience was in the early 2000s. My dad went and bought a wide screen TV and a Panasonic surround system. 5.1 sorround watching Final fantasy: the spirit within. I was blown away. During the years i was more invested in headphones, turning to stereo in the later days. Thanks Caleb, you've done a lot for my inspiration to dare and try stuff out.
I just purchased the 4k of that movie. Just like 3 week ago Love it.
Just started to plan an upgrade to my system and come across yourself. I asked a shop assistant yesterday what Dolby Atmos was and he indicated it was to do with the sound. That answer was a typical answer of someone just selling a product, and not fully clued up on what they are actually selling. Grate informative video buddy.
The first true surround sound I've experience was way back in summer of 1993 when I saw Jurassic Park at a theater that has DTS surround sound. My first experience with Dolby Atmos was when I saw Gravity back in 2013 and fell in love with this new 3D surround sound. In 2014, I bought my first Atmos receiver and installed two height speakers to my home theater. Now I have a full 7.2.4 set up at my current home theater set up.
I was blessed with an opportunity to get a demo of the Atmos system at the Dolby Labs research theater in San Francisco from the VP of engineering. This theater was sonically isolated from the rest of the building and the city street. 128 speakers surrounding the audience and hundreds of thousands of high contrast colors - WOW what a sonic and visual experience!
I have seen several Dolby Atmos videos and articles. Yours is the best. By demonstrating how the old surround sound works in a cinema, then how the fly is buzzing all around the auditorium with Atmos, there is not a single shred of doubt that Atmos is far superior. Thank you.
The first time I was blown away by surround sound was when I saw Return of the Jedi in the theatre. From the start of the movie I was captured.
The first time I remember surround sound was at the movie theater going to see Twister. Hearing the wind all around us was an amazing feeling
The
Predator waaaay back in 1987
First time surround experience: Star Wars Premiere at Coronet Theatre, San Francisco 1977
The opening scene with the star destroyer thundering overhead into the frame was mind blowing, sitting there body and building resonating as loud as a rock concert at Winterland. Quite a profound mind expanding experience for a 19 year old with a whole lot yet to learn about life.
Dolby atmos really does make a massive difference for me when watching movies.
HI. Dolby 7.1 are discreet channels. You said the side left (for example) and rear left would come on at the same time. This is not the case as they are separate channels. Most film productions don't have the time nor money the to dedicate an engineer to channel the sound so finely, as in your example with the fly. In most theaters you don't have 128 channels, and the installation engineers will route many channels into one speaker because of this. Ceiling speakers are not really audible as cinema ceilings tend to be quite high, and with the action coming from the screen it over-rides the ceiling speakers. Dolby are great sound engineers, but Dolby 7.1 for me is the best sound you can get. And at the end of the day, if you have a great technical install in a cinema, and an engineer has lined the room up properly, Dolby 7.1 knocks the socks off any sound format. Great video.
Finally the video I was looking forward to. I absolutely love Dolby Atmos and now I even know how it works, thank you so much
Thanks so much! This was super fun to make. Now, what should we explain next?
@@Caleb_Denison showing how dolby vision works compared to hdr 10. Colors sharpness contrast, side by side comparison
@@Caleb_Denison, yes, a video on how what Dolby Vision and HDR10+ are and, more importantly, how the two compare, considering that Samsung, who apparently has the largest global TV market share, does not support the latter.
Dad bought a 5.1 surround setup for home and we put on goldeneye (dvd). Late 90s. Great memories
This is some next level explanation. I've never heard someone talk about it or have seen a video about it. Thanks Mr Caleb
Nice joke buddy 🤣🤣🤣 nice one
As he was explaining Dolby/ Dolby Atmos, I was laughing as if, he must be pranking us. And him sounding so serious about it, made it even more funnier. He should make more outdated videos of the obvious. And be very serious while he explains something that everyone should know by now. That would be a funny UA-cam channel 🤣 😄
@@PhillyDjHook Never get into comedy you are very out of touch with what people find funny.
First movie we watched on our 5.1 surround sound at home when i was 8-9y.o. was "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" and it still holds a special place in my heart ! 🎵Flint you have a call, Flint you have a call🎵
The first time I heard “Sen-surround” sound at a theatre showing “Earthquake” and I thought it was amazing then. Glad to see that they have perfected or continue to perfect great sounding everything!
I tell people that the single biggest improvement of Atomos over channel based surround, is scalability. You should get the same effect in your 7.1.4 home setup, as you would in a theatre. Maybe quieter, but the spacing should feel the same relative to the audience.
