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Dolby Atmos gapless playback not perfect.

  • February 19, 2026
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MoPac
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 It’s interesting how a topic can be closed before a fix is made.  I suppose because there was no activity the subject was not important enough which does make sense.  Seems there aren’t that many in this community that listen to gapless orchestral music in Atmos.  
 Trying to listen to Mason Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology streamed from Apple Music in Spacial Audio.  The bumps at louder track transitions is very irritating.  Maybe this can’t be fixed.  Would love to know.

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Stanley_4
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  • February 19, 2026

The forum software is not context aware and topic close based on a simple countdown timer from the last post.

About all you can do is get the thump, submit a diagnostic and call support. Noting the diag number and album/track info might be useful. Maybe collect a few extra thumps from different albums to give the Sonos folks more to look at?


MoPac
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  • February 20, 2026

The forum software is not context aware and topic close based on a simple countdown timer from the last post.

About all you can do is get the thump, submit a diagnostic and call support. Noting the diag number and album/track info might be useful. Maybe collect a few extra thumps from different albums to give the Sonos folks more to look at?

 It’s not really a “thump”.  The “bump”, as I have named it, is more like a glitch that can be heard at track transitions when the music is louder.  The “bump” is no louder than what is playing.  It just makes itself known.  If you have an Atmos capable system & Apple Music try the piece I mentioned in the above post.  See if you can hear what I hear.  It’s not Atmos on Amazon Music Ultimate.

 When I play the same piece through the Port which is not Atmos capable there are no “bumps”.  This is a Dolby Atmos gapless issue.

 A couple years ago I sent Chris from Audiophile Style a video demonstrating this “bump”.  He agreed it was very distracting.  He was also kind enough to send me a video of the same piece playing on his Atmos setup which was not Sonos.  The track transitions were perfect.  So Atmos gapless playback is possible.

 I don’t blame anyone for closing the subject.  I do realize I have unusual taste in music.