Worth going for Atmos?

Sparky · 25 May 2023 at 20:48

I'm thinking about a little upgrade and maybe going down the atmos route. Currently I have a 7.1 Denon Receiver, KEF Q500 fronts, KEF Q200 centre , KEF Eggs as rears and a KEF Q400B Sub.
Budget wise I'm allowing £500 for the receiver [2nd hand probably] but have no idea regarding the atmos speaker requirements. Do I need 4 or is 2 sufficient?

Cheers

Sparky · 26 May 2023 at 15:15

tom_nieto said:
Which Denon have you got currently? It would seem a shame to step down a couple of product levels just to get atmos. You’d potentially sacrifice the quality of the amplifier for the front soundstage.

It's the BT540 so needs upgrading regardless

Sparky · 27 May 2023 at 22:13

I have 2 subs a 8" B&W and a 12" Kef. Bass I have covered. Looked at a couple of atmos receivers today from Denon and Onkyo. The Onkyo looked nice but I'm used to the Denon layout so a hard choice.

Sparky · 27 May 2023 at 23:46

It's done me ok for the last 5 years.