Many of us spend many hours in our car listening to music. If that listening for everyone was Dolby Atmos in a Rivian R1S, it would be a better world.
When most of us think about Dolby Atmos, an immersive movie experience with loads of speakers is what comes to mind. It is, after all, where the first Dolby Atmos experience happened back in 2012 at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. The object-based surround sound system extended into the home a couple years later, initially requiring either up-firing speakers or ceiling-mounted speakers paired with an AV receiver .
Recommended Videos Before Thanksgiving, I was invited down to a Rivian showroom in Venice, California. While the property is right on Venice Boulevard, it’s nestled back from the road and landscaped with some nice tree coverage, making it feel quiet and removed from the hustle and bustle of the city. Breakfast goodies had been laid out in the library and a coffee stand had been set up to provide caffeinated drinks with a selection of regular milk and oat milk .
The reason I was invited down to the Rivian space, though, wasn’t the R3X. It was to listen to some music. Specifically, Dolby Atmos Music while sitting in the front of the R1S I passed by near the entrance. This was a Gen 2 R1S with Rivian Premium Audio, a Rivian-designed sound system. It has 16 speakers dispersed around the interior of the car . The Dolby Music experience is delivered via Apple Music with spatial audio support .
The infectiously bouncy Harry Styles opening was clear without being too piercing in its higher overtones, and Styles, voice was front and center when he comes in, beautifully supported by musical low-end bass and kick drum. But Money is where the system really shined. The mix has the distinctive cash register opening that I’ve heard thousands of times in stereo bouncing around the cabin.
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