It slowly gives way to the hum of the approaching squadron of bombers and you need to be able to hear real dimension to the individual rotor blades of their propellers buzzing by. It's glorious from the off, opening with a choral score that should sound heavenly on your speakers. Want to know what Dolby Atmos is all about? Get yourself a copy of Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and head straight to the bombing raid. View House of Flying Daggers on Amazon (opens in new tab) Unbroken (2014) - bombing raid Ready for more? Later on, the five-minute bamboo-forest fight – just as awesome as it sounds – offers a similar challenge when it comes to precision and cohesiveness, as branches creak, break and soar through the air. Integration is key here, and the soundfield should take on the dimension of – and be as tight-knit as – the drum arrangement, thus putting you at the centre of it.īlistering percussion is a good test of dynamics too, while smashing glass and the dancer’s twinkling headpiece will challenge your speakers’ tweeters to keep a lid on the treble. In particular there an audio clip of a helicopter overhead if you want to test what your upfiring speakers are actually giving you (PSB Imagine XAs are surprisingly impressive.Zhang Yimou’s gorgeous martial arts film has a soundtrack as vivid as its exotic picture - and the echo-game scene will be the first to detect any gaps in your system's soundfield.īeans, hurled by a police captain in slow motion, meticulously ping around the room and bounce off a circle of drums, requiring your system to track their trajectory precisely. I'm not sure if there could be copyright concerns (it does seem a bit grey, Dolby offer their content free to download anyway, but there is content from multiple movies - but then that is only select scene and not verbatim.) I'll leave that to individual judgement if you're interested - but I can say the Dolby demos discs are stonkingly good but there is one guy offering a three-pack set with copies of the 2014, 20 Dolby Atmos demo discs. Original copies on ebay are rare and expensive. They will send lossless Atmos to your AVR - and have been developed by dolby to really show off the full extent of Atmos with Dolby created demos, select scenes from a variety of movies, music and sports etc. The best source for demo-ing Atmos is going to be the Dolby demo blu ray discs (though you obviously need a compatible blu ray player).

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