Is it worth me upgrading?

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Hey guys so i recently purchased a Samsung KS8000 and Samsung 4K Blu Ray player and i'm loving my setup.

I've got a Samsung soundbar 2.1 from back in 2014 and it still works quite well.

Now this setup is in quite a small room about 10ft by 6ft approximately.

I'm looking for a better audio setup and i was looking into upgrading my audio quality experience. Maybe Dolby atoms but i'm not sure if i have the space or if it would be worth it considering i'm in such a small room.

A friend told me that going for surround sound setup in such a small room is pointless but i just wanted some more opinions.

Thanks in advance!
 
For your setup a good stereo or 5.1/7.1 will be better than a cheap 10+ channel Atmos
Surround sound in your room isn't pointless. If you wanted you could go for 5.1 instead of 7.1. Or maybe 3.1. Or 4.1, fronts and rears with sub but no center

For smaller rooms I'd recommend bipole rears over regular speakers though.
 
hornetstinger said:
For your setup a good stereo or 5.1/7.1 will be better than a cheap 10+ channel Atmos
Surround sound in your room isn't pointless. If you wanted you could go for 5.1 instead of 7.1. Or maybe 3.1. Or 4.1, fronts and rears with sub but no center

For smaller rooms I'd recommend bipole rears over regular speakers though.
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Great, Yeah i'd like a 5.1 or something, i was originally looking at http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-packages/onkyo/sksht588/onky-sksht588-blk Could you recommend me any for around that price point or less.
 
For £400 I'd stay with stereo. £200 speakers, £200 stereo amp, although it may be better to buy a AVR even though you won't be using the multi channel features, as they have digital inputs coaxial and optical, plus HDMI, bass management, and all the audio formats you need from movies.

If you solely were using a 2 channel system like CD then I'd go for the stereo amp.
You could still go with a stereo amp in a AV system (as in TV, BD source, HDMI etc) but it's a bit of a cludge, if you're prepared and understand pros and cons of either amp choice. Little things like single HDMI cable for audio & video, AVR acting as a audio/video hub, rather than stereo amp requiring HDMI plus audio cables from each source to amp, downmixing to stereo, using possibly inferior quality DAC's in the source rather than the AVR etc.

Something like a £200 Yamaha AVR with second hand stereo speakers, plenty around for sale.
 
Still amazes me how people continue to make recommendations without asking questions like listening split!
  • What's your budget
  • What's your priority, a great set for longevity or hitting a budget. For Example, while you may have £500 would £700 for the right set suit.
  • What is your listening split 70% Movies, 30% music atc.
  • How serious are you really about Atmos
  • Assuming since you have a KS8000 that passing a 4K HDR signal is important?
  • I'd say style / sat speakers are best for your room dimensions but do you have a strong preference for bookshelf style?
Now I'm kind of breaking my own rule but Petertyson have a purely insane deal running at the moment, already pointed somebody in the direction of this and he bought it.

http://petertyson.co.uk/index.php/yamaha-rx-v681-with-monitor-audio-mass-av.html

Obviously above is highly dependant on your answers, also wise to demo stuff.
 
Good amp, but tbh too little speaker for front three. Fine for rears though, but tbh if your room is tiny then I'd be looking at some other speaker firing types, go and demo direct and bipole speakers when they are close to you.
 
sprite- said:
Still amazes me how people continue to make recommendations without asking questions like listening split!
  • What's your budget
  • What's your priority, a great set for longevity or hitting a budget. For Example, while you may have £500 would £700 for the right set suit.
  • What is your listening split 70% Movies, 30% music atc.
  • How serious are you really about Atmos
  • Assuming since you have a KS8000 that passing a 4K HDR signal is important?
  • I'd say style / sat speakers are best for your room dimensions but do you have a strong preference for bookshelf style?
Now I'm kind of breaking my own rule but Petertyson have a purely insane deal running at the moment, already pointed somebody in the direction of this and he bought it.

http://petertyson.co.uk/index.php/yamaha-rx-v681-with-monitor-audio-mass-av.html

Obviously above is highly dependant on your answers, also wise to demo stuff.
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Hello i'll try to answer

About £400-£600
A great set for hitting the budget although i'd be willing to stretch just about £50-£100 if it can make the world of differance
100% Movies
I heard a Atmos demo and was very impressed and that was the main reason i was considering it.
Yes the KS8000 passing through a 4k hdr signal is important
Not fussed about looks to be honest as i'll be moving out hopefully at some point this year and i'll have a larger room to put the setup in.
 
If that is the case, go for lesser number of speakers, better quality rather than trying to get the whole lot in one go. You'd appreciate the better sound, ability for larger speakers to fill a larger room, play louder, go lower, and requiring less power to do so.

I've got a top end system and even I haven't gone into Atmos. Gone av pre-power though, 200W x7.
 
also think about it, if a ATMOS AVR has to have 10 channels of amplification, and you're looking at a budget amp, don't you think a lesser channel amp of the same price would offer more power?

The power supply in a £300 AVR for 10 channels? Pushing it.

Go for fewer number of channels, best speakers you can afford then buy the rest later, go to 7.1, if you still want to get atmos then buy a new AVR and proper ceiling speakers (and means a bit of DIY work as well)
 
Concentrate on achieving a really good stereo setup before heading into multichannel audio, especially in a small room. There is literally no point in having 7-10 speakers in such a small space!
 
Can't really see the point in surround in a room that small, the sounds are just going to bounce around all over the place, plus you may find it hard to get the speakers in the right place to begin with. Personally I'd be going for a decent 2.1 setup rather than a mediocre 5.1. You can always upgrade and add surround speakers at a later date, when you move for example.
 
dbmzk1 said:
Can't really see the point in surround in a room that small, the sounds are just going to bounce around all over the place, plus you may find it hard to get the speakers in the right place to begin with. Personally I'd be going for a decent 2.1 setup rather than a mediocre 5.1. You can always upgrade and add surround speakers at a later date, when you move for example.
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Yeah i think that's what i'll end up doing and when i move out later this year my budget should be higher and i could then concentrate on getting a great surround setup.
 
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