LeDragon
Novice Member
Good evening new friends, I hope you're all keeping well during the lockdown!
My father and I both are big fans of home cinema and it was always his dream to have a great setup at home to enjoy the movies that we like. For his birthday a few years ago I got him an Optoma GT5000+ UST projector, alongside an Elite Screens projector screen and that was a huge upgrade from our Sony Bravia 1080p TV. I will eventually upgrade to 4K but our first priority is sound as we currently have a 7.1 setup which we have had for quite a long time. I want to upgrade to a 7.1.4 ATMOS setup and need buying advice on a AV Receiver and two small surround speakers that hopefully, match well with our existing speakers.
Current Setup
Pioneer SC-LX82 (AV Amplifier)
B&W 600 HTM61 (Front Center)
B&W 683 S2 (Front Surround)
B&W PV1 Subwoofer
B&W DS3 Dipole Speakers (Side Surround) - We plan to use these as ATMOS speakers, so will need to buy new, small, side surround speakers.
B&W 685 S2 (Rear Speakers)
Self built HTPC for BluRays and Home Media Backup
NVIDIA Shield TV Pro (2017, upgraded with an SSD)
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 (For FLACS, Spotify)
I thought it was as simple as finding a receiver with as many channels as I need (7.1.4), so I was looking at the Denon 6500. I have since learned that this wouldn't work as it isn't powerful enough for the front speakers. I understand that an amplifier can be added to solve this issue - is there a way to use our existing AV Amplifier to do this or do I need something completely different?
Any advice that you guys can offer on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
My father and I both are big fans of home cinema and it was always his dream to have a great setup at home to enjoy the movies that we like. For his birthday a few years ago I got him an Optoma GT5000+ UST projector, alongside an Elite Screens projector screen and that was a huge upgrade from our Sony Bravia 1080p TV. I will eventually upgrade to 4K but our first priority is sound as we currently have a 7.1 setup which we have had for quite a long time. I want to upgrade to a 7.1.4 ATMOS setup and need buying advice on a AV Receiver and two small surround speakers that hopefully, match well with our existing speakers.
Current Setup
Pioneer SC-LX82 (AV Amplifier)
B&W 600 HTM61 (Front Center)
B&W 683 S2 (Front Surround)
B&W PV1 Subwoofer
B&W DS3 Dipole Speakers (Side Surround) - We plan to use these as ATMOS speakers, so will need to buy new, small, side surround speakers.
B&W 685 S2 (Rear Speakers)
Self built HTPC for BluRays and Home Media Backup
NVIDIA Shield TV Pro (2017, upgraded with an SSD)
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6 (For FLACS, Spotify)
I thought it was as simple as finding a receiver with as many channels as I need (7.1.4), so I was looking at the Denon 6500. I have since learned that this wouldn't work as it isn't powerful enough for the front speakers. I understand that an amplifier can be added to solve this issue - is there a way to use our existing AV Amplifier to do this or do I need something completely different?
Any advice that you guys can offer on this matter would be greatly appreciated!