Hello micro, I tried the multichannel way with music and to be honest I prefer stereo, I didn´t perceive any advantage or increase in my enjoyment of the music, BUT as far as movie watching is concerned the enjoyment was substantially incremented and the experience much more immersive, so in my case at least there is a definite divide depending on what type of sound is being reproduced. I wouldn´t call stereo inferior, it´s just the way we´re used to listen when we attend a musical event / concert, where the sound never comes from the sides, back or above and sometimes music isn´t even amplified.
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Hello micro, I tried the multichannel way with music and to be honest I prefer stereo, I didn´t perceive any advantage or increase in my enjoyment of the music, BUT as far as movie watching is concerned the enjoyment was substantially incremented and the experience much more immersive, so in my case at least there is a definite divide depending on what type of sound is being reproduced. I wouldn´t call stereo inferior, it´s just the way we´re used to listen when we attend a musical event / concert, where the sound never comes from the sides, back or above and sometimes music isn´t even amplified.
No, sound comes from everywhere in musical events/concerts. You are probably referring to poorly recorded multichannel, that exaggerate/fake side and back information, but IMHO properly carried multichannel is closer to what we feel in the concert room. However I still prefer and enjoy more stereo ...
I prefer MCH to 95 percent stereo systems. I looked once keenly at datasat atmos and auro 3d systems. What attracts me to stereo is I can get better tone through recordings and via specific speakers that I have not seen in MCH. For example, I have not seen quality SETs based high efficiency MCH system. If one were to exist, it might be more attractive. The current MCH systems use poorer quality electronics and recordings for tone though their staging, immersion, bass response and detail adds its own charm of realism
I have yet to hear a multi-channel solution that is at the same quality of equipment overall as the best two channel systems...therefore, the synthetic and artificial nature of most reproduction is just getting multiplied by more channels! IMO, realism comes from lack of artifice not complete immersion in a soundfield, which if plagued with the usual artificial sonic cues, will sound no more real than a mediocre two channel setup.
Yes and just proper coherence is enough of a challenge for a well specified and setup stereo system let alone dealing with 5 channels. The less coherence the greater the sensation of a synthetic experience. Just speculating but surround sound that is more complex in sensory terms and not coherent is probably more challenging for our perception to deal with and while it may be aurally exciting but may perhaps be more about a physical buzz rather than a musical one.
well, when it is coupled with Video then it will seem less problematic as we are now doing the Video processing at the same time and that becomes the dominant sense.
Visuals would very much help focus us in the event but I wonder if it is a led thing and directed with transitions between various wide shots, closeups and cutaways and using zooms and pans it might be another category of synthetic perception separate than a live experience. Though since we are mostly inundated with produced imagery from our very earliest years maybe the video seems more natural than real life lol.
Working my early career life in film and video probably I’ve completely overdosed on a produced life so will abstain from travelling too far down the created visual rabbit hole and just stick probably with the music and what real life I can fit in between now and the inevitable fade to black and cue the titles
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A friend just took delivery of the Reference DAC and Atlantis Transport in the last 2 days....called me last night and is beside himself
with amazement at how the new setup sounds. He surprised me by telling me that he finally found something to equal/beat his top
of the line Air Force One setup.....amazing.
with amazement at how the new setup sounds. He surprised me by telling me that he finally found something to equal/beat his top
of the line Air Force One setup.....amazing.
Can you send a video of the system playing some music with this dac?
Unfortunately no.....it's not my system and while a visit is being discussed, that's a 11 hour drive or a couple flights from where I live so I've not been there yet. I'll ask him if he'd do it after break in is complete however it's ultimately something I can do.
There are a couple vids out there from Munich 2019 where I heard Wadax Atlantis and Reference gear for the first time. Show conditions, not ideal by any means but in-person was damned impressive, and this, from a die-hard Esoteric fan.
There are a couple vids out there from Munich 2019 where I heard Wadax Atlantis and Reference gear for the first time. Show conditions, not ideal by any means but in-person was damned impressive, and this, from a die-hard Esoteric fan.
I was an Esoteric fan too but fortunately i discovered Wadax.
Sound reaches another dimension.... Nothing comes close to Wadax technology.
Detail of my Wadax Atlantis working on 1V output.
Sound reaches another dimension.... Nothing comes close to Wadax technology.
Detail of my Wadax Atlantis working on 1V output.
The house-sounds of Esoteric and Wadax can't be more different.
Very eagerly waiting for your report on home-visiting your Ref DAC+Atlantic Transport friends!
Many thanks!
Wadax Reference Dac with Atlantis Transport and Server from Hifi Live Show. Valencia (Spain).
Their ext finishings seems to have improved?
The Wadax Reference DAC looked gorgeous in the Show!
Any audition comments on this system?
The only difference is the silver finished on Atlantis Transport and Server. Server without display too...
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