This got touched on this on another thread. Does anyone have experience with this over a 7.1 setup?
agdoc2001 said:
If a friend told me they had 7.1 and wanted to upgrade, the 1st thing I'd suggest is going to 7.2. A second sub will smooth out the bass response in your room and would probably be a more noticeable improvement than the 4 in ceiling speakers for Atmos.
Atmos support is a bit hit or miss at the moment. Most streaming services don't support it and not even all new releases on blu-ray are mixed with Atmos support. Basically, if you already had a receiver that supported it - I'd say sure, throw in 4 cheap in ceiling speakers. If it required buying a new receiver, that's tougher to justify - especially as support for Dolby Vision isn't present in a lot of current receivers and will likely require a new purchase if you need it in the future.
If building from the ground up (and you're a podcast guy), subscribe to AVRant. Their advice has been ridiculously helpful as I've built my system.aezmvp said:agdoc2001 said:
If a friend told me they had 7.1 and wanted to upgrade, the 1st thing I'd suggest is going to 7.2. A second sub will smooth out the bass response in your room and would probably be a more noticeable improvement than the 4 in ceiling speakers for Atmos.
Atmos support is a bit hit or miss at the moment. Most streaming services don't support it and not even all new releases on blu-ray are mixed with Atmos support. Basically, if you already had a receiver that supported it - I'd say sure, throw in 4 cheap in ceiling speakers. If it required buying a new receiver, that's tougher to justify - especially as support for Dolby Vision isn't present in a lot of current receivers and will likely require a new purchase if you need it in the future.
Looking at a completely new setup and I was looking at running butt kickers instead of a second sub.
I'll do that. I don't really want to blow out a budget here as we're upgrading the house and having to furnish and whatnot, I'm not going over a budget for this kind of stuff. I might upgrade in 5-10 years but no sense spending more than $1500 on audio when I need to set up stuff elsewhere in a house. Still I'd like to get a reasonable system for that price and maximize the experience.agdoc2001 said:If building from the ground up (and you're a podcast guy), subscribe to AVRant. Their advice has been ridiculously helpful as I've built my system.aezmvp said:agdoc2001 said:
If a friend told me they had 7.1 and wanted to upgrade, the 1st thing I'd suggest is going to 7.2. A second sub will smooth out the bass response in your room and would probably be a more noticeable improvement than the 4 in ceiling speakers for Atmos.
Atmos support is a bit hit or miss at the moment. Most streaming services don't support it and not even all new releases on blu-ray are mixed with Atmos support. Basically, if you already had a receiver that supported it - I'd say sure, throw in 4 cheap in ceiling speakers. If it required buying a new receiver, that's tougher to justify - especially as support for Dolby Vision isn't present in a lot of current receivers and will likely require a new purchase if you need it in the future.
Looking at a completely new setup and I was looking at running butt kickers instead of a second sub.