I paid Neil a visit today to see a few upgrades since I was last in his theatre probably about a year ago.
As soon as I walked in I could see that the screen was bigger than last time as Neil has made it wider and brought it forward a bit to accommodate his two subs behind the AT screen.
The image now is HUGE
and looks fab although a tad less sharp which I think can be sorted with the addition of a Darbee which I believe Neil is trying to source (anyone out there got one for sale).
I had gone over mainly to hear Neil's new Atmos setup which has been described on here already. I have heard a couple of dealer setups but it is always nice to see how they have worked out in folk's own HT setups.
Neil has done a great job here in putting in the two sets of K4's and by the sound of it positioning of and the MK K4's speakers work very well indeed.
We spent a couple of hours listening and watching a host of Atmos encoded movies including Unbroken/Mad Max/Gravity & also a few non Atmos films to see how good the upmixer was.
The Atmos ecoded films were easily better than standard vanilla DTS MA with regards to the front soundstage and fully enveloping 360 degree seamless sound bubble.
Without Atmos or the upmixer selected the front soundstage almost collapsed to the physical size constraints of the screen but when engaged the whole image became more alive and believable as the soundstage expanded well beyond the screen boundaries, above to the left and right and behind our listening position.
Needless to say I shall be looking to add an Atmos/DTS X enabled receiver in the next few months as this is certainly the future for anyone that wants a more involving film or musical experience as it is a far more immersive event.
Thanks Neil I had a blast and when I get my avr you will have to pop round for a listen.