Listening to Spatial Audio?

Been wondering if there's a place I can listen to Spatial Audio versions of music. Does anyone know any places that support spatial audio playback?

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What is spatial audio? U mean surround sound with a multi speaker setup? Or just properly utilized stereo audio?
- Spatial Audio is one of the terms used for anything with height information: Binaural and Ambisonics (although these two don't always feature height), Dolby Atmos, Auro3D, MPEG-H or some experimental other formats.
  Other terms that mean the same thing: 3D Audio, Immersive Audio, Surround+Height
  
  So your question is about a physical location that has the tech to play any of these the way they were intended to?

Not sure is helpful, but albums made with Q-sound gives excellent (engineered) soundstage width. Try Roger Waters album Amused to Death, or other albums made with Q-sound.

You can often find torrents around for sacd's or dvdaudio - but there isn't any good place as far as I know
Not to mention a LOT of surround music is mixed terribly, with the exception of a few individuals. Steven wilson does amazing surround mixes, and has remixed several commercial releases
- The quadraphonic mix of Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best multichannel compositions in existence.
  Problem isn't the MIX, but the way the musicians intended to display the composition. The quadraphonic mix of Black Sabbaths Paranoid album sucks big time (but is also funny as hell).
  The new The Cure album is well done in Dolby Atmos, but not really my taste in music.

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