In listening to Rain On Me and Black Skinhead, the bass notes spread out, creating a deep pool of low-end warmth in my chest. More movement, less emotion Riley Young/Digital Trends You get an airy, open sound, with an increased sense of where the music is physically coming from, but at the same time, the intensity decreases, as does the intimacy. It’s almost as if you sat between two closely spaced speakers and then someone moved the speakers 20 feet away, but didn’t increase the volume to compensate for the extra distance. Atmos tracks feel like you’re sitting in a studio with the band, with the musicians spread out around you.īut because that effect is being simulated through two fairly standard speakers attached to your head, there’s a price to be paid for that extra sense of space: You lose some dynamic range and volume dips quite dramatically. One thing cannot be denied: Dolby Atmos Music (which for the purpose of this review I will use interchangeably with “spatial audio”) creates a much larger sense of space.
“So, it’s not even just about the way it’s going to end up sounding,” Lowe said, ”it’s very much how songs are going to feel.”Īrmed with a loaner pair of $549 AirPods Max and my iPhone 11, I dove right into spatial audio on Apple Music, starting with Lowe’s referenced tracks, Lady Gaga’s Rain On Me, and Kanye West’s Black Skinhead. “Spatial is an immersive experience with sound moving around you in different directions,” said Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s co-head of artist relations and radio host, as he launched into a pseudo-sales pitch for the new immersive format. Fitbit Versa 3īut does Dolby Atmos Music actually sound better? Given Apple’s spin, plus my own experiences listening to Atmos Music via Tidal on my home theater system, my expectations were very high for Dolby Atmos via headphones.
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