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Monitor Audio is ATMOS Capable
Dolby Atmos is at its core a more sophisticated encode/decode system for the audio
system's electronics. Once the signal is sent out to the speakers in the room it is now
the speaker's responsibility to accurately reproduce and disperse sound in the room.
This is an interactive process with room boundaries, absorbtive/reflective surfaces, and
furnishings all playing a role.
The dispersion of sound in the room is best achieved by locating wide-dispersion
"height" speakers overhead, both front and rear, rather than the attempt to enjoy the
experience through small upward firing speakers in "caps" placed on the main speakers
that some manufacturers are espousing. Consider the shortcomings of upward firing
"caps" whose effects are at the mercy of varying reflective wall surfaces around the
main speakers such as glass windows, curtains, shelves, wall hangings, pictures, or
even alcoves. After all, a sound or reflection in real life emanates from a given direction
— so should the effort to reproduce that sound.
Ceiling heights may also varying from a traditional 8' height to expansive cathedral
ceilings, changing the distance and direction of the upward firing reflection back
downward to the listener. One of the Dolby technicians at CEDIA stated that the ideal
location for these "height" effect speakers, when considering proper implementation of
Dolby Atmos steering logic, is from wide-dispersion monopole speakers placed
overhead.
Traditional ceiling speakers with a narrow dispersion pattern can tend to beam their
sound. This shortcoming leads to the unrealistic effect of sound perceived as coming
from specific locations overhead. Think of the ideal overhead Atmos speaker as a "sonic
floodlight" rather than a "sonic spotlight".
Reproducing the reflections in a given space or duplicating movement overhead is best
achieved through the use of Monitor Audio's in-ceiling models with the IDC module.
The IDC module offers nearly 150 degrees of dispersion in the critical midrange from
250Hz and above.
Quite literally, if you can see a Monitor Audio IDC module, you can hear it. This insures
a much more realistic dispersion of sound in a listening room for an exciting and
expansive movie or music experience!
Better engineering means Monitor Audio is already Dolby Atmos-capable with 200/300
Series and CP Series speakers using the IDC module!