After the test of the last album – of Ed Sheeran, here is the update of the tests of the albums + and = with the version Tidal Dolby Atmos.
For the first album of Ed Sheeran +, the Dolby Atmos version is a nice surprise with a beautiful spatialization that exploits all the channels with a use that highlights the chorus and the width of the front sound stage.
Album + : average Spatialization 7.3. The spatialization can be very different from one song to another, with notes from 3.6 to 8.2.
Spatialization : ●●●●●●●ooo (7.3)
For the album, we also find a beautiful exploitation of the Dolby Atmos sound space on all the tracks, with a spatialization between 6 and 8.5.
Album = : average Spatialization 8.4. The spatialization varies between 6 and 8.5 depending on the track.
Spatialization : ●●●●●●●●oo (8.4)
Find the tests with the graphs of spatialization for the whole of the tracks as well as extracts and the comparison with the stereo versions Qobuz and vinyl disc:
here for the album +
here for the album =
Magic Vinyl vs Digital 