Now this is the kind of dirty talk and audio equipment porn shots I was hoping for.

 

I ordered the Blu-ray this afternoon.
I need to order the crossover components for my rs2.5 center channel.
I can wire my system for Atmos, temporarily anyways since I normally use my infinitesimals on my computer.
I can wire for 7.1 and I think 9.1

 

Just curious: When setting up, say, a 5.1 or 7.1 where do you hide the cables for the rears and sides.

 

Depends on the room I suppose. Mine was relatively easy as there's walls on either side so they're running along the baseboards, the one place where there is an opening I have them covered with a floor wire cover that matches the wood floor. My speaker cables are a bit beefy so I had to order the larger wire covers but it works fine.

 

Since my room is carpeted, I pulled back the carpet and drilled small holes to chase the wire through.
Once into the basement, I ran the wires across bottom of the floor joists and went back up through the floor.
I did the same for the subwoofer signal input.
If I hang the upper speakers for the 7.1 the wires will just hang down I guess.
Although sort of thinking out loud, most of the vertical wire can hide behind the TV.
If I recall correctly you can also achieve the atmos effect by angle aiming the speakers up at the ceiling and bouncing sound down from there.

of course I should use proper speaker cable.
https://www.thecableco.com/royal-tri...xoCsccQAvD_BwE



Once you get around a 12 ga the curve of diminishing returns hits pretty hard.

 

You can, but you then really need to use time alignment software to make it not sound funny. Atmos should technically be ceiling mounted speakers pointing down. I have the option on my NAD to add front height speakers which I am contemplating, but another $1k+ for a pair of speakers has me reading before just buying. I'll be 9.1 if I add the front height speakers.

 

The relative quality of the peripheral speakers doesn't have to be anywhere near as good.
it also takes a large enough space/room to be able to discern the other channels.

as it is, I'm stuck with my rear channels being to close to the listening positions instead of a few feet behind.

 

Time alignment matters with surround though, especially when you want to go Atmos. Movies that have been produced and processed in surround and/or Atmos won't sound right if the speakers aren't aligned correctly in the equipment, it'll sound goofy.

I had to run the Dirac set up over again when I added side speakers to my set up, it made a difference. If/when I add the other height speakers I'll need to run it again so it all lines up as it should.

 

Automated tools are truly required.

 

Ya know, I'm pretty happy with my 2+1 setup. But I can already see moving the whole rig to the study/guest bedroom and going with something a little sportier in the big front room with the ceiling that rises from 8' at the speakers to around 16' at the opposite wall, most of which (from 8' on down) is open to the dining area. So whatever I get I will be looking for room correction in the preamp.