Stacey Kent – A Time For Love (Streaming Dolby Atmos)

Spatialization: ●●oooooooo (2) – Dynamique: ●●●oo (3.5) – Global: ●●●oo (3)

This is the Tidal Dolby Atmos presented in Dolby Digital Plus (768 kbits/s) or AC-4.

The Dolby Atmos version allows the full dynamic range of the album to be restored, but it offers an immersive mix that is almost entirely front-focused, and in some cases fully so for tracks that only use the L, R, and C channels. However, some subtle detail is lost compared to the stereo version in lossless 24-bit / 96 kHz format, particularly in the low-level passages.

Rating:

• Dynamic: ●●●oo (3.5)
• Bandwidth: ●●●●o (4)
• Spatialization: ●●oooooooo (2)
• Restitution: ●●●oo (3)

Spatialization: 2/10

Below the spatialization for all tracks. Click on the images to zoom in.

Waveform ,Spectrum and Dynamique: DR12 (Min: DR10, Max: DR14)

The waveform of the Tidal Dolby Atmos – 2026 version shows a very good dynamic range confirmed with DR12.

The spectrogram of the Tidal Dolby Atmos track in 7.1.4 is limited to 20kHz with no signal above ). This limitation is due to Dolby Digital Plus encoding, which is a lossy encoder that limits bandwidth to optimize data size for a bit rate of 768 kbits/s. The bass channel (LFE) is not used forall the track.

The graph below represents the spectrum of the Tidal Dolby Atmos – 2026.

The spectrum of Dolby Atmos version decoded in 7.1 shows that all channels are used except the LFE channel on this track. The white arrow indicates the high-frequency limit at 20 kHz due to Dolby Digital Plus encoding. The yellow arrow indicates the high-frequency limit at 24 kHz due to encoding at the 48 kHz sampling frequency used.

Sample : Lucky To Be Me. 7.1 Dolby Atmos (Downmixed in 7.1) :

The sample is in 7.1 FLAC format, if you can not play the sample in your navigator, you can save it, right button menu and Save Audio As and play it with an external player.

Detail of the ratings :

• Dynamic :
  1. Significant dynamic compression, DR less than 7
  2. Compression of the present dynamics, DR between 7 and 9.
  3. Correct piece DR >=10
  4. No dynamic compression (DR >12), dynamic rendering
  5. No dynamic compression, high DR and very dynamic sound rendering
• Spectrum :
  1. Spectrum cut and less than 15 khz
  2. Spectrum cut at 15 khz
  3. Spectrum not conforming to the original and cut (not HD) or original but limited bandwidth (but less than 20 kHz)
  4. Spectrum conforming to the original (but not HD)
  5. Spectrum conforming to the original with HD resolution (higher than 24kHz)
• Surface noise (only for vinyl):
  1. Continuous audible noise
  2. Audible surface noise except on passages with a high level of noise
  3. Reduced surface noise, barely audible on low level crossings
  4. Low surface noise, very good quality
  5. Very low surface noise, no defects, almost inaudible on the quiet passages (exceptional disc)
• Spatialization :
  • Between 0 and 5 for 5.1 or 7.1 channels configuration
  • Between 0 and 10 for Atmos configuration (7.1.4)
  • For more information on spatialization, you can read the article describing this parameter here.
• Restitution :
  1. Low quality of the restitution mixing dynamics, clarity, separation of voices and instruments.
  2. Average quality of the restitution mixing dynamics, clarity, separation of voices and instruments.
  3. Quality of the restitution mixing dynamics, clarity, separation of voices and instruments. Good record.
  4. High quality of the restitution mixing dynamics, clarity, separation of voices and instruments. Very high level disc.
  5. Maximum quality of the restitution mixing dynamics, clarity, separation of voices and instruments. Exceptional disc.