News to me, maybe not to use - if you use Amazon Prime Video streaming as an Atmos source you now get to pay extra for the privilege: "If you opt for the basic, ad-supported version of Prime Video, you won't be able to watch with Dolby Atmos or Dolby Vision. Instead, you'll have 5.1-channel...

I just checked and it's not in the Sofabaton database. The Sofabaton can learn codes from the original remote. You can also try requesting from Sofabaton that the codes be added - I did this for a 20-year-old obsolete piece of audio gear and the codes showed up the next day - don't ask me how...

In my case going to Menu->Updates/About and scrolling all the way to the bottom I see a "A16 Internal Flash Health" screen where all numbers are zero - the dates and the health percentage. I'm on firmware 2.12. Reading the 2.0 manual, page 46, it says "A history of the last four 1% changes is...

I remember that the A16 uses an internal SD card as operating storage (OS, factory settings, etc). Early in the production run Smyth replaced some of these for being unreliable. Should we be removing those and making backups (if possible it may be locked to the device). Has anyone done this?

The answer is not at all. Smyth promises that will make good on the orders, but none have been shipped in years - there are still Kickstarter orders outstanding. That said - if you can manage to ante up the price difference to the current price you won't be sorry. I feel that the A16 has...

When I got my A16 I intended to use it with my HD650, but in less than a day I had ordered HD800s, which I'm very happy with. The HD650's just didn't develop much of a soundfield for me.

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It's hard to tell from the available information. I think I confused ASIO input to Virtuoso with ASIO output.

According to the updates video at , ASIO was added to the previous Windows output options, and is not a requirement. Screenshot from 3:04 in the video:

As far as I know nobody has ever received a refund. I checked with PayPal a couple of years ago and that was no dice to. Smyth will let you transfer your preorder to another party if you can find someone to buy it. The only other choice is to ante up the difference to full price. I would also...

I'd like to understand more about what the "bummer" is. In my case (firmware 2.12) all sources are Dolby (something) or Atmos. Auro upmixing is always on, so everything except Atmos get Auro upmixing. Atmos stays Atmos. The fly in the ointment is when resuming an Atmos program after pause...

Have you installed the windows USB driver? https://wp.me/a9KNpp-w4

As far as I remember, DTS is a requirement to be able to get the Auro upgrade, so no Auro without DTS.

I use two headphones with tracking. If I switch tracking from optical to magnetic, I get magnetic tracking for both headphones. You can press the HT button on the remote to see the status of both headtrackers. When optical tracking is enabled, the headphone "B" tracker is disabled.

What you really want is an asynchronous PRIR as described in chapter 14 of the user manual ( https://smyth-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A16_v2.0_user_manual_20_Oct_2021.pdf ). It was planned that a DVD would be available that would play the PRIR signals though your AV system. As far...

I was reporting what the manual says. I haven't used USB myself. Who said it was bidirectional?

The back panel USB "B" connector is input only, so that the A16 itself can be used as a USB DAC. The front panel USB "A" connector for "digital headphone output" that could potentially be used for a DAC is "not currently operational" according to the V2.0 manual.

I bought John's Genelec PRIR a year ago and felt that the speakers, also around 65", were too close. Whose home theater has all the speakers only 5' away? I was interested in the Omega 96, but didn't feel that the HD800 demo was better than the Surrey PRIR I've been using (with the center...

Not sure about the speakers - Omega may be referring to the PRIR being the "ultimate". Information on the PRIR creation a popup at https://3dsoundshop.com/omega-96/ "Omega 65 & 96 Compatible With All Formats Atmos / DTS:X / Auro-3D After many hundreds of hours in the recording studio… and...

More on the Disney+ Atmos issue from https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/dolby-atmos-not-working-on-disney-plus-heres-your-answer/ "Dolby Atmos Not Working On Disney Plus? A recent app update has broken Dolby Atmos support on Disney+ for any device that runs Android. This includes devices such...

I noticed Disney+ Atmos wasn't working the same day you did - and it's still not working, although I'm getting DD+ for Thor - Love & Thunder enhanced. I have the FireTV 4K Max. There have been some online complaints about Disney+ Atmos stopped working from other folks. I didn't initially...

After noticing that firmware 2.11 -> 2.12 didn't require a factory reset, I went ahead and did the upgrade. But there was something weird about it. My Auro listening room had been 13.1. After the 2.12 upgrade it's now 7.1.4h, with the 7.1.4h speakers populated from the previous 13.1 room. It...

Thanks for the explanation. I've found that when Auro upmixing is on and the source is Atmos that there's a noticeable delay after resuming playback while Firmware 2.11 tries to decide whether the source is DD(+) and needs to upmix or it's Atmos. Is that still the case with Firmware 2.12?

I already have Auro. I was asking for clarification about the reported increase to 24-channels in firmware 2.12 since it wasn't mentioned in the release notes. Firmware 2.11 only supported 16 channels.

Thanks for the heads up. I just read the release notes and the only mention of Auro is the pending certification. Can you clarify about the Auro features you mention?