First 'surround' experience? Starwars back in 1977. Theater presented audio in 6 channel sound ! I JUST finished my 'movie house' theater. No over head channels, but Height front and rear mounted high on the wall. You should mention this, as it is in the setup graphics on my Marantz 6011 as an alternative. Thanks for the video!
earthquake sensurround....
Just bought the Vizio M512a-H6 after watching your review. It boggles my mind that for $500, you could get all this in a surround system. Dolby Atmos is amazing. Thanks for explaining it!
First amazing home surround sound experience was Rustler's Rhapsody (1985). More generally, as to all your videos: I love the channel! Your explanations are deep enough to tell me what I want to know without losing me - the perfect levels of detail, geekiness and precision - and always so interesting and on-topic! This is one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. Bravo!
The first time I heard the term surround sound was in 1975. In fact, it was "sensurround" for movie theaters. The movie was 'Midway' and it was a huge success. While we were outside the room, we could not only listen to but also feel it vibrates. Inside the room, every time a plane took off from the deck of an aircraft carrier or did a fly by, the whole room vibrated and it was loud, very loud. The other movie I watched with sensurround was 'Battlestar Galactica'. It felt more 'real' for it had speakers strategically installed in the room. As for Dolby Atmos, I have it in my Samsung cell phones and also in my laptop pcs. Although, I only have a 2.1 hi fi system, it works perfectly. It does not sound artificial like the previous surround systems. I've been listening to some of The Beatles latest remixed albuns and they sound amazing.
First heard of surround sound with my Phillips music system - those days it would have a central system with cassette and CD player and have 2 speakers on both sides. Subwoofer at that time was rarely available and used to cost three times.
In the mid-1960’s, I learned that stereo could be enhanced with a third speaker. Left speaker (connected to left hot and left ground) - Middle speaker (connected to left hot and right hot) - right speaker (connected to right hot and right ground).
This as explained to me, objectively had the middle speaker playing the difference of the left and right channels. Subjectively, it brought an echoing expanded sound to my ears. It ‘brightened’ the sound and gave it more dimension.
In the mid-1970’s, I purchased a HUGE transceiver with 2-channel stereo, SQ (“Stereo Quadraphonic”), QS (“Quadraphonic Sound”), and 4-channel Discrete Quadraphonic. The three quad systems it had, required specially made LP’s for each system.
So those were my first experiences in what became surround sound.
- BG
My phone has an inbuilt chip for Dolby Atmos. I know it's not as good as 7.1 discreet system but the music and movies sound phenomenal with hifi headphones.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that ain't Atmos bruhhhh
@@Mashburn007 it is bruh😑
@@GauravSharma-dy8xv gtfo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
U too simp to get amazed by a low level DAC which is just tuned by 'Dolby' and rest is just Atmos marketing Label shizz🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The first time I experienced "surround sound" was actually when there wasn't any surround sound, only monaural sound...so I built, using a Wurlitzer amp out of an old juke box and a Heathkit monaural amp with a stereo pickup on a 33 RPM stereo record. That is simply amazing sound. I was a sophomore in high school about 1955.
Love all your videos. I was depending on my children for the technology but with your channel I feel confident and now I bragg about been able to do it my self.
I adore you!!!!!!
That is a huge compliment and we appreciate it so much! Thank you!
Band of Brothers was the first real time I heard surround sound outside of theaters. Blew my mind
Once again Caleb smashes it with down to earth explanations of things we need to know in the Audio/Video industry... Respect...
My irst surround sound experience in a cinema screening the original Jurassic Park, where ticket stubs are collectibles, cinema halls are double storey on two different levels, and they pull the red curtains covering the screen to the top, signifying time for patrons to shut up. Cinema ads are less intrusive, and trailers for upcoming movies are a rarity. Truly mind-blowing surround sound experience in DTS.
Thank you! Now, I understand the hype surrounding Dolby Atmos. I've only encountered it so far using my AirPods Max, which I'm sure is watered down. However, depending on the content, the sounds is still amazing.
Yeah man AirPods aren’t even close. If u can find somewhere that has overhead speaker to demo atmos and it’s almost life changing amazing
a simplify and easier understand vid, thanks you! Can you describe about Dobly Vision like this vid? seem like that will be upcoming trend for new TVs.
I have a great memory of hearing THX for the first time with Independence Day in the theater. It was so awesome.
