The front left and right speakers have additional speakers on top of the cabinets that perform as Dolby
Atmos height channels, bouncing sound off your ceiling.
There are a number of ways to get
Atmos height channels into your living room.
The Onkyo TX - NR646's Dolby
Atmos height channel capabilities are limited to only the front - left and - right channels, not the surround height channels, and the receiver is only DTS: X «compatible» until an update is released later in 2015.
The Bad The Onkyo TX - NR646's Dolby
Atmos height channel capabilities are limited to only the front - left and - right channels, not the surround height channels, and the receiver is only DTS: X «compatible» until an update is released later in 2015.
Integrated into a sloping top panel is an upward firing CST optimized specifically for reproducing the Dolby
Atmos height channel audio information.
Not exact matches
On the other hand, one comparison I could make is how the Dolby Surround Upmixer and DTS Neural: X surround sound processing formats made use of
height channels with non-Dolby
Atmos / DTS: X encoded content.
All of the directional,
height, and ambiance information contained in the Dolby
Atmos soundtrack is placed within a 7.1 or 5.1
channel framework (whichever is being used).
The downmix was still very immersive and spacious, with objects placed at points in space similar to a true
Atmos mix (helicopters and drones are the best examples), but lacking some of the location preciseness and, of course, some loss of the
height channel experience (although the Dolby TrueHD downmix still produced a better - than - traditional «horizontal» 5.1 or 7.1
channel mix).
Dolby
Atmos and DTS: X: Some of today's top - of - the - line soundbars will let you take advantage of the latest object - oriented audio technologies, such as Dolby
Atmos and DTS: X. Soundbars that feature object - oriented audio, are typically limited to 5.1.2 or 7.1.2 configuration, where they only reproduce the front two
height effects
channels.
You can use in - ceiling, on - wall, and even Dolby
Atmos up - firing speakers for
height channels.
And you'll be topped out at that point: You won't be able to expand to a 7.1 -
channel system (with a pair of rear surround speakers) or a 5.1.2 -
channel system (with a pair of
height speakers that can take advantage of something like Dolby
Atmos).
Samsung's first
Atmos bar — which uses
height channels that bounce sound off your ceiling for another dimension of immersion — may be pricey, but it offers a ton of features, including separate wireless speakers (though they must be plugged in) to elevate your sound for a thrilling experience.
Dolby
Atmos adds an extra
height channel to programmes, instead of having «regular» surround sound at ear level.
In order to get Dolby
Atmos, you'll need a compatible AV receiver and either in - ceiling speakers or upward - firing
height channel speakers, as well as the BT Ultra HD YouView box + and Ultra HD subscription.
The 1508 supports most surround standards including DTS - HD and Dolby TrueHD, but unlike the NR1608, it lacks playback for
height -
channel standards
Atmos and DTS: X.
Height channels Movie soundtracks encoded with Dolby
Atmos and / or DTS: X treat audio events as objects that can be placed in three - dimensional space.
Dolby
Atmos supports
height as well as surround
channels.
If you have a Dolby
Atmos surround sound system or soundbar then you'll get the extra
height channels support through the Xbox One X.
Don't think that a Dolby
Atmos mix or
height channels make a difference?
Yes, as long as a Blu - ray player has been set to output a direct bitstream signal, your Dolby
Atmos - enabled receiver should be able to decode the signal and send the
height channels to the Dolby
Atmos speakers.
The bar houses dual 2.5 - inch midrange drivers and a single 1 - inch tweeter for each of its three
channels, along with dual 2.5 - inch
height drivers for
Atmos.
Atmos, for the uninitiated, is a scalable object - based sound system available with seven
channels of amplification, in a 5.1.2 (five surround
channels, one subwoofer output and two
height channels) speaker configuration.
We've been harking on about Dolby
Atmos and extra
height channels in a surround sound setup for a while now, but you've really only been able to replicate the more immersive experience at home for yourself if you had a supported AV receiver.
A next - generation audio format,
Atmos effectively adds
height to the traditional flatbed of surround sound, but it's more than just another
channel.
We particularly missed the «sphere of sound» effect you get with
Atmos when you've got rear
height channels married up with front
height channels.
The most common home cinema configuration for Dolby
Atmos is 5.1.2 (that's the regular 5.1 configuration with two
height channels), or 5.1.4 (the same, but with four
height channels).
A Dolby
Atmos sound system can support either two
height speakers or four, coupled to a surround layout comprising five, seven or nine
channels - it all depends on how much heavy lifting your amplifier and processor can handle.
Atmos introduces a new
height variable to traditional surround sound and changes the way Dolby encodes audio
channels.
Those
height drivers are technically called Dolby
Atmos speakers because they provide the discrete up - firing
height channels required for Dolby
Atmos and DTS: X object - based audio reproduction.
To create 7.1.2 Dolby
Atmos surround imaging, the bar boasts six «
height channel» speakers on each side, which follow the same method as more traditional
Atmos speaker designs, mimicking overhead speakers by bouncing sound off the ceiling.
The 7.2.4 SVS Ultra surround sound system is being run with a Dolby
Atmos AV receiver to provide overhead
height channels and features two reference SVS PB16 - Ultra subwoofers, two Ultra Bookshelf speakers as fronts, one Ultra Center speaker, two Ultra Surround speakers as side surrounds, two Ultra Bookshelf speakers as rear surrounds and four Ultra Bookshelf speakers for overhead
height effects.
Integra today introduced one of the very first object - based surround sound bars to support the latest DTS: X and Dolby
Atmos home theater formats which provide a
height -
channel.
Dolby
Atmos is a so - called object based sound system designed to deliver greater audio precision that also adds
height channel effects to the usual horizontal surround sound experience.
Inside you'll find two speakers drivers for each left, right and centre
channel as well single
height speakers to create 3D sound effects via Dolby
Atmos and DTS: X.
HBO has decided to remaster series one to four of Game of Thrones to include the extra
height channels and is putting the Dolby
Atmos mixes onto special edition Blu - ray box - sets.
Dolby
Atmos, you see, is a technology that utilises extra
height channels in an audio mix yet, unlike other technologies such as Dolby Pro Logic IIz, the audio doesn't feel like it's coming from the front stage.
On top of it all (literally) there are two «
height channel» speakers that make this a perfect centerpiece in your Dolby
Atmos or DTS: X home theater.
An uncompromised, high fidelity
height channel speaker for Dolby
Atmos, DTS: X or Auro - 3D, its incredible versatility and easy installation on walls or ceilings also lets it serve as a multi-purpose home theater speaker to solve virtually any room placement issue.
For comparison, the Dolby
Atmos soundbar integrated into the LG Signature OLED65W7P is a 60 - watt system spread across 4.2
channels (left, right, left
height, right
height, and two bass
channels).
It uses a two - part system with an OLED panel you can simply hang on the wall like a poster, without any frame or bezel, and features a dedicated Dolby
Atmos soundbar with upward - firing drivers for left and right
height channels.