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The MacRumors Show: Jonathan Morrison Talks Spatial Audio

Jonathan Morrison joins us on The MacRumors Show podcast this week to take a deep dive into Spatial Audio and Apple's audio technologies.

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Jonathan is a leading tech YouTuber and has moved into professional music production in recent years. He has a wealth of knowledge about audio technology and first-hand experience mixing tracks for Spatial Audio. See more of Jonathan's work on his YouTube channel.

In this episode, we discuss Spatial Audio in detail, including the new personalized Spatial Audio feature in iOS 16, thoughts on Spatialize Stereo, Spatial Audio support on devices like the Studio Display and MacBook Pro, where the technology is headed next, and more. We also take a look at future AirPods, including the AirPods Pro 2, and evaluate the state of Apple Music.

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Top Rated Comments

pauloregan Avatar
51 months ago
Spatial Audio is not your friend. Turn it off on all devices.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
thadoggfather Avatar
51 months ago
Macrumors is getting lots of high profile YouTubers, I like it!
(and no, not sarcasm)
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
IllinoisCorn Avatar
51 months ago
Morrison is a huge Apple shill.

Also--I guess I am just old--the music he works with is just so awful. It's antiseptic, non-threatening, has zero edge, is anodyne and is more like a sedative than anything. It's just trash, like most of the "music" produced these days.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DMG35 Avatar
51 months ago
Morrison is a good dude. Has great content on YouTube and seems like a genuinely good guy.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kylo83 Avatar
51 months ago
He is a good YouTuber, could you get tailosive tech on next
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ProfessionalFan Avatar
51 months ago

1. Please - introduce all three of you. Assume new folks like me would like to hear what you have to say and would like to know the names of the people doing the talking. For this posting I'll call you L, M, & R (left, middle, right).

2. C pointed out that he uses the AirPods 3 for reference when doing spacial audio work. L interpreted C's comment for us as: C uses worst case earbuds. It became clear that that's not at all what C meant. It became clear that C has significant respect for the AirPods 3 - even over other AirPods.
Which one is C?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)