Have you done anything to support Dolby Atmos?

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Just looking for ideas to see if people have invested in hardware for Dolby Atmos?

I’ve only got Apple Music with AirPods Pro and thinking I may to something better at some point.
I’m thinking Soundbar, pair of home pods linked to a 4K Apple TV.

I know Chris did this but its way out of my league.

So what’s your setup or ideas?

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I’ve gone about as far as I can but the 7.2.4 setup was initially for movies with the Dolby Atmos soundtracks. Dolby Atmos music will be a bonus if/when Roon adds the capability. And that depends on it working with a NUC/Rock to Denon receiver with HDMI. My Denon receiver is the only device I have that has the Atmos decoder and the speaker connections.

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I’m not into Dolby Atmos music, but I recently purchased a used Mac Mini to reboot my Nucleus and reconnect Tidal and Qobuz to keep Roon ARC working when away from home for weeks at a time. I just moved the Mac Mini to our family room and connected it by HDMI to my LG TV with HDMI to my Bose 5.1 system. I have free Apple Music (thanks Verizon) and listened to some Dolby Atmos yesterday. Of course, no overhead channels with 5.1.

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I listen to Atmos music from Tidal through my home theater. It is a Yamaha 7.2.2 setup accessing Tidal thru a Nvidia Sheild Pro.

The fidelity is very very good. Being Atmos it is 24 bit. Finding Atmos albums in Tidal is a chore.

I keep thinking about Roon because the quality is so good, then I wonder how much better it could be if it were thru Roon.

For example, The Doors - Riders on the Storm is very immersive. This is about a 60 year recording remastered. New recordings from new artists are even better.

I think that Atmos is much better than just 7.1 surround.

Atmos is for real and it is here to stay unlike 3D movies. I’m hoping 1 day Roon will implement it.

–MD

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