Hey Mark I wouldn’t do this with audiobooks at all I would do this with music that supports spacial audio and also the Dolby Atmos surround sound type of movies that support it as well but never audiobooks I tried it too and I hated it you’re not alone with regards to the whole spatial audio thing in regards to audiobooks.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 12, 2021, at 2:30 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello All, > > So, in order to pair my new Apple watch series 7 to my beloved 8 Plus, I had > to update from iOS 14.8 to iOS 15.1. I did this on Friday. > > Today, while listening to an audiobook on Over Drive via my wired EarPods, I > decided to take my AirPods Pro for a spin, for the first time, with the > latest OS. > > Well, as soon as I resumed the Over Drive audio playback via AirPods Pro, I > noticed a tremendously different type of sound coming through AirPods. It > only took me a moment to realize that this must be the new Spatial audio > feature that I have been reading about. > > I listened for about 10 minutes or so, then enabled the head-tracking > feature to see how it sounded; not bad, accept... > > I disabled the spatial audio feature after about 15 minutes of listening. > > I don't know, there was something about it that I just didn't like, with > regard to audiobook playback, anyway. > > I might like it when I watch a movie on my Apple TV or my iPad; perhaps the > visual input in combination with spatial audio will make the experience seem > less jarring, somehow, I don't know. > > For now, however, I think I will continue to use the stereo, only, playback > option when listening to audiobooks. > > Just thought I would share my first listening experience with spatial audio. > > Mark > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004d01d7efa7%24e90ab950%24bb202bf0%24%40ucla.edu. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/03418DB1-361E-476F-A28D-841EA77E279B%40gmail.com.
