What led me here Onkyo has just apparently stated their using Dolby Atmos within their new home theater components, so there's probably going to be more excitement concerning specifications. We could probably further guess the bitrate specifications are going to be likely quite humongous. Nothing derogatory as this scenario is quite common. My guess is due to the limited commercial only roll-out, the specifications may still be in a constant state of changing. Would be nice to see some technical specifications concerning Dolby Atmos stream bitrates, etc. Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumblebritches57 ( talk The dirac measures in response time to the pulses instead of distance but I was mystified that I did not hear a major improvement.Can we get some technical information? In the mean time, I'll try to link this page to DTS' and SRS' competing formats. That is another thing that bothered the crap out of me. The Dirac set the curve to exactly the same settings at the Sony. Maybe Yamaha? I have a separate two channel maybe I need to use a pre out with the Dirac like the Onkyo Z50?. There is very little difference in sound between these three amps and the Sony cost 300. Right now I am using the Sony adh790 and I like it better than the Pioneer with Dirac and a Maranatz 6015 (that was 2k) I already returned. It really bothers me and I was hoping that maybe the HT a9 night be the solution.
#Dolby atmos demo material full#
I have a Pioneer wirh full Dirac that I have to turn up the back channels to 10db and its still to low. Can't understand why the A9 doesn'tĭid you end up keeping this? I have been struggling finding an avr that I liked better than the Sony I have now because I really like listening to high res flac upmixed. My budget Sony dn860 HT have the Sound optimizer feature for this. At lower volumes it can sound a bit anemic and there is no function to alleviate this.Hopefully they will tune it a bit in future SW updates or preferably straight up add a crossover function to the setup menu. This could be corrected with adjusting the dialog crossover (at least that is what you do on a HT) to have more bass, but the A9 have no such feature unfortunately. Dialog /while the clarity is superb/ can sometimes sound a bit boxy and thin depending on the mix of the source.The system is quite sensitive and I had to run the auto calibration quite a few times because it kept failing due to "something blocking one of the speakers". "The place the speakers wherever you want" thing is bullshit.I am and will always be a stereo music listener (have a dedicated high end-ish stereo system for that) but I must say, listening to streamed music with the A9's immersive AE 360 imaging is pretty FUN.Do yourself a favor and put on Blade Runner 2049 with this system.(someone was complaining about this under Andrew Robinson's review) I live in an apartment, so unfortunately I cannot experience its full potential :D, but even at bass lvl 5-6 I felt it rumbling. I did not found it to be directional at all. Bass with the sw5 is punchy and powerful with good attack.Center imaging is soo good that you won't believe that there is no dedicated center speaker. Dialog clarity is fantastic (a negative note on it below).TR was pretty impressive as well, jungle sounds absolutely lifelike. Literally feels like if you were standing in the middle of the city. Incredible! CP2077 is the best soundscape I have experienced in a game EVER. Atmos games tested: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Cyberpunk 2077.It is definitely not a marketing humbug, sound really does envelop you. The dolby demo materials will blow your socks off. Definitely the best surround experience I ever had.
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My thoughts (from someone who used a HT with 5.1 until this point) on it in absolute layman terms:
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I just got them yesterday (A9 with the SW5 sub) and I must say I am pretty amazed.