KEF ATMOS MUSIC STUDIO

[mrbernini]

hi all. im looking for help building out a kef 5.1 surround sound audio music setup for my music room. I mostly do dj stuff and want an immersive studio space. how many speakers would I need? im looking at maybe reference ones for the mains and a ref 2 for the center mid channel, and then not really to sure what else to add after that.

 

[Vacceo]

Perhaps if you are using the setup to produce music, you´d be better served with professional gear such as Genelec Ones. Not that KEF´s are bad speakers, but chances are you want/need a more precise setup.

 

[tifune]

There's not really enough information here for any useful feedback. At a minimum, would need budget and room size. Also details on what "immersive" means to you - presumably atmos, but I'm not sure how one would DJ Atmos content? So some kind of upmixer would likely be involved, but from what device?

I do agree that Genelec Ones are a better buy than Kef Reference (meta?) series, if those are the only options on the table (although I'm not sure why that would be the case)

 

[kemmler3D]

Looks like Sound on Sound did this topic a couple years ago: https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/setting-atmos-mixing-room

TL;DR: they recommend at least 12 speakers (7.1.4) including the sub.

I would also suggest something like Genelec / Neumann for the surrounds as (I think) you will probably want narrower dispersion for this use case. KEF stuff is great but is typically a bit wide for a multichannel mixing studio.

I would agree that it depends on what you want to do with the final product, though. If you intend to create mixes and publish them you probably need a much more serious setup than if you're just doing it for fun.