I’m sitting in the middle of a Live Nation mixing studio in Hollywood, surrounded by speakers—some low against the wall, some perched higher up. When a live version of Jesse McCartney’s “Soul” comes ...

When Sony gave us a chance to demo its new 360 Reality Audio format at CES 2019 earlier this year, we were very impressed with what we heard. Our only question was, when will we get a chance to ...

The late David Bowie's music is already immersive on many levels, but that's now reflected in the mixes themselves. All of Bowie's post-2000 studio albums (Heathen, Reality, The Next Day and Blackstar ...

Music service Deezer has released a new standalone music app designed specifically for Sony 360 Reality Audio, the immersive sound technology first introduced by the company at CES earlier this year.

If you listen to your favorite song and suddenly get the feeling you're hearing it for the first time, diving into the music and being surrounded by the musicians, it might be that you're listening to ...

Not content just to support existing immersive sound formats like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, Sony decided to create their own. Immersive sound and spatial audio are two names for one of the most popular ...

Dolby Atmos Music is just starting to take off, but already there is a challenger in the small but growing market for streamable surround-encoded music. First previewed at CES 2019, Sony’s 360 Reality ...

Not content just to support existing immersive sound formats like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, Sony decided to create their own. Note: With Sony 360 Reality Audio being dropped by TIDAL, the future of ...

Sony isn't letting Dolby corner the market on positional audio. Today, the electronics giant announced that 360 Reality Audio, its immersive listening technology that debuted at CES, is officially ...

While some might be still debating the merits of hi-res audio, the music industry is about to make a big shift into surround-sound audio. Of the two leading surround formats — Dolby Atmos Music and ...

The current decade has seen a surround-music revival through new digital technologies and Dolby Atmos Music isn't the only game in town. Sony's 360 Reality Audio (360RA) is a growing new format ...

Zach is an experienced writer, self-proclaimed tech addict, and hobbyist gamer. Throughout his career, he's worked for Samsung and Apple, giving him a broad view of the mobile tech landscape at large.