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Dolby Atmos Remixes of all albums to be released

I gave most of the songs a full listen and am amazed about how clear and divided instruments are. The dynamic rage is amazing. Michaels voice and singing is louder and much clearer to hear. It really is a new sound experiance to me. I can see Michael standing in the recording studio with his headphones on in my mind. While some familiar sounds are quieter than others, especially She Drives Me Wild amazed me. It sounds even more New Jack Swing-ish that before. Didn't know Michael was singing in the background during the rap part. You can literally hear him snip his fingers in the first verse of Jam. The hornes actually hall, you hear louder strings/choir and super raw guitar playing in the background. The kick drum in Why You Wanna Trip On Me is awsome. Never heard those muted guitar riffs in the break before. Didn't know Heal the World was that orchestral. The stings building up in the chorus ("There are people dying. If you care enought for the livin'") and also the bridge are wonderfull. I get the impression of listening to some movie score music here. The drums and claps in Black or White sound different and more present to me. Especially at the end. Highlight is the aggressive break. Meavy Metal concert!!

All in all its like switching a movie from DVD to 4K. Hope Invicible and especially HIStory will get an Dolby Atmos release.
 
Three songs into Dangerous. I think what really shines here is how front and center MJ’s voice is. I’ve always felt that his vocals was buried to deep down in the mix, especially with tracks where he kind of raps (like Jam).

With that being said, I don’t think I’ll ever listen to these Dolby mixes again. So much unnecessary stuff added, and just straight up bizzare mixing choices. It is so unbalanced imo. It’s like the person mixing didn’t really know how to approach this, and it does kind of make sense because this album is very experimental and ambitious and does not really on traditional instruments a lot of the time. But even things like string orchestration is so unbalanced (like in the chorus of RTT). I wonder if this person ever listened to the originals?

The thought of these versions serving as an introduction to new listeners is concerning haha.
 
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Haven't listened to those mixes, and won't do so.

These albums are meant to be experienced in stereophonic. Off The Wall & Thriller MoFi sacd's are imo the ultimate versions to go. Looking forward for an audiophole re-issue of Bruce' other 1999 masterpiece, the Bad album.
 
This is not how these songs should be heard. Had a listen to a few at lunch.

Also, Bad is showing up on the dolby page, but its only in lossless.
 
innuendo141 said:
This is not how these songs should be heard. Had a listen to a few at lunch.

Also, Bad is showing up on the dolby page, but its only in lossless.
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Man, imagine a new fan that has the Dolby Atmos function set on automatic on their phone, and then stumbles upon this version of Dangerous… This is almost disrespectful to MJ and the people who worked on Dangerous.
 
Themidwestcowboy said:
Man, imagine a new fan that has the Dolby Atmos function set on automatic on their phone, and then stumbles upon this version of Dangerous… This is almost disrespectful to MJ and the people who worked on Dangerous.
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Listening via headphones/AirPods isn't the proper way to listen to these, though. On actual speakers, it sounds great, and with AirPods, it is kinda mid
 
bronbron99 said:
Also I’m glad you brought up the quality of Jam. That song and who is it have bothered me ever since turning over to AM. They sound even worse when collapsed down to mono too. Spotify never did this so I’m confused why AM has this problem.
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Huh? AM has always been mono. That's a fundamental limitation. It's never been considered high quality, even when it came out.

archonten said:
WYBT -- Never was a big fan of this song. Vocals sounded a bit weird at one point, and at the end, they are a bit loud. 7/10
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Something with a choir has the potential to be the best mix on the album.

archonten said:
Dangerous -- Vocals are a bit too loud at the start imo. Also very faithful to the original mix. 8.5/10
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I'd say it needed it. Without dynamic vocals the song doesn't really do anything.
 
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R1chard said:
Huh? AM has always been mono. That's a fundamental limitation. It's never been considered high quality, even when it came out.
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What are you talking about? I’m talking about the mix to Jam not being the highest quality. It’s very clear even when you collapse the mix down to mono using the mono feature on iPhone.
 
I always found it odd how Dangerous and HIStory have tracks in 24/48kHz and some in 24/96kHz. Not sure why they'd mix it up like that, but I don't think it really matters that much.
 
bronbron99 said:
What are you talking about? I’m talking about the mix to Jam not being the highest quality. It’s very clear even when you collapse the mix down to mono using the mono feature on iPhone.
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I mean for literally a hundred years, almost all AM equipment has been in mono, including what you have in your car. The same signal goes to both speakers. You don't need to collapse anything because it was mono already.

The defining feature of Dolby Atmos is that it's a multi-channel format. You can't hear Dolby Atmos in a format that isn't compatible with it.

Furthermore, the maximum sampling rate is equivalent to about 12 kHz. The quality is extremely poor. It's really not worth talking about Dolby Atmos in the same sentence.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:
I actually meant Amazon Music, I was helping a friend move furniture
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Amazon Music supports Atmos with the Unlimited subscription. I don't use Amazon Music or have unlimited, so I can't tell you if the albums are available in Atmos there. I do know that the biopic's soundtrack is available on there and all DSPs.
 
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