The 1st time I heard real THX in a theater built with it was the re'release of Star Wars A new hope. Pure awesome clearity. I' Day also at that same theater. 👍😁😉
...the first time I experienced surround sound was a 1975 Pink Floyd concert in the Seattle Center Coliseum... the concert was in Quadrophonic, they debuted material from Wish You Were Here before the album was released, and played Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety... I was 15. Oh, you meant at a movie... probably Star Wars a few years later at the Cinerama. ;-)
Good job covering it. I've been enjoying my 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup for years. I first learned about it from my Xbox One X and the headphones. I was so impressed that several thousand dollars later I built my system as I was hooked.
0:51 My first surround-sound experience was in the 70s. My best friend's dad had a quadraphonic stereo system. Quad-stereo, yeah, didn't make sense at the time either. He had several vinyl recordings of classical music and if you sat in the center of his living and closed your eyes, it was like you were sitting in the middle of the orchestra. I loved The Student Prince. First audio enhanced movie was either Tora! Tora! Tora! or The Battle of Britain, around the same time. Then, of course, Star Wars, the year I graduated from high school. First at-home experience with surround-sound was Top Gun, in the mid-90s. And now we have so many sound channels it's hard to keep up.
Enjoyed this one! How about a video explaining some of the common terms you use while reviewing? Blooming, lag, imaging( audio) as so on. The tech vocabulary can really challenge newer people trying to come to this hobby. Keep up the great work!
I turned on Dolby Atmos on my phone recently and I have not looked back. Everything sounds so much better and I can hear words in movies and songs better.
My first conscious Dolby Surround experience was seeing "Hair" in a big cinema. It probably was Dolby 4.0: an analogue stereo channel with 2 additional channels interpolated coming from a magnetic strip on the 35mm film.
My grandfather was a movie buff (made me into one) and had a Bose surround sound. When I was a kid he had it and it was thousands of dollars at the time.. we watched the original predator, and I remember the hairs on my neck standing up when I first heard a creepy sound in the movie… I remember thinking when I grow up, I need this!!
Probably it applies for DTS-X in the same manner as Dolby Atmos?
I'd love to hear more about DTS-X also. I know it's very similar. My PS5 has it
DTS-X actually has the capabilities of being better than Atmos. Dolby TrueHD (the 7.1 channel core before the Atmos effects are added on) has a lower maximum bitrate by about a quarter of the size, 18 to 24 mbps. DTS also has double the range in the kHz. You usually have punchier bass and deeper sounds with DTS tracks and touch more clarity with Dolby.
The very first time I was watching a movie in the theatre and noticed surround sound, it was the flick "Phantom of the Paradise", by Paul Williams and Brian DePalma. There's a scene where Williams character is listening to a performer on stage while he is in a balcony suite. I swear his voice came out of a discrete speaker in the rear left. This was early 70's, and wow.
The first time I heard it was at a Circuit City with one of those Bose 5.1 satellite systems they use to make. The scene was the original Jurassic Park scene where they were running through a field with all of the dinosaurs. A DVD with 480 resolution on a rear projection TV was the height of technology.
Yep me too!! Jurassic park first time I heard Sound coming from behind me!!
Ooohhh man, "Circuit City". What a throwback.
yeah. technology in the last 20 years has really advanced so fast its amazing
First time I heard surround sound that was NOT a movie theater was a department store in a mall. Yes, a mall. To this day I've never heard a better system. It was sometime mid-1990's. They use a Dolby Prologic system. It had the center channel, 2 side channels, a subwoofer, all in the front. Then they had 3 channels behind you for the surround sound, all installed on the ceiling. (Left, Center, Right.) And they were playing Empire Strikes back, the scene in the forest w/ the flying machines that looked like snow mobiles. The clarity and power of the sound was amazing. And like I said, to this day I've never heard a better surround sound system, even when going into Best Buy in their special home theater room in the store - not even that is as good. Other than that, I was impressed by THX in theaters, and then DTS when it was used in the first Jurassic Park. After that, sound even in theaters has just been fluff. When I was in high school I had a 110 watt, 2-channel amp and EQ by Technics, and 120 watt peak power speakers (old school 10" woofers), that to this day could almost get audio as good as theaters of today.
Good Stuff as always Caleb! Could you please now do a video on DTS:X and Auro to get the message out to folks that other flavors of 3D audio exist? Dolby Atmos is awesome but I've always loved DTS and watching every new release come out with Dolby all over it saddens me since that is all folks here about these days.
Auro is prohibitively expensive for most people.
DTSX is my fav. It sounds more "full" to me. The low end seems deeper too. Plus, it can handle more audio objects than Atmos which can't do more than 128.
