Jonzey
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Hi
So I've had a 5.1 set-up in many guises for nearly 30 years but I recently pushed it to 7.1.4 when I picked up a new Arcam AVR390. I already had the Proac Hexa satellites for my rears so it was an easy ask. However I'd now like to go full Atmos (utilising my old AVR200 to run the Atmos speakers)
I'm no novice to HT and I'm aware of the Dolby set-up spec but I also know every day is a school day so I was hoping for some advice regarding speaker placement in my environment.
Here's my spec and room layout:
Arcam AVR-390 (using my old avr200 for atmos channels)
L/R: Proac studio 125
C: Spendor c5e
S: Triangle Borea surrounds (old model)
RS: Proac hexa satellite
Sub: Monitor Audio ASW
The room is approx 4m x 3.5m.
It's about 2.5m from LCR to my MLP and 1.5m to my RS
The room has a bay window with a dropped recess ceiling which makes it all a bit trickier.
I have a single set of CA minx min 21 as a start of a potential 7.1.2 set-up. I am also looking at potentially mounting Monitor Audio Radius 90 instead.
Ideally I'd like to go 7.1.4 but I'm not sure my MLP and room layout will facilitate this. It is a stop gap as I'm (finally) planning on building a dedicated studio/HT in the next year or so. For this reason I'm mounting speakers on the ceiling.
Essentially long story short I want to know if I should stick with the idea of two ceiling speakers and mount my Minx a couple of feet in front of my MLP and just enjoy it for what it is or try and squeeze four in there? I'm conscious of muddying the separation by trying to get the rear atmos behind and in front of my MLP and ruining the sound by shoving too much in a small space too close together
I only really want to do this once as the ceiling's plasterboard is a bit fragile and I can't access the recess above as we've boarded up there (hindsight's 20/20 eh?)
Photos of the room are attached. (I thought all brown was the best way to go to control light 12 years ago haha)
I know it's not the ideal set-up but I'm a TV/film editor and it's also my office so it is what it is
Thanks in advance
So I've had a 5.1 set-up in many guises for nearly 30 years but I recently pushed it to 7.1.4 when I picked up a new Arcam AVR390. I already had the Proac Hexa satellites for my rears so it was an easy ask. However I'd now like to go full Atmos (utilising my old AVR200 to run the Atmos speakers)
I'm no novice to HT and I'm aware of the Dolby set-up spec but I also know every day is a school day so I was hoping for some advice regarding speaker placement in my environment.
Here's my spec and room layout:
Arcam AVR-390 (using my old avr200 for atmos channels)
L/R: Proac studio 125
C: Spendor c5e
S: Triangle Borea surrounds (old model)
RS: Proac hexa satellite
Sub: Monitor Audio ASW
The room is approx 4m x 3.5m.
It's about 2.5m from LCR to my MLP and 1.5m to my RS
The room has a bay window with a dropped recess ceiling which makes it all a bit trickier.
I have a single set of CA minx min 21 as a start of a potential 7.1.2 set-up. I am also looking at potentially mounting Monitor Audio Radius 90 instead.
Ideally I'd like to go 7.1.4 but I'm not sure my MLP and room layout will facilitate this. It is a stop gap as I'm (finally) planning on building a dedicated studio/HT in the next year or so. For this reason I'm mounting speakers on the ceiling.
Essentially long story short I want to know if I should stick with the idea of two ceiling speakers and mount my Minx a couple of feet in front of my MLP and just enjoy it for what it is or try and squeeze four in there? I'm conscious of muddying the separation by trying to get the rear atmos behind and in front of my MLP and ruining the sound by shoving too much in a small space too close together
I only really want to do this once as the ceiling's plasterboard is a bit fragile and I can't access the recess above as we've boarded up there (hindsight's 20/20 eh?)
Photos of the room are attached. (I thought all brown was the best way to go to control light 12 years ago haha)
I know it's not the ideal set-up but I'm a TV/film editor and it's also my office so it is what it is
Thanks in advance
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