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Gaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™

Benn Jordan · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Audio & video engineeringMusic theory, synthesis & production

What it is

Musician and audio engineer Benn Jordan tries Dolby Atmos as a consumer, covering the theory of immersive audio, its business model, and home theater and headphone listening. He concludes it often falls short of the pitch.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it in Atmos and spatial audio threads as a knowledgeable critique of why the format rarely delivers.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is a smart, motivated audio engineer talking about Atmos.”

    Audio engineer explains why Atmos rarely works well

    philovivero, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Brian Eno Albums Available in Dolby Atmos and Spatial for the First Time”

  2. “Interesting video from Benn Jordan at”

    Interesting critique of Atmos by Benn Jordan

    Intermernet, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Brian Eno Albums Available in Dolby Atmos and Spatial for the First Time”

  3. “I found this video by Benn Jordan very enlightening about the whole Atmos nonsense”

    Explains why Atmos isn't worth it

    TonyTrapp, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Dolby Atmos will use your TV to expand living room speaker setups”

  4. “Benn Jordan's video from earlier last year does a good job of explaining the situation”

    Explains situation and current limitations of Atmos

    spamizbad, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “Apple Music will now pay 10% higher royalties to artists for Spatial Audio music”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: dolby atmos, spatial audio, audio engineering, home theater, music production

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