In Ceiling vs. On Wall for Atmos. Thoughts?

[jhaider]

FWIW, our first immersive system had on wall heights - because that’s what we could do in an old house with plaster ceiling. Our second has in ceiling heights, because I assumed that world be better. Our next (in progress) will have on-wall heights, because I don’t think the placement makes things worse, and we can use better loudspeakers that way.

All 7.x.4 - do not see the point of going to the expense or effort of 6 heights.

 

[2Sunny]

I'm not a lawyer so this is Greek to me, but it certainly seems like it could involve speaker placement.

• Patent number: 11012803
  
  Abstract: The current invention related to methods and systems for panning audio objects on multichannel loudspeaker setups. The invention relates to a method of processing an audio object along an axis, said audio object comprising an audio object abscissa and an audio object spread, for spatialized restitution thereof over a plurality of sound transducers, N in number, aligned along said axis; each of said sound transducers comprising a transducer abscissa; N being at least equal to two; said method comprising a plurality of steps.
  
  Type: Grant
  
  Filed: January 29, 2018
  
  Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
  
  Assignee: AURO TECHNOLOGIES NV
  
  Inventors: Benjamin Bernard, Francois Becker

 

[JustJones]

I'm not a lawyer so this is Greek to me, but it certainly seems like it could involve speaker placement.

Has to do with Auro 3D which can be done with 2 speakers and their virtualizer.

N being at least equal to two

setup-guide – AURO-3D

www.auro-3d.com

It's a patent on their processing not where people can put speakers in their house, which couldn't be patented.

 

[Chagall]

@2Sunny At this point, I think you should just place your speakers on-wall and use Auro 3D. Seems you really don't want to follow Dolby's recommendations.

 

[dansan69]

This setup guide contains a lot of information on this very topic:
On-for-all setup guide 5.0