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Dolby Atmos for Headphones Add-On (Xbox / Windows Digital) for Dolby Access App

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Microsoft.com has Dolby Atmos for Headphones Add-On (Xbox / Windows Digital) for use the Dolby Access app (free download) on sale for $10.49. Thanks goosedude

Note, requires installation of the free Dolby Access app (free download) to use this add-on feature.

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  • "Dolby Atmos for Headphones is an add-on for the Dolby Access app, Dolby Atmos for Headphones enables your Windows 10 PC to deliver a premium, immersive headphone experience. You’ll get the full Dolby Atmos moving audio experience with games, movies, and shows designed for Dolby Atmos, and an enhanced surround sound experience for all your favorite 5.1- and 7.1-channel content."
Compatibility:
  • Windows 10 PC
  • Xbox One / One S / One X
  • Xbox Series S / Series X

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Offer ends 12/3/20.

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Microsoft.com has Dolby Atmos for Headphones Add-On (Xbox / Windows Digital) for use the Dolby Access app (free download) on sale for $10.49. Thanks goosedude

Note, requires installation of the free Dolby Access app (free download) to use this add-on feature.

Description
  • "Dolby Atmos for Headphones is an add-on for the Dolby Access app, Dolby Atmos for Headphones enables your Windows 10 PC to deliver a premium, immersive headphone experience. You’ll get the full Dolby Atmos moving audio experience with games, movies, and shows designed for Dolby Atmos, and an enhanced surround sound experience for all your favorite 5.1- and 7.1-channel content."
Compatibility:
  • Windows 10 PC
  • Xbox One / One S / One X
  • Xbox Series S / Series X

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Offer ends 12/3/20.

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Written by goosedude

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vwbeetlvr
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The x-box comes with real dolby atmos for real speakers. This is simulated Dolby Atmos for headphones only.
BrainDoc
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You can. I have it installed on two computers and use it with multiple headphones on those devices.

EDIT: I wouldn't pay for this. I received it free with a headset purchase but it's not that much better than Windows Sonic. For $11? Maybe worth it but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere.
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I just did a quick test of both Atmos and DTS. Testing left right audio was useless as off provided sufficient information. Depth (distance from me) and angle (above or under me) were the values I ended up testing. I thought about making a more detailed youtube video, but since SlickDeals brought this deal to my attention I figured I would share my early results and then let you all tell me if it's worth making an longer video.

Headphones: Corsair VOID wireless and ATH-MX50
Game: Assassin's Creed Origin. Selected because it is marketed as a game for Atmos for headphones.
Method: I went into a city with a lot of ambient noises and found a donkey. With my eyes shut I ran away while pressing left and right and spinning my mouse for 5 to 10 seconds. I kept my eyes shut and then when the donkey started walking I would follow the sound and try and track back to the animal.

I repeated this for off, sonic, Atmos, and DTS for both headphones.

Then I climbed a building and stood by the edge. With my eyes shut I waited for a hay cart to come by and tried to jump into the cart.

Again I repeated this for all four for both headphones.

Results: Keep in mind the subjective nature of this and the very limited testing sample.

Overall sound quality. While the overall sound was marginally better with any 3D sound tech vs off I couldn't really tell much difference between the quality of the three options.

Non-voice sound effects had a better sense of depth with DTS than the other two 3D solutions. Noticeable but not significant (subjective use of the word, not statistical). I was repeatedly closer to the hay cart with DTS than the other two options.

Voice sound effects were identical for characters that were walking about, but there was a sense of distance. NPC yelling from a fixed point were very strange as their volume seemed to increase as I moved farther away from them until I could no longer hear them. This negated any depth information their sound provided.

Conclusion. Overall the distance a sound was coming from did seem improved with 3D sound enhancement vs off. In limited sampling no single 3D sound solution seemed the best. Angled sound was less impressive. DTS did seem the best of the three but more so when trying to locate birds above my head than people under me. In both above and below testing it was an acceptable improvement but not impressive.

This limited test suggests that, for gaming at least, Sonic is sufficient for improving sound.

Let me know if it's worth me taking the time to try more tests.

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Nov 25, 2020
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SiennaGalley4415
Nov 25, 2020
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Quote from Kryshade :
How, I use TunnelBear and it's showing like $219 for me there. Have a direct link I could use?
You are seeing Argentinian currency, convert it to USD. For me its showing g 149.80 Argentinan currency which is equivalent to $1.85 USD
Nov 25, 2020
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BeigeFuel237
Nov 25, 2020
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Quote from maverickSD :
Yes, this is only if you want them to process the sound for headphone use (the software basically converts the data into two channels optimized for headphones if I am understanding correctly)
Ok, thanks for that, that's what I'm beginning to understand as well. If this app (or the DTS one, also on sale) will help optimize my home theater setup, that's an easy $10 spent, even if it's "only" additional processing software.

