Anette Askvik has released an Immersive Edition of the album “Liberty” (May 16, 2025).
The album costs around €24 as a download.
I’ve never heard immersive music before. It’s supposed to create a more spatial sound.
Has anyone tried Immersive music – in stereo?
Torben
I believe this is THX Spatial Audio.
Here’s their playlist
Hm, the THX referred to by your web page link is labeled THX in the Qobuz app:
Can’t find anything on Google explaining the immersive edition, but it’s also available on Apple Music, Spotify, and YT
Dolby Atmos True HD or Auro-3D for multichannel, also available in a stereo downmix:
Note: This versions (a multichannel remaster I suppose) name is “immersive edition” – so it has always the “immersive” in the name no matter if you listen to the multichannel or the stereo version. I expect the stereo version to sound different from the original stereo release because it seems to be a remaster. If it sounds more spatial though in stereo IDK.
My bad 
I rushed a search and ended up with a bread crumb trail that ended there.
At least now I know that there is a THX version of a Dinosaur Jr track, so that’s very useful 
Clouds and silver linings hey 
If it’s stereo, it’s not immersive even if there is an “immersive” version elsewhere.
Got the info from Bird Records
The 2025 stereo version is a «fold down» from the immersive mix.
Torben
For the example of ‘Liberty’ by Anette Askvik, I have the original version and subsequently purchased the Immersive Edition in CD and hires qualities from Qobuz.
My thoughts. The original version sounds better on a stereo setup than either Immersive Editions. So my view would be to hold off buying from Qobuz.
The Apple Music version in Dolby Atmos is such a fantastic mix.
Stereo can be binaural, and I would classify that as immersive. After all, we only have two ears, so two input channels to our brains.
But the two ears together with the brain (as well as other sensory input) combine directional info, runtime differences, reverb, our own body’s reflections, and other inputs, so that we can distinguish sounds arriving at the ears from all three spatial dimensions.
Can a Dolby Atmos be played in Roon and stereo?
Sorry, I don’t have any knowledge about Dolby Atmos
Torben
Correct, so if you have a dummy head with one mic in each ear, all of what you mentioned is recorded and then reproduced. For true immersive sound, it needs to be combined with head tracking, but it works without to a good extent.
Not at the moment, Roon doesn’t support Dolby Atmos
But if two speakers are in front of me, it still does not really sound as if the sound comes, say, from behind.
Interestingly, I’ve downloaded the Dolby app called Dolby On for Android. I’ve imported the hires Immersive Edition and turned on Dolby Atmos and its sounds closer to the Apple Music Dolby Atmos version.
Turn off Dolby Atmos and its sounds ‘meh’
Also worth mentioning here are my headphones support aptxHD and so does my phone.
I own this on CD 2 channel and it is a rather fine album.
It was A challenge to find it on Tidal, but listening to it on my Android TV now on the surround sound system and it sounds great.
Thanks @Torben_Rick for highlighting this
