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swandy

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Do the various Beats headphones support Spatial Audio from iPhone and iPad?
I have the AirPod Pros but considering getting the Beats Solo Pro headphones. (Just can’t justify the cost of the AirPod Max personally for the amount I would use them.)
 

bigshot

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Spatial audio is primarily the head tracking. I don't think the Beats have the ability to do that. (hence the price difference).
 

swandy

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Spatial audio is primarily the head tracking. I don't think the Beats have the ability to do that. (hence the price difference).
I understand but for the movies doesn’t it all stimulate the effect of surround sound?
 

bigshot

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Not really. I have a 5.1 speaker system and it sounds nothing like that. I compared an Atmos mix with spatial audio on the AirPods Max to a stereo mix from the same show and they sounded the same to me.
 
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