Atmos Music Yet?

@GuitarSuperstar - after initially searching for “Kraftwork” and not finding anything in search, I then realised my mistake. Doh!

Yes, totally agree the track “Tour de France / Prologue / Etape 1 / Chrono / Etape 2” is an excellent example of what Dolby Atmos music is capable of

If you really want to experience what Dolby Atmos music is capable of, check out Kraftwerk’s 3-D The Catalogue album. It’s electronic, avant-garde music from Germany but well worth a listen. The entire album is incredibly immersive with A LOT of height channel and surround activity. A highlight is the final 14-minute track, “Tour de France / Prologue / Etape 1 / Chrono / Etape 2”.
 

 

More recommendations please 👍

Nothing quite compares to the Kraftwerk album. It is the best I’ve heard. But some of my other favorites are:

“Rocket Man” - Elton John

“Riders on the Storm” - The Doors

Don’t Know Why (album) - Norah Jones

Automatic for the People 25th Anniversary Edition (album) - R.E.M.

The Future Bites (album) - Steven Wilson

John Williams in Vienna (album) - I’ve only listened to this on Blu-ray in Atmos, but it is available on Amazon Music.

“Harridan” - Porcupine Tree (available on Apple Music)

I will add Abbey Road, the 2019 Super Deluxe remastered version. In my top 3.

So according to the links provided by Sonos, my phone (Galaxy S20 5G) is capable of streaming Atmos music.

I have an appropriate Tidal subscription and I am trying to get it to stream Atmos audio to my living room (ARC + Sub + 2 play 1s) and there’s nothing in the Sonos app when it’s playing to indicate that it’s streaming Atmos. If I stream direct from the Tidal app, the Atmos logo changes to HiFi and if I find the album in the Sonos search there’s no Atmos indicator.

So has this feature not been enabled despite Sonos claiming to have done so? I am in the UK.

See this support link for the features supported by the Tidal Service on Sonos:

https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3096

@Andrewnoob,

It looks like you need the Apple TV/Fire-TV 4K etc. Tidal App in order to play the audio through your Atmos supported TV to the connected Arc/Beam (gen2) - there’s no direct support for Tidal Atmos audio through the Sonos App at the present time.
 

Only the Amazon Music HD service supports Atmos through the Sonos App at the present time, but hopefully more services, like Tidal, Apple Music and others, will support Atmos music through their built-in services, going forward.

Hmm. There's a Tidal app for my LG CX that advertised Atmos Audio until I signed in.

This is a bit of a shame, hopefully they add Tidal too.

I took out a trial subscription to Tidal a few months back to try Dolby Atmos and was88 definitely able to play it through my Arc. Can't remember immediately how though.

Edit: I think I must have used the Tidal app on my nVidea Shield.  That goes through an HDFury Arcana and onto the Arc, so I know it is capable of carrying Atmos.

@Andrewnoob - my best guess is that your TV app isn’t passing Atmos to the Arc.  

I assume you have a Tidal HiFi subscription? Edit- OK you have confirmed this.

I have a friend who has an LG C9 and is able to stream Dolby Atmos music from the C9’s native TIDAL app to his Arc. I would imagine the CX would have the same capability.
 

Be sure your TV is set to these settings:

Sound Out: HDMI ARC

HDMI Input Audio Format: Bitstream

Digital Sound Out: Pass Through

eARC: On

Auto Device Detection: On

Simplink (CEC): On

Auto Power Sync: Off