@@renesonse5794 no its not lol
@@doublet147 Yeah, Gladiator in DTSX with ceiling speakers is just great.
@@lucy-me-lucy I haven't seen Gladiator on 4k blu-ray. Didn't know it was in DTSX, thx. Looking forward to that purchase & watch!
Great video. Thanks!
First movie I can remember hearing true surround sound was HEAT in the theater, bullets whizzing by were amazing
HEAT *NEEDS* a 4k remaster
Mine was a similar effect. I remember watching Saving Private Ryan, I found myself unconsciously hunched behind the seat in front during the D Day landings beach bit, with bullets zipping and whizzing by.
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Ooooh, that's a good one, Vincent!
I was a kid and my dad randomly came home with an amp. We gathered speakers from around the house and the first thing I remember hearing in surround was "independence day". The opening credits at the very beginning how they go from front to back 👌
Also you mentioned the upfiring speakers, and then in-ceiling speakers but forgot the middle option, wall elevation speakers. For me, that was the best, most non-intrusive method. 👍
So well explained! Rare to have sophisticated technology demonstrated and unpacked so accessibly. Well done and thank you for adding to the short list of good UA-cam explanation videos✊🏽
I've always thought I knew what "object-based" Atmos sound was, but I never realized the crux of the matter is the separation of 'Channel' and 'Placement of Object in 3D Space' especially in commercial theaters with multiple speakers per channel. Thanks for the explanation!
May I request you to educate us on the differences between Dolby, Atmos, Dtx and other formats please
My first experience with surround sound was over 30 years ago in 1992 when I installed a 5.1 Pro Logic setup in our family room. The first movie was The Hunt for Red October and I have been hooked ever since.
Gee thanks. Now I need to get a dolby atmos setup when I get my new tv!
Stoked to have come cross this channel!!!! It’s awesome.
Can you do an update on the best low, mid, and high price Dolby Atmos setups for late 2021? Thanks DT.
1$ headphones at my closest gas station.
The first surround sound I heard was at a large music concert.
There were no digitised sounds at the time, nor any kind of FFT processing. The great sound we all heard was produced with some clever application of phase shifting techniques...
Super informative! I've never understood how *any* surround sound works better than I do now. Incredible editing, too, and the thumbnail's not so bad either! 👀
Saw speed in Dolby surround in cinema back in 1994. It was my first surround sound experience and i was blown away.
btw trinnov-altitude-32 is the most powerful 3D Sound Processor on the market right now. its like professional cinema for home cinema - the speaker mapping and optimizer is awsome
But only worth it for total Cinema and Audio cracks with deeeeep pockets. The Price just for the Receiver is crazy
Finally i got the video, which i want to watch since many years, very well explained
I think dolby has made a mistake slapping the logo on everything. I've had friends buy dolby atmos virtual soundbars they think thats what atmos is, then they come to my screening room and are blown away.
For sure oh boy you must have fun when they hear your home theater I'm just in the process of figuring out how I'm going to set up mine I'm going to buy the Dennon 6700 H so its going to kick ass !
Thank you for taking the time to break it down for us slower folks. We get it! But, it takes a bit more time to soak in.
Fantastic, thanks Caleb, well researched, lucid interpretations and a great journey you take the listener on. Thats good teaching skills
The first time I ever heard surround sound was at my uncle's. He rented the movie Reign of Fire and I distinctly remember when a helicopter flies overhead and hearing it pass overhead through the speakers. Amazing.
This was great! I’m curious about Dolby Vision next.
Hey Westin a good video about Dolby vision would be great.
Since I work with DV I can in short explain what it does with the video. Dolby Vision decoder knows parameters of TV, display capabilities etc. it uses this data along with metadata in the movie to display video on your screen in the best way possible for given TV, in contrast to HDR10 where all of the movie is mixed on some reference display and it plays on everything in the same way. So basically DV tells your TV how to display itself so it looks better, more vivid, blacks are more black, dark or light areas have much more details. (imagine if that battle episode in GoT S8 was with DV we could actually see the action lol). Most of the impact of DV is in lower to mid range TVs where displays aren't as good(so most of the TV market really).
@@nevrast-1 thank you for the FYI. It's really important for me to learn all about the things I love. Thanks again.
@@michaelwyckoff7593 you are welcome! Ofc there is much more cause there is multiple DV 'profiles' which some are compatible backwards with HDR decoders for example but at the cost of missing some of the metadata therefore quality.
