You would expect it to sound right through the device made by Apple to showcase their own technology. If you are wondering if I was using the right playback device, I was using AirPods Pro. As soon as I turned it off, everything made sense again. I went into settings and saw that Dolby Atmos had been engaged automatically, which meant on my Apple device I was listening to an Apple Spatial Audio downmix. As I started playing the excellent title track and a minute in I thought, what the hell is wrong with this mix? I’ve heard more clarity on tracks played through a PA in an empty stadium. So it’s also inconsistent.įor example, I recently decided to check out the new Tears for Fears album ‘Tipping Point’. Oddly enough at times it does the exact opposite and creates a very tight centre and things just disappear from the sound stage. They smear them and remove focus, especially from things like the main vocal. I’m sure it is, but the results I have heard underwhelm me at best and annoy me at worst.įirst, it does exactly what many of these pseudo spatialisation technologies do to mixes. Hold your horses some of you may be saying, it’s amazing, a technological marvel. However, on Spatial Audio they’ve lost me. If anyone deserves an Apple fanboy T-shirt then it’s me. I’m also an early adopter, investing in Apple products way before others and sometimes before they’ve ironed out the kinks in later models. I use a lot of their applications too including Final Cut. I have their peripherals including a keyboard, mouse, and many other things. I even had the original Motorola Phone that had iTunes built-in. I queued for the first iPhone, the second, and the third. I bought an Apple TV when people said it was a stupid idea. Over the years I have invested tens of thousands of pounds in Apple Mac desktops and laptops. There’s not much that Apple makes that I don’t own.
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