360 Reality Audio vs. Conventional Stereo Sound | Sony

Learn about the difference between 360 Reality Audio and conventional stereo sound with your headphones. With Sony’s 360 Reality Audio, you can immerse yourself in sound all around you, as real as if you are there at a live concert or with the artist recording in a studio. With 360 Reality Audio, music has never been so immersive and so real.

[oiitssean]

Too bad sony partnered with services no one uses.

[georgygasparyan]

it's kinda fun knowing that they just made some parts of the composition spinning around which is the same stereo.

[dj_naavi]

This sounds amazing with my new Sony M4 headphones!

[chuckpadgettmusic]

I listened to David Bowie’s ‘first’ album at the Bowie 75 pop up shop in NYC last week on an actual multi-speaker system and it sounded phenomenal. The songs with orchestration were particularly stunning. I’d imagine that setup runs thousands of dollars.

[Duckers_McQuack]

Sounds amazing! Just shame it only works with apps very few uses. I've not heard of any of the other audio apps other than tidal, and even it doesn't have many master quality songs. And lacks too many songs that Spotify has as well, so it's more like a niche technology since so few services and apps supports it. As i watch movies a lot, I'd use this spatial surround tech every day for Netflix for renting or VLC and MX player for self converted moves for offline movie watching.

[EdgarGuevaraCodina]

The virtual barber shop sounds so much better than this, and that was over a decade ago!

[BUTTERFLY-zldp]

I don't have headphones so I move my phone around my head☠️✨ TALENT ✨

[eXoguti]

It sounds whatever once you get past the initial "oh cool this sounds different"

[davidvizcarra]

Sounds great, but the platforms that provide 360 audio are very limited. A few services that no one uses.

[mastroitek]

the stereo mode was like compressed af

[mrz]

I got my XM4s today and these are genuinely the best headphones I've ever owned. I've never owned a pair of not r cancelling headphones before, but that alone warrants the price.

[josef]

Funny how this still works even though YouTube doesn't support 360 reality audio.

I've got the Xm4s earbuds and headphones. They support Atmos, 360, 5.1, and 7.1.

it's virtual surround sound but you'll still get the effect if you're using 360 reality audio or not.

[ShubhojitBagchi]

Dear Sony Team,

Why there are still so less albums in 360 reality audio? Why are the new albums not getting a 360 reality version? It feels like Dolby Audio is just going to kill this amazing tech someday. I am using Sony WH & WF 1000XM3s with Tidal Hifi.

[ForjandoLabz]

In fact, I have an audio processor installed on my PC and it does this job just as great.
I have a conventional stereo and a couple of 12" buffers with a 500w amp and it sounds even better than some home teathers.

[PitBull_-yxir]

Using Sony mk4 headphones this sounds amazing lowkey

[Shinjo_Ms]

Sounds amazing on my 5$ panasonic headphones

[ndipavanking]

Listening on actual headphones used in video....wh 1000 xm4...it's incredible

[NicMediaDesign]

Just FYI 360 Reality Audio works with any set of headphones.

[AccessGranted]

I use both deezer n tidal for 360 experience. Tidal mainly for master quality audio. I use Tidal with USB player pro. Pricey hobby but worth it.
The only thing that Spotify superior to the others is that their music library is massive. Plus, Tidal pays more to the artists.

[nrdythugg]

Where is the 360° sound? Its just regular old stereo with awfull sound processing on top. I prefer the clean stereo Signal, that doesnt pretend to bei 360°>