“The last person shed a tear when they heard it,” says the man sat in the front seat of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, as we sink into the back seats. Sure, he works for Mercedes, but it’s a particularly bold claim, regardless. “Wow,” I reply, doing my best to hide my scepticism. We are about to hear Mercedes’ brand new, top-of-the-range Apple Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos sound system and, well, I don’t expect to be brought to tears (unless it’s over the price tag). But I’m all ears…
Mercedes-Benz has become the first car manufacturer to offer Apple Spatial Audio sound systems, the latest example of one-upmanship in the increasingly heated battleground that is the world of in-car audio. And, in theory, surround sound in
