[Litlgi74]

Good news for Atmos music lovers.

40+ tracks of Enigma!


https://tidal.com/album/227804851

All channels active!

 

[Dixter]

Nice.... this album really shows off what the A16 24ch can do... and it sounds very very good with the 26ch/remapped PRIR from the 3d sound shop....

 

[Litlgi74]

FYI... If you are not using head tracking... Remember to disable it or you may perceive a channel imbalance.



After FW updates and factory restore... HT gets enabled by default

Disable it by going to Settings > System > HT Settings > Disable HT.

 

[Richter Di]

Good news for Atmos music lovers.

40+ tracks of Enigma!


https://tidal.com/album/227804851

All channels active!

How do you get Tidal Dolby Atmos to the Smyth Realiser A16?
My current way of using my Windows 10 PC and the Tidal App wasn‘t successful in the past. I also tried my Apple TV. Again not working properly. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Richter Di]

I was on 2.10 and I can confirm that 2.11 is now a valid file. They must have reuploaded it as the file size is almost double what it was yesterday.

I installed 2.11 and it has completely broken eARC for me. Did a power cycle of everything and it’s still not working. Next I think I’m going to try a full factory restore even though the release notes say it’s not needed when upgrading from 2.10 to 2.11.

Edit: eARC is working again. Did a full factory restore and power cycled both my A16 and tv and that seemed to do the trick.

I can also confirm that 2.11 is now working. I went through the factory restore since I did not come from 2.10 but the previous version.

 

[Litlgi74]

How do you get Tidal Dolby Atmos to the Smyth Realiser A16?
My current way of using my Windows 10 PC and the Tidal App wasn‘t successful in the past. I also tried my Apple TV. Again not working properly. Am I doing something wrong?

I use a Firestick connected directly to the Realiser.

https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dolby-Atmos-Music

 

[Richter Di]

I use a Firestick connected directly to the Realiser.

https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dolby-Atmos-Music

Thank you for the tip.
I guess you then control it via the HDMI out of the Smyth Realiser to a display?
Just ordered a Fire TV Stick 4K Max with Wi-Fi 6. Comes tomorrow. Looking forward to see how this will work.

 

[Litlgi74]

Thank you for the tip.
I guess you then control it via the HDMI out of the Smyth Realiser to a display?
Just ordered a Fire TV Stick 4K Max with Wi-Fi 6. Comes tomorrow. Looking forward to see how this will work.

Exactly. Is your ATV not up to spec?

FYI... You need a Tidal Hifi Plus to stream Atmos content.

 

[Dixter]

How do you get Tidal Dolby Atmos to the Smyth Realiser A16?
My current way of using my Windows 10 PC and the Tidal App wasn‘t successful in the past. I also tried my Apple TV. Again not working properly. Am I doing something wrong?

for the Apple TV you will want to make sure its on the latest firmware version.. then go to the settings and in the Audio area turn on Atmos... then for Tidal goto the manage subscriptions and verify that you have " Hifi Plus " .... for connection to the A16 you should be able to direct connect the Apple TV to an HDMI input or the way I have mine I use my AVR for single output to the A16 HDMI and use the AVR as the switch for each device... Apple TV, OPPO,Playstation... for PC to work you shouldn't run the Tidal from a browser... you need to download the Tidal App and run Tidal native from the app... this way you will get Atmos and the MQA if your devices are compatable... for the Apple TV just use the Tidal App and it will work the same...

 

[Richter Di]

Exactly. Is your ATV not up to spec?

FYI... You need a Tidal Hifi Plus to stream Atmos content.

Got the Tidal Hifi Plus.
It is the new generation of Apple TV 4K 64 GB but somehow it does not work.

for the Apple TV you will want to make sure its on the latest firmware version.. then go to the settings and in the Audio area turn on Atmos... then for Tidal goto the manage subscriptions and verify that you have " Hifi Plus " .... for connection to the A16 you should be able to direct connect the Apple TV to an HDMI input or the way I have mine I use my AVR for single output to the A16 HDMI and use the AVR as the switch for each device... Apple TV, OPPO,Playstation... for PC to work you shouldn't run the Tidal from a browser... you need to download the Tidal App and run Tidal native from the app... this way you will get Atmos and the MQA if your devices are compatable... for the Apple TV just use the Tidal App and it will work the same...

I use the Tidal App on the Windows 10 PC but I am not able to get it to work properly.
Therefore I tried the Apple TV 4K I usually use with our TV. But it also did not work.
Now I will see if the Fire TV Stick does the charm.

 

[VandyMan]

Maybe this will help you w/ Apple TV Atmos:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212714#:~:text=On your Apple TV 4K,entertainment system is set up.

Do you get Atmos output from any other AppleTV apps? The AppleTV app has some free episodes that are Atmos.

 

[esimms86]

I would bet that I am not the only A16 owner with a small library of music SACDs in 5.1. While I am very much aware of the fact that DSD is a miniscule niche format, I was intrigued by the following statement in the firmware 2.11 pdf:
"The handling of PCM over HDMI and eARC has been upgraded to include the popular 5.0 DSD surround format." Hmm.

 

[Dixter]

on the Apple TV 4K you should be able to go to the TV app... search for Atmos Movies and play the trailers back... just make sure the header for the movie shows it has Atmos sounds...

 

[GeorgeA]

I would bet that I am not the only A16 owner with a small library of music SACDs in 5.1. While I am very much aware of the fact that DSD is a miniscule niche format, I was intrigued by the following statement in the firmware 2.11 pdf:
"The handling of PCM over HDMI and eARC has been upgraded to include the popular 5.0 DSD surround format." Hmm.

As Realiser A16 cannot process DSD (DST) signals, the source (for example, a SACD/BD player) provides DST conversion to PCM. 5.0 DST to 5.0 PCM. Prior to the firmware 2.11, Realiser A16 rendered 5.0 PCM signals as 2.0.

There are labels that manufacture 5.0 multichannel SACD discs and not 5.1 SACDs.

 

[shmau]

on the Apple TV 4K you should be able to go to the TV app... search for Atmos Movies and play the trailers back... just make sure the header for the movie shows it has Atmos sounds...

An easier option is to download the Dolby Access app. It's technically for Dolby seminars or something but it has the usual Dolby Vision / Dolby Atmos clips on the front page. However they do require Dolby Vision to play.