Greyman43
Established Member
Hi guys,
Looking for a little advice from those with more experience than myself….I have a modest 5.1 setup comprising of an ageing Sony DA-2400ES receiver and a set of 5.1 Q acoustics 2000 series speakers. It’s dated but I’m overall very happy with the results I get from this system considering what it cost me and how it integrates into my room. I’ve got workarounds to get 4K HDR/Dolby Vision to my TV from all sources and it all works great. No complaints.
Looking at it though, I could quite easily and inexpensively extend this to a 5.1.2 ATMOS setup by merely swapping out the receiver and adding a couple of up firing speakers at the front. I’m fully aware this is a less than ideal ATMOS setup and wouldn’t anticipate gaining all that much from the up firers but my question is…would my system more broadly benefit from using the ATMOS codec as compared to the older ones I’m limited to at the moment?
To put this another way, if we put aside the up firing speakers does an ATMOS mix sound better than a 5.1 mix through an otherwise like for like system? The theory seems to be that the transitions between speakers is smoother through the object based ATMOS codec which leads me to believe there would be a performance benefit beyond just the addition of height channels, but perhaps the reality is not so clear?
If anyone has any real world experience regarding this I’d love to hear your thoughts, thanks!
Looking for a little advice from those with more experience than myself….I have a modest 5.1 setup comprising of an ageing Sony DA-2400ES receiver and a set of 5.1 Q acoustics 2000 series speakers. It’s dated but I’m overall very happy with the results I get from this system considering what it cost me and how it integrates into my room. I’ve got workarounds to get 4K HDR/Dolby Vision to my TV from all sources and it all works great. No complaints.
Looking at it though, I could quite easily and inexpensively extend this to a 5.1.2 ATMOS setup by merely swapping out the receiver and adding a couple of up firing speakers at the front. I’m fully aware this is a less than ideal ATMOS setup and wouldn’t anticipate gaining all that much from the up firers but my question is…would my system more broadly benefit from using the ATMOS codec as compared to the older ones I’m limited to at the moment?
To put this another way, if we put aside the up firing speakers does an ATMOS mix sound better than a 5.1 mix through an otherwise like for like system? The theory seems to be that the transitions between speakers is smoother through the object based ATMOS codec which leads me to believe there would be a performance benefit beyond just the addition of height channels, but perhaps the reality is not so clear?
If anyone has any real world experience regarding this I’d love to hear your thoughts, thanks!