However, if the home theater part of the app is free, and you're just paying for the headphone optimization, I'll pass. As many have helpfully noted, Windows Sonic is probably fine for free.
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BrightLake1520
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Quote from SiennaGalley4415 :
You are seeing Argentinian currency, convert it to USD. For me its showing g 149.80 Argentinan currency which is equivalent to $1.85 USD
how can I pay with PayPal from Argentina Microsoft site? I don't see an option.
Nov 25, 2020
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RyanL
Nov 25, 2020
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Quote from Sporkinum :
No, but it is currently broken. Seemed to break around a week ago. Having to have all sound from computer go out 5.1 now. Shame too, as the Atmos from PC to receiver sounded great while it was working. Hoping they get it fixed soon.
Tested it just now with the Punisher on Netflix app and had atomos going to my receiver.
Always have had issues with atmos on my Win 10 PC for the last 2 years.
Sometimes you have to reboot to get it to work. Sometimes you have to go into the settings and enable Dolby Atmos for Home Theater under spatial sound.
What GPU are you using? I'm using a Nvidia 1660 right now in my HTPC.
Quote from sleasyridr :
I noticed that too but I don't believe it is broken just behaves differently. Before I would leave my PC set to Dolby Atmos home theater and get all sound. Then my pc sound went away unless i set it to 7.1. However when I played a Dolby Atmos movie my receiver played it in Atmos mode correctly.
Playing a movie file or a disc doesn't need atmos enabled in order for it to come through to your receiver. It will just bitstream it your receiver (even if you're configured as 2 speakers in the sound settings) just as long as Dolby True HD is in the supported formats of the sound device details. Likewise with DTSX; that should come through as long as DTS HD is supported. Only app that I found where the speaker configuration needs to be set up as atmos in order to get atmos is netflix. Now games need to have the speaker configuration setup correctly (if you want all the channels) but those are LPCM, not atmos (not aware of any that have bitstream for PC). There might be some games out now that take advantage of height speakers but I'm not up on the latest and greatest.
Nov 26, 2020
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sqa4life
Nov 26, 2020
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Oh wow, this app makes a huge difference.

I was watching "Homeland" on amazon prime using a Bose QC 35II on my laptop while browsing slickdeal and saw this. Gave it a try; installed and launched. It didn't make much difference on the initial startup with the default settings. Went into settings and make a few changes and wow, I can hear every detail in the movie. Worth every penny.
Nov 26, 2020
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sqa4life
Nov 26, 2020
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Quote from BrainDoc :
You can. I have it installed on two computers and use it with multiple headphones on those devices.

EDIT: I wouldn't pay for this. I received it free with a headset purchase but it's not that much better than Windows Sonic. For $11? Maybe worth it but I'd rather spend my money elsewhere.
You need to go into Settings and select the mode you want: Game/Movie/Music...etc and enable the Intelligent Equalizer. It makes a world difference.
Nov 27, 2020
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dirtyvu
Nov 27, 2020
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Quote from dubmang :
why would i NEED this? my laptop has this installed but not activated without a serial key
If you wear any type of headphones or earphones, this will give you 3D positional audio both in games that support Dolby Atmos and 3D positional audio in movies that support positional audio.

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Audizzz
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Quote from SiennaGalley4415 :
If you can use VPN, you can get it for <$2 from Argentina Microsoft Store.
Im in vpn argentina now, but in order to pay $ 149.80 you need to have credit card with argentina zip code .

can you explain, how to pay?
Last edited by Audizzz November 26, 2020 at 06:13 PM.
Nov 27, 2020
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bL33d77
Nov 27, 2020
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I was using windows sonic which is nice but just bought this and atmos is definitely better.
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rup831
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Quote from SiennaGalley4415 :
If you can use VPN, you can get it for <$2 from Argentina Microsoft Store.
I used ExpressVPN to log from Argentina, but it's still showing me the same $10.50. Any workaround?
Nov 27, 2020
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Audizzz
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Quote from rup831 :
I used ExpressVPN to log from Argentina, but it's still showing me the same $10.50. Any workaround?
Yes, now just scroll page all the way down, on the left you will see English US - click on it and switch to Argentina.

but the problem is you cant pay with us cc! You need to have Argentina cc or Xbox gc from Argentina. Let me know if you find a way.
Last edited by Audizzz November 26, 2020 at 11:46 PM.
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covertfantom
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Quote from Audizzz :
Yes, now just scroll page all the way down, on the left you will see English US - click on it and switch to Argentina.

but the problem is you cant pay with us cc! You need to have Argentina cc or Xbox gc from Argentina. Let me know if you find a way.
What screen is this on? I don't see it in app... and on the account settings area... I don't see an option for Argentina. A screenshot would be most helpful :-)
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Audizzz
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Quote from covertfantom :
What screen is this on? I don't see it in app... and on the account settings area... I don't see an option for Argentina. A screenshot would be most helpful :-)
use pc. click first link, you will landed on microsoft .com page, now scroll all the way down, in the left corner you will see ""English US"
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BrightLake1520
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whats a good setting for movies, detail, balance or warm?

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Duckula
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Quote from Audizzz :
Im in vpn argentina now, but in order to pay $ 149.80 you need to have credit card with argentina zip code .

can you explain, how to pay?
you can buy xbox gift card in ARS from cdkeys or eneba but i am seeing 500 ARS gc for $35 instead of $6-7!!

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