When Apple launched Apple Music with Spatial Audio earlier this month it also released a number of new playlists that included songs that had been mixed with Dolby Atmos. But you shouldn't use them for your Spatial Audio initiation – use this playlist instead.
See, Apple seems to have listed every track that's been marked as supporting Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos. The songs are broken down into genres, with each genre getting its own playlist. Rock, Country, Pop, it's all there. But some of it sounds bad. Like, really bad.
Bad enough to put you off Spatial Audio, bad.
The prevailing theory seems to be that some tracks just aren't suited to Spatial Audio for one reason or another. One of those reasons is the lack of a center channel when creating the mixes, causing some vocals to sound like they suffer from echo, or phasing as Jonathan Morrison puts it. But whatever the reason, you need a good collection of vetted songs if you're going to get the best out of Spatial Audio, at least for now.
Over to Jonathan Morrison again.
My @Dolby Atmos + Spatial audio favorites are up.
— Jonathan Morrison 🙋🏻♂️ (@tldtoday) June 14, 2021
Enjoy 🤘🏼🎧 https://t.co/XnR0m31HQL pic.twitter.com/0NLOn0mRRo
There's a little but of everything on this playlist and there are sure to be songs that you haven't come across before, too. But anyone looking for a Spatial Audio tour de force could do much worse than listen to any song on this list.
Can I also offer my own humble opinion here? The remixed Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park sounds like a whole new album with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos – especially when you're listening with AirPods Max.
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Apple Music with Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos can sound amazing but it can also sound extremely lackluster. Make sure you're listening to the right songs if you want to hear it at its best. You don't even need AirPods Max – any headphones will do. Just remember the better the headphones, the better the sound will be.
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