If you like to listen on your phone, it also keeps your mobile data costs from going through the roof. It’s designed to provide the Atmos experience, but at a lower bandwidth, so that streaming video and music services can stream Atmos without incurring huge data fees. Dolby Atmos via Dolby Digital Plus is the lossy flavor. Dolby supports two flavors of Dolby Atmos. From lossy to lossless Simon Cohen / Digital Trendsįirst, a quick 101 on how Dolby Atmos (for both music and movies) works.

If you’re among those who want the very best audio quality you can get your hands (and ears) on, here’s how you can experience Dolby Atmos Music losslessly - even on a Sonos system - and why I think streaming music services like Apple Music and Amazon Music will eventually offer it to their subscribers. I think you’ll be able to hear the difference too. I’ve heard both, and the difference was remarkable.

Why does that matter? As good as these Dolby Atmos Music tracks sound, they’re a far cry from how good Atmos can sound when delivered in a lossless format.