@@nevrast-1 love chatting with you my friend. In a nutshell does DV help to improve the performance of a lower end and mid range TV so that movies that support DV are benefiting from it. If I'm way of base please let me know so I can fully understand all about Dolby Vision because I enjoy learning new things as much as possible.
my dad bought a 7.1 surround sound and we wired it up together and the first movie we watched was Pirates of the Caribbean at worlds end… i’ll never forget, hearing the sound come from all around me.
Great explanation here Caleb! This was helpful in convincing my partner to get an Atmos system! :D
Twister was my first surround sound experience. I was blown away...
The first time I really remember going "wow" about the sound Ina movoe was the lobby shooting scene in the Matrix. She'll casings bouncing all around the room, it was truly transformational. Love good sound!
Same here...shivers on my spine when i remeber that scene
wow what a great movie , my was fast and fuiruius 1
I’m really hoping you get to review the Sony HT-A9 sound system. I’ve skeptical until I hear from you. You’re channel is brilliant!
Nice explanation of 5.1, 7.1, and Atmos. I've had 7.1 at home but when I last moved I decided to simplify to a cheap sound bar. It's not as good but the lack of wires and tip-prone speaker stands is kind of worth it to me. 🤷♂
I first heard surround sound in 1994 watching a movie at a friend's house. It blew my mind.. even if it was just a couple of speakers behind the dude's couch. :D
When it comes to music, i don;t really see the advantage of Atmos.
Hanz Zimmer now writes in Atmos and it is an experience. I dont think very many music artists will ever learn it though so I agree.
1991 in Jacksonville FL, saw a Bose demo using the opening scene of movie “Always”. I’ve been hooked on home theater since.
Absolutely Fantastic explanation
Thanks for the great video, but the question i have is if am buying speakers for my TV, should the TV also support dolby atmos or just the speakers! I just bought a sony x80l tv which comes with Dolby Atmos as i was told, but will i lose this feature if i add a normal surround system ?
Fantastic video, this helped me understand Dolby Atmos much much better. Many thanks @Caleb 👍👍
First time I heard surround sound was in the late 90's at a audio shop using a Onkyo sound system. The demo played Air Force One. The experience was phenomenal as the fighter planes seemed to be around me. Since then i have been addicted to the audio narcotic but have bill fold constraints. Excellent video.
First surround sound was with Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in1983 when THX intro came at you and you nearly jumped out of your seat!!! Thanks for all the great reviews and videos to explain tech!!
Hey Caleb, great work! This was the bestest explanation of Dolby Atmos I've seen to date, video or written! I was familiar with the topic, but curious to see where you'd go with it in a ten minute video. Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻
Yes, I am using dolby atmos on my tablet😂and...I LOVE IT
Tora Tora Tora, I will never forget jumping out of my seat with the sound in the theater
First time I herd suround sound was top gun in the big box electronics stores
Good description of Atmos, but maybe a video about what that means for for tv setup. I’ve been considering a soundbar and was targeting an Atmos system. But when discussing with a sales representative, was told that my tv, which isn’t too old, still wouldn’t support Atmos or anything beyond 5.1. So, while a new bar might improve on my tv sound somewhat, I wouldn’t get the true benefits of Atmos without also upgrading my tv. Perhaps a video discussing what to be aware of when upgrading your system? Keep up the great content!
Not true unless your TV doesn't have HDMI ARC. If your TV is a few years old and has ARC, you'd still get the best results by plugging your Blu-ray player/video game consoles directly into the soundbars HDMI In so you get lossless audio. Even today, you won't find many soundbars that take full advantage of what a TV can do for gaming if that's a concern. What TV do you have and which soundbar are you looking to get?
@@mrchiledonut Thx for the comment. My tv is a 55” 2013 Samsung LED and has one ARC port. After some in store comparisons I opted for the Sonos Beam (wanted the Arc but don’t have the proper space) and added the mini-sub and SL One surrounds. Definitely an improvement over my tv’s sound but have found the enhanced sound to be inconsistent (ie. streamed Dune first and was impressed; streamed Avatar Way of Water but wasn’t “wowed”; both streamed thru Max). Research said the Sonos app was superior but I’ve been underwhelmed by it so far (perhaps I’ve got some learning to do?).
Awesome explanation. This has quickly become my favorite tech related channel, to the point and great edition. Great work!!
WOW...I think this is the BEST explanation of Atmos I've ever seen.
This is like the TED talk I listened to on Quantum Physics..............except you made this easy to understand AND (the And is very important), I actually will be able to retain the knowledge!
The first surround sound experience that I had was Quadraphonic back in the mid-70's, it was decent for its time but ultimately didn't go too far. Then there was also Laserium at Griffith Park ...