Tell Us If You Use 3.1, 5.1, 7.1 9.1 system?

[jgd]

For movies: Vintage NAD receiver. Tower speakers which go down to 30hz in front. Tiny cube speakers wired for ambiance retrieval aka "Hafler Circuit" in the rear.
For music: Just the front tower speakers.

 

[JRR]

I have a 9.0 system. 5.1 with 4 overhead.
No sub but the main speakers deliver plenty of bass. Will add one later when the budget permits.
Meridian 7200.2, 5200.2 and 5000s. 4 KEF CI160QR overhead.
Marantz Cinema 50 feeding a Meridian 271 for the digital speakers.

That sounds like a 5.0.4

 

[fadetoblackbs]

I have a standard 5.1 system.
I was thinking about an Atmos upgrade without much wiring/visual impact and took a look at this ones, they are also available from Dali.
You just place them over your front (large tower) speakers and they do upfire to the ceiling simulating Atmos-ceiling-speakers...
Did somebody have a good experience with such a solution? Looks like a marketing story rather that real atmos effect....

 

[ban25]

I have a standard 5.1 system.
I was thinking about an Atmos upgrade without much wiring/visual impact and took a look at this ones, they are also available from Dali.
You just place them over your front (large tower) speakers and they do upfire to the ceiling simulating Atmos-ceiling-speakers...
Did somebody have a good experience with such a solution? Looks like a marketing story rather that real atmos effect....

Absolute marketing bs...save your money.

 

[DonH56]

I have a standard 5.1 system.
I was thinking about an Atmos upgrade without much wiring/visual impact and took a look at this ones, they are also available from Dali.
You just place them over your front (large tower) speakers and they do upfire to the ceiling simulating Atmos-ceiling-speakers...
Did somebody have a good experience with such a solution? Looks like a marketing story rather that real atmos effect....

I have not had a home trial, but in a store did not like them at all. Even with a fairly low reflective ceiling (something I usually do not want in my listening room), the sound level from them was very low, and the image so diffuse that they were almost worthless. A jet flying overhead was only heard with the speakers turned way up, and at that point I was hearing them direct as much as the reflected sound from the ceiling, and the image was smeared badly. The jet started sort of on one side, then became a nebulous blob of sound, before becoming a muffled rumble mostly on the other side, though again the directionality was mostly from the base speakers and direct sound bleeding from the Atmos speakers. This is one time I can agree with the subjective term "night and day" comparing them to actual overhead speakers. Marketing indeed...

IME/IMO - Don

 

[Sal1950]

This is one time I can agree with the subjective term "night and day" comparing them to actual overhead speakers. Marketing indeed...

Absolutely! A couple years back Gene DellaSala at Audioholics made serious fun of the approach calling them "bouncyhouse" speakers and recommending not to waste your money. Since then he has completely tamed his approach, IMHO in a move to support Atmos marketing, even going as far as to discuss "Atmos" soundbars with a positive slant.. Now I don't mean to slam anyones system but a soundbar is in no way the correct way to present a proper Stereo image, let alone a 5.1 or Atmos soundstage. If we here are enthusiasts and expect to get near professional results we must at least take a semi-professional approach to speaker positioning-arrangement to get the intended presentation.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[Chr1]

9.2.0 here.

I'd love to try Atmos sometime, but have too much invested into my current surround system now. (Time and money.) Recently bought a second Pioneer Elite SC-LX86 at a good price as a backup.
I play a lot of upmixed 2 channel music so like it's asynchronous USB input. Can't justify the hassle and expense of an upgrade currently.

 

[Reverend Slim]

7.1.4 here. Running SVS Prime Towers/Center with an Emotiva XPA-3 amp and 8 Prime Bookshelf (4 surrounds, 4 ceiling-mounted) powered by a Denon 4500, with dual PB2000 Pro subs.

 

[MagnusB]

That sounds like a 5.0.4

Yes my bad. And the fronts go pretty deep for real so not a huge need for that sub.

 

[DrStranger]

if I am doing 3.0 which would be the best fit in terms of brand and their newer models, when it comes to dsp/feature to simulate 5.1/7.1 if it’s possible ? I if the avr also is good in low volume listening during nights it’s a major plus. I read somewhere that Yamas are good with their several DSP features, but is there anyone else ? Mara/Den, PionOnkyo, etc?

 

[Urotdukidoji]

My system was 7.4, but I recently moved house (for renovations) and it only fits 5.2. When everything is in place, it will be 7.4 again.
It consists of a 10-year-old Pioneer receiver, which I'm replacing with another one with a handful of features I don't need, as one of the rear channels is failing, two 4x4 T.Racks DSP plus a 2x4HD miniDSP for the subs, and four 300W Thomann T.Amp amps.
I had Swissonic active speakers that were lost in the divorce; now they're a DIY project in progress.

 

[sfogg]

Just finishing upgrading my system to 10.3.7.

3 fronts, 4 surround/sides, 3 rears
L/R and LFE subs
3 L/C/R Stage heights, 4 heights above listening positions

Lexicon QLI-32 QuantumLogic Immersion processor along with BSS Blu160 for additional processing.

 

[ry_]

Living room mixed use 3.2, previously 7.2.

Sold off my old speakers that served as surrounds and waiting on some AsciLabs F6BS to replace them. Still deciding if I want to go back to 7 or stick with 5 for bed layer.

Also planning on adding 4 atmos speakers with the TMs from Philharmonic.

Currently:
Marantz Cinema 30
Buckeye 1ET9040BA x3 for LCR
Philharmonic HT
Philharmonic HT Center
JTR RS2
RSL12s nearfield

 

[LarsF]

Just 2.0 here, just for listening to music

 

[Rlev]

Currently 9.4.4 waiting for a decent affordable processor to do more …

 

[antisuck]

Another bog standard 5.1 system in a mixed-use great room. The house was built in 1914 and the walls and ceiling are plaster, so I will never go to the trouble of putting in Atmos speakers. Plus there are big exposed beams in inconvenient places for that.

The only notable parts of the system are the speakers, all of which except the subwoofer are DIY, or at least AIY (assemble it yourself). Mark K's ER18DXT built into Dayton pre-made cabinets for the mains, center and surrounds are Concentric-8 2-ways that were sold by DIY Sound Group for a time, crossover design by @mtg90.

 

[Robust]

Have a 5.1 system powered by an Onkyo TX-NR696. Used 50/50 for music (2.1) and streaming/movies (5.1).

 

[Sharok]

I have a 5.1 system.Martin Logan Summit X (front), ML Focus C18 (center), ML Purity (surround), SVS SB17 (sub).

Moving to Tone Winner AT-500 from XMC-1.

 

[Eric Natural]

my modest 5.2 is driven by Sony ES az1000 calibrated in DD+ and the pcm apple music stereo stream into some sort of dolby up-mix - both sound really great
gonna be challenging to add ceiling atmos speaks with the plaster walls in my new house

 

[Vacceo]

Absolute marketing bs...save your money.

Do those speakers work better if placed not on top, but above the speakers and angled down towards the listening position? (As height speakers, that is).