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_Ocean_Drive_
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Iwate
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quote: | Originally posted by r5a
for the most part yes, your AVR receiver should be able to switch to direct mode and just play on the sub + FR and FL anyway which is what you'll end up doing 99%. receivers can upmix it to 7.1 but it's not great. to be honest, Sonos is the only brand I've ever listened to Music on and actually said "holy shit the upmixing makes a huge difference"
All your Marantz, Denon and shit license the same Dolby / DTS chips that have that PLxx upmixing shit that I was talking about. Sonos only pays Dolby but they don't license the upmixing portion, that is their own in house shit that works good. but sonos has a gang of their own problems and shit, they are the apple of the home theatre world, it's bullshit.
Realistically though, since you're a new build just go for a ballin home theatre setup. focus on that and then the music part of it is just an added kicker. look at avsforum.org for advice on that. DTS/Dolby have some reference diagrams on where you should do your "ideal" placements in a totally new setup you could factor into your architect's diagrams.
source: me owning sonos arc and surrounds and dumping my childhood earnings into all sorts of home theatre equipment and reading AVSforum |
Thanks for this. Kinda aligns with the articles I've come across.
It does seem like adecent home theatre setup is the way forward, although, I did recently read a review of Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar...
quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
I find audio components to be the greatest money pit for the average person who doesn't bother to research things. You can buy a ridiculously powerful/expensive subwoofer for your room but if the room is small AND you don't even know about frequency range or crossovers then you're wasting $. So many ppl just plug things in and don't change the default settings lol |
The room is going to a big downstairs open plan. Separates would for me, be absolutely the way to go. ALthough as I said above, I read reviews of a Sennheiser soundbar which would solve a lot of dithering and indecisiveness.
quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
Yes hello. Is this house built yet? I feel like I should have received my house party invitation by now. |
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Mmanu
Green Pea
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: pas loin
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Running an custom upgraded Arcam 7.1 paired with some Rogers speakers. 2 more home made custom speakers for anything stereo, Audioquest cables for the speakers, and everything else is wired in optical. Did not break the bank, got some major value for money. Movies or music, it does the job and does it well. I previously tried loads of other major brands of amps since the 90s.
quote: | Originally posted by r5a
receivers can upmix it to 7.1 but it's not great. to be honest, |
Mine is bluffing, just played some old Top Gear DVD, my media player upgrading to 1080p and the amp upgrading from stereo to a DTS Neo 6 mix. 10 years ago I was convinced it would be impossible to do this, a bit like extracting water from a stone. I started buying loads of music DVD and Blurays after getting that amp.
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Jun-03-2022 12:14
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Zoso
Banging Gangs!
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Dirty South, United States
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quote: | Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_
Thanks for the replies.
My housemaker has thrown in 5 JBL ceiling speakers for free, so I've decided to go for an Atmos setup
Amp: Denon AVR-X6700H
Floor speakers: DALI Oberon 9
Sub-woofer: DALI SUB E-9 F
Middle speaker: DALI OBERON VOKAL
Rear wall: DALI Oberon Onwall
Cable The Chord Company SARSEN SPEAKERCABLE (for Atmos, 'cos I need 80m and it ain't gonna be cheap) I may get something fancier for the floor speakers, though
For regular music, I'm just gonna use my old Denon cd player. |
Sounds fabulous! My next upgrade will be a sound upgrade. We've got relatively limited space, so it will be some type of sound bar upgrade, which although not ideal can still yield some pretty good results. I'll probably wait until this fall/winter, but that will give me time for some research. I don't have a ton of Atmos UHD BDs, and I have only upgraded a select portion of my existing BD ROM collection. However, I've noticed Atmos is getting quite popular on streaming services, though from what I understand it's a sort of stripped down version of Atmos.
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Jul-05-2022 15:53
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_Ocean_Drive_
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Iwate
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quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
Sounds fabulous! My next upgrade will be a sound upgrade. We've got relatively limited space, so it will be some type of sound bar upgrade, which although not ideal can still yield some pretty good results. I'll probably wait until this fall/winter, but that will give me time for some research. I don't have a ton of Atmos UHD BDs, and I have only upgraded a select portion of my existing BD ROM collection. |
Thanks! Dfecided to go with a 5.1.4 setup. It'll never get bigger than this 'cos I don't have the space, money, willpower, or desire for anything more - I think this'll be decent enough
quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
However, I've noticed Atmos is getting quite popular on streaming services, though from what I understand it's a sort of stripped down version of Atmos. |
How do you 'strip down' Atmos? To what?
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