Thanks for the drawing! You have the door/opening close to left main speaker so on-wall is quite ideal route. Not sure how expensive Polks you had, but if similar price to klipsch reference (not ref. premiere) then this could been the issue as they were cheap. You can`t make poor speakers sound amazing suddenly with expensive amp and the exotic expensive cables are more or less snake oil. Put more effort on room (carpet on floor or at least thick rug in front of speakers (LCR), some thick curtains on windows, acoustic panels on side and rear wall specific spots - no worry there is wife friendly ones too..) and then high quality speakers of course with one or two subwoofers!
Let`s calculate few packages:
Dali Opticon LCR mk2 x3 with Oberon On-Wall surround channels, Dali E-60 in-ceiling, 2x SB2000 Pro subwoofers and Denon X3700H =
5132£ without discounts.
M&K MP950 x3 and M40T surround channels, IC95 pair for atmos, 2x SVS SB2000 Pro subwoofers and Denon X3700H receiver = slightly
below 7000£ with possible discounts.
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The 15cm deep Arendal 1961 Monitor, 1961 Centre and 1961 Surround, Kef Ci160QR for atmos, 2x 1961 1S subwoofers and Denon X3700H =
4800£ unless there is some small fees due to brexit. Shipping is free and VAT included. Arendal sells direct to customer with 60-day buy&try. They don´t have in-ceiling model yet, but you don´t have to have matching speakers there. Kef is probably one of the most known company making coaxial drivers so the QR near top of range would surely do great. As for the speakers and subwoofers there is plenty of feedback from forum members and reviews. It is very clear that the bang for buck is very good here and it would still leave to spend some for the room! We have 1961 speaker thread in home cinema speaker section if you require more information from owners..
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I`m not sure how you planned to place the couch as the ceiling slopes at the back, hopefully it`s not pushed against rear wall fully. The high ceiling would be quite beneficial regarding the ceiling speakers for atmos, but depending where your couch goes. If they have to be installed in the part where the ceiling slopes (angle) then you need to have pair that allows the tweeters to be angled so can point them shooting down. Of course you can mount on-wall speakers for the atmos on ceiling if you can´t make holes. Example the 1961 angled height speaker which can also be used as front heights mounted on front wall high up just below ceiling. Dali has Alteco C-1 which can be used in same way. SVS has Prime Elevation for front/side wall or ceiling mounting.
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PS. If you are thinking why two subwoofers read the short article or listen the short video clip on the link below. If you were to go with two subwoofers i would prefer to have freedom placing them, not where wife says they should go to look best as there is no guarantee that is optimal. I think it would be very clear that your family would prefer the two subwoofer route so the bass would be more balanced in more than one seat plus the bass wouldn´t locate same way so overall more balanced more room filling bass. If you feel you don´t want to spend 2k£ for subwoofers we can look something cheaper for you, example SVS SB1000 Pro at 575£/each roughly with discount from forum members. Personally i wouldn´t save here as you have specific movie room, the 2x SB2000 Pro or 2x Arendal 1961 1S should be awesome in your compact room without taking ton of space!
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There could be cheaper options, but GIK is quite well known regarding acoustic panels.
Acoustic panels are absorption products that are utilized to control noise, eliminate slap echo and control comb filtering in any interior environment, usually hanging on the walls or ceiling. The objective of acoustic sound panels is to enhance the properties of sound inside the room by...
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