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Contributor I
Oct 2, 2021 6:24 AM UTC

Dolby Atmos Height Virtualization for Amp

Picked up an Amp for home theater use and have been really impressed with the phantom center. Really liking the full sound of large speakers and a powered sub better than the Arc in my living room. I know that current A/V receivers with Atmos support also offer Atmos Height Virtualization, which seems like it would be a perfect fit for the Amp home theater use case. Any idea if that feature would be possible with gen 3 hardware and/or has been discussed as on the table for a future update?

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    Oct 2, 2021 8:33 AM UTC

    What would “gen 3 hardware” be? The Amp is now in gen 1?

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    OstrichcizedAuthor
    Contributor I
    Oct 2, 2021 9:04 AM UTC

    The most current version. As far as I know, there were two iterations of Connect:Amp that did not have HDMI prior to the current black style.

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    Oct 2, 2021 9:54 AM UTC

    Okay. I'd name generations for devices that use the same name, i.e. Play:5 (Gen 1 of Gen 2). In this sense the Five is not a Play:5 (Gen 3) and the Amp is not an Connect:amp (Gen 3).

    To your question. Reading Dolby Atmos: what is it? How can you get it? | What Hi-Fi? (whathifi.com) adding  Atmos Height Virtualization looks be a software change, which would make it doable for Sonos. No idea if they plan it, though.

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      Gazing
      Lyricist I
      Nov 11, 2021 12:25 PM UTC

      I’d love to see virtual/actual Atmos support on a next gen Amp… especially if it allowed you to use an additional pair of eg One SLs or Sonance in-ceilings as downfiring height speakers, and/or any new upfiring Ones as surrounds, to give at least 4.1.2.  I’d even take a bit of a size increase hit of the Amp body too to get us there.

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