Going Atmos

robj20

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After the living room has been redecorated I'm hoping to upgrade my receiver and go Atmos.
I currently have a 5.1 Q Acoustics 1000 package which has served me well. Was thinking of adding a pair of QI65 ceiling speakers, and eventually upgrade the front pair to something like the concept 30, probably the center as well at some point.

Its a typical living room in that speaker placement is not 100% ideal, but is Atmos okay with that?

Also what are ceiling speakers like for the floor above, I'm guessing there designed to run without an enclosure.
 
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Firestar_3x said:
You need an enclosure to maintain the fire rating of your ceiling, unless the speakers specify they are fire rated.

You will hear everything upstairs unless you insulate behind the speakers, in ceiling are not ideal for Atmos unless placement is perfect, the inability to tilt the drivers on cheap speakers is massive drawback.

I've got a 9.2.4 setup and moved away from in ceiling to on ceiling several months back.
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For any links to on ceiling ones?
I should be able to position then as per the Dolby layout, IE just in front of the main position and they're wide angle speakers from the look of them so shouldnt be hugely directional.

"If the chosen overhead speakers have a wide dispersion pattern (approximately 45 degrees from the

acoustical reference axis over the audio band from 100 Hz to 10 kHz or wider), then speakers may

mounted facing directly downward."
 
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hornetstinger said:
Two way MTM are compromised designs.

How about 5.1.2
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How about 5.1.2, that's what the whole thread is asking about.
As I'm ripping the ceiling down it's the perfect time to add 2 ceiling speakers and when I new amp arrivers move to Atmos. Looks like the 2 ceiling speakers need to be slightly in front of the main position so that should be easily doable.
 
hornetstinger said:
For a smaller room 5.1.2 is good setup without too many speakers. Although a second sub would be advisable.

I'd look at other brands though, the center speaker is the most important channel in a home theatre and the MTM is not that great.

I'm not knocking Q Acoustics I own a pair and they're great for even 2x the price, but they need to release a center capable keeping up with the bigger towers.

I prefer and recommend designs like the monoprice, svs ultra center, etc. treble, midrange, bass, bass.
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Center will come further down the road.
Ceiling speakers, then amp, then maybe center. Second sub isn't going to happen either like I said it's not a huge room.
That svs ultra looks great but it's £800+ I paid about that for my whole current setup, I'm not that interested in such a huge jump.
 
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hornetstinger said:
Monoprice 365C is £220. Then 365T have upfirers, so you won't need to hack into ceiling


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Thanks gives me something to think about for the future, fitting ceiling speakers isn't an issue got to re plaster board it anyway.

My current Denon is getting on about, was out at the beginning of the 3D craze, doesn't do Atmos, no HDR, no earc, no vbr. So needs looking at. I like the look of the new Marantz Cinema range, I hear they're similar to Denon but the looks will keep the wife happy and that's one of my big battles.
 
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So seems like a new pair of fronts with upfiring might be the best place to start.
They'd need to be bookshelf type to sit to the side of the TV on a TV stand.
 
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