Michael Giacchino – Spider-Man Brand New Day (Streaming Dolby Atmos)

Spatialization SP: ●●●●●●●●oo (8.1) , SK: ●●●●●ooooo (5), Dynamique: ●●●●o (4) – Global: ●●●●o (4)

This is the Apple Music presented in Dolby Digital Plus at 768 kbits/s. This is also available on Amazon Music and Tidal.

From the very first track, you’re immersed in the heart of the music, as if in a sound bubble, with the sound distributed across the various channels. The front channels remain dominant because they carry the richest information, including the bass with all its power and certain instruments, all reinforced by the LFE channel, which adds a bit more energy at the lower end of the spectrum. Strings, for example, are more prominent on the side and rear channels. The mix is presented in 7.1.4; on the track Suite New Day, the mix begins by using channels 7.1 before expanding to the overhead channels, which are also used for the other tracks. The goal is to offer an immersive soundtrack without overly demonstrative effects or excessive movement (with a slight exception like on Settling Old Scorpions, as shown in the YouTube REEL video), simply immersing us reasonably in the music as shown in the graphs, with a front-biased sound and a 180-degree spread depending on the instruments.

Rating:

• Dynamic: ●●●●o (4)
• Bandwidth: ●●●●o (4)
• Spatialization SP: ●●●●●●●●oo (8.1)
• Spatialization SK: ●●●●●ooooo (5)
• Restitution: ●●●●o (4)

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

Waveform ,Spectrum and Dynamique: DR13 (Min: DR9, Max: DR20)

The waveform of the Apple Dolby Atmos – 2026 shows a high range confirmed with DR13. Only 12 channels are using, the dolby atmos mix is in 7.1.4 as show in the waveform’s graph (in 9.1.6). The Dolby Atmos downmixed in 2.0 have a DR12 (between DR9 and DR19).

The spectrogram of the Tidal Dolby Atmos track in 9.1.6 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 filtering at 120 Hz.

The graph below represents the spectrum of the Apple Dolby Atmos – 2026.
The spectrum of Dolby Atmos version decoded in 7.1 shows that all channels are used. The LFE channel is used with a cutoff frequency of 120 Hz (green arrow). 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.

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.