Dolby Atmos support in Roon (ROCK)? - Now that Tidal now extends its support (not only for Android)

[Saturn94]

@Gary_Langridge

I think some people are overlooking an advantage of Atmos for stereo use. There are cases (hopefully growing) where the Atmos mastering is nowhere near as compressed as the standard stereo version. So forget the features of the container as such and look at the actual mastering ‘quality’ put in. Could be the end of the loudness wars or least a way around then.

I’ve noticed this as well with many of my multichannel SACD and DVD-A recordings.

[Jaap74]

@Gary_Langridge

I can play Tidal Atmos Albums (in stereo) in Roon

How do you know that is really the case?

[Gareth_Irwin]

Whats the point of an atmos track in stereo?

[Arindal]

If it is a differently mastered version compared to the stereo track, for example with additional dynamics, as Gary claimed, it might make sense to listen to a downmix of the Atmos track.