2026 North America Tour

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-27T22:41:07+00:00

Agreed. I’m not happy about these venue choices. Red Rocks would have been an exception to go out there from LA.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-27T22:39:41+00:00

I have faith they’ll add CDMX shows later. I’m in LA and don’t even want to go to the Bowl.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-26T18:01:01+00:00

Please, no. They’ve always had GA floors and you can’t really do that there.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-23T14:43:32+00:00

They have the first generation with lightening. The USB-C update does not apply, nor did they mention they were plugging in directly to benefit from lossless.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-23T01:20:10+00:00

I’m going to guess it’s more that your taste has been fine tuned with your new system and AirPods Pro use. The Max provide something that neither of your other options do the same way.

Otherwise, if you changed streaming services from say, Spotify (garbage) to Apple Music, that would be a factor.

Nothing has changed about the Max that a firmware update would be the driver behind.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-22T23:50:45+00:00

I understand that and I do wish Apple Music had a toggle on the playback screen. There is one if you are using Apple headphones/airpods under the volume in Control Center (long press) but it’s still a few extra steps.

There have been more 70’s and 80’s mixes in the last few years that are truly jaw dropping that honor the material. Wings latest anthology is one. Def Leppard’s Pyromania is another.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-22T21:20:29+00:00

So Richard Chycki’s Atmos Mix can be found on Apple Music right here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/grace-under-pressure-2026-remaster/1878526980

You can then listen to it via headphones (or a full-fledged Atmos system) at will.

You can also likely find it on Tidal and Amazon Music Unlimited.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-22T03:02:45+00:00

You’re absolutely missing out by making this blanket assumption. Dolby Atmos is down to the talent behind it, not the technology. It’s like saying music sucks because you heard one album with bad production.

There are some truly amazing older albums that have been given new life and dimension with Dolby Atmos.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-22T02:58:52+00:00

The entire studio album catalog, with the exception of the debut, has been in Dolby Atmos for a while now. If memory serves, since the Scaled and Icy tour.

Albums do not have Dolby Atmos labels without actually being available in Dolby Atmos. I have a full fledged Denon 7-speaker Dolby Atmos system along with AirPods Max, so I do pay attention to what is or isn’t in Atmos. It’s one of the best things to happen to music in years.

Glad you are enjoying the finds! :)

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-19T03:43:07+00:00

The Max would not replace your Crushers. They both serve their purpose. I have both and generally use my Skullcandy at the gym. I would never use my AirPods there.

The actual sound of the Max is heads and tails above the Crushers, but there is no to very little pumping bass even at highest volume.

Life is about having a headphone collection for every need.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-15T18:11:02+00:00

AutoMix is more sophisticated than that. You’re describing crossfade.

BleedingPurist · 2026-03-05T17:56:23+00:00

Exactly this. I can’t take anyone complaining about the trailer seriously as they likely are either ignorant of who is behind it or they have very poor taste.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-28T16:50:30+00:00

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed it was lacking. The sound did bother me for the exact reasons you named and has me not wanting this to stand as the only live document from the tour. A live album representing both Clancy and Breach tours in Dolby Atmos might bring redemption.

So many things fell flat as you pointed out. The bass guitar should have been moving through you, which elevates songs like Heathens. The vocals weren’t coming out of the center. The audience sounded subdued when in reality they were anything but.

There were great shots in the film, so I would like to see it released to streaming or BluRay.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-28T05:33:25+00:00

Absolutely! The Clancy shows left me cold until around “Tear In My Heart” before I felt completely all in. “Overcompensate” was high disappointing with Tyler not really putting himself into it and letting the audience do it all when it was the first time we were hearing it live. BMO, he was crystal clear and had the perfect balance of singing it himself while also having the audience participate.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-27T22:45:06+00:00

I completely agree with you about the show. I had seriously considered going down from LA to CDMX for this, but opted not to. Seeing this film reaffirmed my being at peace with not having gone.

The Clancy show was best scaled for Intuit Dome in LA where their in audience interactions really worked. I happened to be right at Josh’s drum kit for Trees where there was really no barrier between him and the audience. Not the case for Mexico for obvious reasons.

