Spatial Audio is one of the terms used for anything with height information: Binaural and Ambisonics (although these two don't always feature height), Dolby Atmos, Auro3D, MPEG-H or some experimental other formats.

Other terms that mean the same thing: 3D Audio, Immersive Audio, Surround+Height

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So your question is about a physical location that has the tech to play any of these the way they were intended to?

[–] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not OP, just an expert on Spatial Audio.

Headphones are able to reproduce Spatial Audio mixes, if they've been binauralized, so the place and the system aren't too relevant (if OP already set up their playback system).

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So what is their question then? Did they mean "places" as in websites?

[–] Paula_Tejando@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 5 days ago

Considering the forum, I’d say so.

[–] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

I think so?

[–] SabMayaHai@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Tangential question for you then, assume the spatial audio is encoded using object based techniques (such as Dolby Atmos). Per my understanding, I need to then apply a HRTF to convert the object based audio to binaural audio for playback through headphones. So which programs do you recommended for that conversion? In Windows, Mac or Linux. Thanks

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Not sure is helpful, but albums made with Q-sound gives excellent (engineered) soundstage width. Try Roger Waters album Amused to Death, or other albums made with Q-sound.

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can often find torrents around for sacd's or dvdaudio - but there isn't any good place as far as I know

Not to mention a LOT of surround music is mixed terribly, with the exception of a few individuals. Steven wilson does amazing surround mixes, and has remixed several commercial releases

[–] Harald_im_Netz@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

The quadraphonic mix of Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best multichannel compositions in existence.

Problem isn't the MIX, but the way the musicians intended to display the composition. The quadraphonic mix of Black Sabbaths Paranoid album sucks big time (but is also funny as hell).

The new The Cure album is well done in Dolby Atmos, but not really my taste in music.