What equipment to buy to make the sound "goose bumps", as in childhood

Have you been to the cinema for a long time? Even if the last visit was last year (pandemic - it is, yes), you

should have memorized well the sensations of the sound inhall. It is voluminous, extends to the entire room and literally sits around you from all sides. What if you try to bring it straight to your room? But not just high-quality sound, but sound using Dolby Atmos technology.

Prototypes of modern digital soundtechnologies in cinema were born almost half a century ago - back in 1984. Although the history of the main “sound” company Dolby Laboratories dates back to 1965. Then the future flagship of the industry was just a small British scientific laboratory.

It all started with analog technologynoise reduction, which were presented by a company called Dolby A and Dolby B. The first was intended for professionals, the second for amateurs and enthusiasts. Among the massive projects, noise reduction was first used in the legendary Kubrick's "Clockwork Orange", which was released in 1971.

And in the past since the release of "Clockworkorange ”for 50 years, the company managed to present a huge number of technologies and systems that have changed the cinema and the sound industry beyond recognition. But today we will focus on one specific one, as you already understood from the title.

Dolby atmos

In the era of the spread of the Internet to cinemasit was not easy. The position of the industry was aggravated even before the pandemic: streaming services became more and more, and pirated resources with "leaked" novelties did not disappear anywhere, despite numerous attempts to block them by copyright holders and supervisory authorities.