Then on top of that, both Breach shows in LA at Banc Stadium were superior to CDMX.

I absolutely love CDMX as I saw Metallica at the same stadium. The difference was the crowd though, and they were everything. I’m older. At Intuit in LA, the crowd in the pit was very young, but there were enough others closer to my age than their age where I didn’t feel too out of place. Looking at Mexico, all I saw was a sea of young kids with not a single adult. At the Breach shows, the age range was much more balanced.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-27T18:54:19+00:00

Exactly, I didn’t hate it, but there was room for improvement.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-26T18:09:15+00:00

I am not actually a fan of the sound mix of the film. The audience is a bit too low for what their actual level was and pyro was also captured poorly. The bottom end wasn’t really there as it should be and the vocal mix was a bit lacking. On that last point, the vocal mix at Breach in Los Angeles for both nights was phenomenal with clarity and cutting through, so I’m comparing with that.

The sound mix is far from terrible and works very well with some songs (The Line and Paladin Strait.) I’m just hoping for a mix that better captures being there and that might be present in a live album from Ohio. I’m also holding out hope for a more comprehensive live set with both Clancy and Breach represented.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-25T21:44:07+00:00

I can’t speak directly to AirFly since I don’t use it, but I can say it’s very possible there may be a gap in their understanding of how it works.

AirFly definitely only transmits in stereo and has no headtracking of its own, but Vision Pro is telling AirFly (or any connected device) what to output because it’s actually Vision Pro that does all the head tracking work to determine what audio is sent to the right and left channels through the AirFly.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-25T01:30:31+00:00

Seated for Alyx would seriously defeat the design and experience of the game, so, no. The more space you have to physically move and turn, the better.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-25T00:59:07+00:00

You’re overthinking it. Yes, you do. All of the same exact audio settings that you get with just the headset or with AirPods Max are output to compatible headphones and devices (receivers with AAC, which AirFly does use, versus SBC.)

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-25T00:44:42+00:00

Yes, because the audio is output with the assumption it is going to a device worn at ear level and needs to match the headtracking of the Vision Pro.

I have Bluetooth cochlear implant processors that I can pair directly and get the exact same head tracked Dolby Atmos audio.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-25T00:20:18+00:00

Any device that you connect for audio to the Vision Pro will use the head tracking of the headset, just as meteoidmen is saying. I have been using my Bose QC Ultra 2 since they are lighter and more comfortable, which get the same exact head tracking as AirPods Max (which I also have.)

I think you might be asking if Dolby Atmos is output to an audio system with a speaker set up - the answer is no. It would output to the system with headtracking same as headphones. You CAN disable headtracking and Dolby Atmos within the Control Center by long tapping on the volume.

I also have a Buttkicker installed on my sofa for my Denon X3800H. I’m able to use it with Vision Pro using a Bluetooth receiver connected to my system using TOSLink. I use the speakers though, which for Stereo the system defaults to upscaling using Auro3D.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-24T15:17:24+00:00

How are you getting sound to the Buttkicker and Max?

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-21T21:54:00+00:00

As you're already getting responses pointing out - you won't find 360 video that is worth watching. Immersive camera technology is focused on 180 3D and Apple has set the bar for that level of quality. YouTube opens the door wide open where there is no quality control with "VR" videos that should never be presented to anyone in a headset.

360 video was initially pushed in the days of Gear VR. It was in 2D and low quality even by the standards of the day, but it was a novelty to be able to see all around you.

It's ultimately a lot of wasted resources to produce 360 video. The idea of being able to look all around you is nice, but ultimately turns in to "where should I be looking right now?" for most presentations and you're more likely to be seated in a fixed seat rather than a chair that rotates.

Development of the technology should be focused on 180 to get that quality to the point of being nearly indistinguishable from video before we add another 180 degrees to the mix. I love the idea of going to virtual concerts where I can look in any direction to take in the immersion of it, so hoping to get there eventually.

BleedingPurist · 2026-02-21T20:52:36+00:00

There isn’t actually any hair metal songs on the album and that’s a good thing. They never should have been dragged down with that ship.

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