For me, the sound quality seemed better playing from my phone’s Bluetooth or Alexa than through wireless CarPlay. Didn’t try CarPlay wired though.
There is no Spatial Audio via CarPlay. The music app may have Spatial Audio listed for a track, but that only applies when you are listening with Apple's AirPods Pro or AirPods Max. Otherwise, you just get the stereo mix, including through CarPlay.
Nice in concept, but the example doesn't work... as near as I can tell my EA charging (3yr) agreement runs dry based upon the date the car was paid for, which is about 3-4 weeks earlier than the delivery date...
mine started on delivery date.
Email CS. They'll push the date back. I had to have them do that when I got my car because my date was weeks before I actually got the car.
Thanks for the hint... imagine my surprise when I checked the app to see the exact date before emailing them and I find that that date has now been updated to the correct anniversary of the delivery date... I suspect it may have been corrected by an automatic process shortly after delivery (but after I had noticed the issue).
That's unfortunate. Not sure why he would specifically highlight this if it's essentially a dead feature until file availability improves.
Well, I think he was more trying to make the point they can add features as folks request them. It was more of a "look what we can do" than an actual pitch for listening to Dolby tracks via USB.
Also, even non-Atmos tracks, which are readily available, sound excellent in the Air. Grab some FLAC or AIFF or WAV files from your favorite artist, toss them on a stick, and that will beat just about anything except Tidal in Atmos for sound. So I wouldn't call it a "dead feature."
Yeah I already do this and have a USB drive loaded with flac files without any issues. I was more referring to how Mike was specifically calling out playing Atmos through USB as a dead feature.
A high-quality file sitting on the hard drive of the media computer is always going to sound better than one streamed over a streaming service.
Tidal is streaming these high quality music directly to the car and playing it.
This is a playlist I created of Dolby Atmos film soundtracks. Many of them are orchestral and most of them are instrumental. I constantly maintain it.
Told ya!!After receiving my Pure with SSP in mid-December, it has taken me about a month to finally be able to experience Atmos properly. As others have alluded to, the steps and stumbling blocks included:
- learning I must upgrade my Tidal account to HiFi Plus to access Atmos tracks
- hearing the muddy bass sound from the front footwell, learning about the butyl tape repair, and having mobile service perform this
- learning that the native Lucid Tidal app is needed rather than Tidal over Apple CarPlay or Bluetooth
- learning to find the Atmos tracks, albums, and playlists by searching the Atmos category on my desktop Tidal app
- learning to favorite my desired tracks on the desktop app then access them later through “My Collection” in the native Tidal app in the car
After all this work, however, I must say the result is well worth it. The sound quality, or more precisely its detail and clarity, is quite astonishing. As I listened to songs I have heard dozens of times before, I immediately heard details in both vocals and instruments I had never noticed - things like subtle variations in the singer’s voice, the clarity of the lyrics, the underlying pop and echo of every strike of the drum stick on the drum.
I am still enjoying working my way through the tracks, but to everyone else's recommendations, I will add Tidal's Rush: Dolby Atmos playlist, which I found particularly enjoyable:
Many thanks to everyone in this thread, especially @Bunnylebowski, for their contributions to this forum in helping me discover this wonder. It is now my favorite part of the car (and I bought it because I really enjoy driving).
