skyeyemx t1_j1mcgx4 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 4:05 PM

Reply to comment by xamo76 in I am not an audiophile, so I wonder if I'm in the wrong here. by PraviPero

My new computer came with Dolby Atmos for Headphones. After months of using stock Windows Sonic for HRTF compensation, I can say with absolute certainty that Atmos on PC is absolutely, positively ass.

Barring the fact that enabling it on half my games (IL-2, Rise of Flight, Space Engine, and more) causes certain audio to only shoot out my left headphone ear; when Atmos finally does decide to work, sound coming from straight ahead (notably car engine noises in GTA Online) is very noticeably distorted and compressed as opposed to with Atmos turned off, or with Sonic turned on.

I've tried all the settings, I've tried all the modes, I've even tried creating custom modes. Nothing fixes it.

AKG K612 Pro and FiiO BTR5 user here.

Reasonable-Series-78 t1_j1mlz5e wrote on December 25, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Yeah, I can't say I was very impressed with Atmos for headphones. I just don't think it works very well with source audio that isn't set up for it. The idea of just magically turning a 2.0 stereo system into Atmos is another thing but, I think it can sometimes sound pretty good if a game or something offers it natively like OW2.