What's the Best Sounding Immersive Binaural Format? - The ULTIMATE Comparison

With all of the different spatial and immersive formats out there, have you ever wondered which one sounds the best? This video compares YouTube VR, Facebook 360, Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D, Sony 360, and MPEG-H in a head-to-head shootout to determine once-and-for-all which is the best binaural solution.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:03 Formats Explained
1:40 Software Features
5:58 Test Explanation
7:15 Electroacoustic Tests
14:20 Demo Tests
18:12 My Analysis
20:27 Outro

[GL-GildedLining]

This was very neat, thank you.
Dolby Atmos takes the win in my book. Most natural sounding ambiance, no overt errors, I actually preferred the elevated bass resonance. YouTube and Facebook feel surprisingly tied for second. Auro had so much unnecessary reverb that it was distracting to me, and I can't imagine that it's not a bug. MPEG-H failed to make the whisper at 16:56 sound like it was actually right in my ear, so it is instantly disqualified, even though I appreciate its ability to separate dialog from the broader mix, for the hearing-impaired.
If it means anything, my 'test bed' was some HIFIMAN HE-4XX open-back planar headphones with a 1 watt USB amplifier; I did notice needing to crank the volume practically to max for the demo, though.

[justintime]

Thank you for putting so much work into this! Your videos really helped me during my bachelors degree!

[trushreitsam]

Would have loved to see how the IEM Suite, Sparta Suite, 3DX, Google Resonance Binaural Decoder, Blue Ripple Suite or Mach 1 System compares to those...

[kingpossie]

Are you still rocking the H3VR ? You might try upscaling to 3OA with Harpexx or with Audiobrewers

[WSS_the_OG]

I always enjoy your videos. And I have to give you props for the bow-tie; that's a good look. For me, anyway, perhaps because I've not heard good implementations of it, it hasn't been truly 3D convincing. Given my limited understanding, the pinae shape used to house the two microphones used for capture would need to be a fairly close match to the listener's pinae shape, or the simulation modeling for output would need to be tailored to match the listener's brain, for it to be reasonably convincing (but you're far more knowledgeable, and I could be completely wrong).

[rubenaeng]

Hey man! I like how you chose to use a field recording with a substantial noise floor as a base. That is where i hear the clearest difference. Which is pretty significant. Is this due to HRTF´s? There is also a difference in reverb. I especially heard it on Auro 3D on the sine tone thing. Alot more audible reverb on that compared to the other.

[pauljones]

I appreciate the quality of 2nd order, like Facebook. Wonder what the file size difference is