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Hmmm I’d think with a huge fleet of cars and to avoid drop outs in Atmos content streaming they wouldn’t go cheap on whatever data speeds they’ve purchased. I was basing my guess on the quality difference noticed between USB and streaming, as in principal FLAC and AAC on USB and streaming...

That screen should turn on if you’re sitting in the back. At this point since you did the reset etc I’d text service. (Texting is the best method, faster response time than calling and there’s a written record).

Try and sit in the left rear seat or right rear seat instead of the middle and see if that changes the display or input. Otherwise yeah do logo reset then try again.

Out of curiosity what makes you think streaming is limited to 320kbps? If that was the case I’d think Tidal wouldn’t sound better than Spotify premium but it very much does. Theres a lot of debate about whether one can tell a difference between compression bit rates higher than 320kbps, maybe...

I believe you’re on to something with Tidal and other streams being capped at 320kbps. The reason why I think you’re right is identical tracks I own in FLAC on USB actually do sound fuller and more detailed when correcting for the level difference between Tidal and USB. I’m not sure why...

I confirmed with my audio engineer friend that Dolby True HD files (or other files) cannot be converted into DD+ JOC Atmos files by any consumer methods, you need the Dolby Media Encoder license. Your anmbition of comparing a Dolby True HD version of an .atmos track to the DD+ JOC file would...

That’s great! Then I guess the trouble like you said is finding buyable DD+ files to stick onto USB. 🤷‍♂️

Were you able to confirm playback of USB DD+ MP4 by taking a DD+ MP4 channel identifier and having it play discreet just like this? https://tidal.com/track/275058835?u I think it’s promising it could be played back at all, meaning that the USB input DOES recognize that incoming codec, the...

Like George Martin and Carl Stalling are musical messiahs, the equivalent to music of what Einstein is to physics.

Oh absolutely, though it does require at least a passing familiarly with the Beatles music, but I ate that book like candy in about 2 days as Martin’s story really is the story of not just the Beatles but of the evolution of Rock & Roll itself. The groundwork laid by these geniuses and...

To be honest I feel Lucid’s “lack of bass” complaints must have something to do with their DSP or crossover and not the lack of a true subwoofer. I think with Atmos, which has a dedicated encoded LFE channel, the bass is really satisfying and I can find literally zero to complain about. The...

Ah that’s a tragedy, I’ll have to check if it’s that way on Apple Music and Tidal. Tidal does a good job of transitioning from one song to the next if you have a good signal but I do know any USB audio playback in the car seems pretty rudimentary but maybe the latest OTA helped with that, I...

Also fun bit of trivia from George Martin’s book if you didn’t already know. Ever wonder why the Beatles early singles and many others from that era were under 3 minutes? Because at the time record lathes did not have reliable motors to allow 100% reproducibility in terms of speed which could...

I just double checked the FLAC version on Apple Music (not the Apple records files but presumably similar?), which are the split 2 channel files. The alarm clock is still audible starting at 2:16 but it’s much quieter than in the Atmos version. As you probably know Beatles purists argue about...

Huh, the clock is pretty clear at 2:16 on the Atmos mix of Day in the Life. It’s quiet for sure, which is how it always was but I can hear that analog bell clock ⏰

Also on the nerd tangent of compressors and limiters, I must give a shout out to this device, the Distressor. We’d use this thing heavily in my old job. It would just make any audio source you put into it sound “bigger” and you’d hear more of the quieter details….and I still don’t understand...

What source are you using for playback? That’s one of my favorite songs of all time and I can definitely hear the clock. I can even hear the piano bench squeak at the end when Paul gets up at the end of the recording after laying out that massive piano chord underneath the orchestra rise that...

Yeah it does that sometimes, it’s inconsistent, but I’ve never been charged for it.

@segb You have a good ear. The “flattening” you hear in many cars if you’re listening to a decent quality sound source is often a compressor and limiter in the car’s DSP. This is not the same as “compression” like 256kb or whatever Spotify uses which throws out very quiet things where you’ll...

It shows what it would cost, there’s still no charge to you until the free charging time limit is up.