Yea it's pretty obvious that the right side of the couch has noticibly less bass than the left side.Īngling the sub differently has a decent impact on this, I was hoping that by sealing the room I could even it out a little more. This way they wouldn´t be 4 - 4,5m away.ĭid you buy the 3-way HTM 61 S2 after we talked in some other thread with couple members? How does it sound after the smaller one? You could also consider mounting them high up on side walls one pair slightly ahead of listeners and 2nd pair behind listeners. How accurate the room sim is in this case i don´t know. There was huge drop in the chest slam region if you sitting middle width wise. Would be intresting can you hear difference if you watch few flicks sitting more toward right vs. I think SVS main site has 5 pages of owner reviews for them. You are sitting fairly far away from them though. Altecos are fairly compact sized which might be requirement? If not and you would want something slightly better performing then perhaps consider the larger SVS Prime Elevations. has been quite vokal about them and you can ask any questions from him. Dali is well known from wide dispersion and not requiring toe in.
The Altecos have great feedback when used as heights.
I would do this as last thing though as i don´t believe it makes night and day difference, but seeing you have the big front three with 6,5" drivers and the massive subwoofer then yeah no compromises! If you can get them used for low cost and then sell 686 for decent money then why not.
Surround speakers are very close to listeners now, 685s have fuller sound as mains at least and are easier to drive due to higher sensitivity and also higher power handling. Maybe he can say few words why he went with that route over Atmos and perhaps show the speaker configuration with height channels (you can also send PM him). How accurate the room sim is in this case i don´t know, but just something you might find is most vocal Auro 3D / Auro Upmixer man at AVF. The room sim showed with the current MLP and sub location that you should sit left side of the couch as possible. Had a quick look of REWs room sim, while your room has the little odd shape at left, but otherwise is fairly normal.
Is there a different upgrade path alltogether that I'm missing?.My wife prefers all speaker stereo to just stereo when she listens to music, since B&W doesn't sell height speakers (and regular bookshelves aren't an option for my room) would these be detrimental to the sound signature, or do I have some way to turn these off when listening to all speaker stereo?.Does the quality of atmos speakers matter much? I can basically get 4 atmos speakers for 600€ by getting the Dali Alteco C1's while something like the KEF Q50A or Klipsch RP500 cost 600€ a pair.Is Auro 3D something I need to worry about?.Does upgrading the rears to the the bigger B&W 685's make sense for surrounds?.Are these upgrades worth it, considering the room and that most of the content will still be from streaming?.This raises the following questions for me: Upgrading the receiver to a Denon X3700/X4700 Or an Onkyo TX-RZ50/Integra/Pioneer equivalent.Adding 4 atmos height channels (as shown in the layout, in-ceiling isn't an option).Adding a door to seal the room, should improve the bass I believe.Room size is above 4000 cubit feet(without counting the open door), which is why I opted for the single sub, as dual anything below that are never going to pressurize that room.Ī second sub isn't an option at the moment. Main use would be movies, with a mix between 4k disks and streaming services (30%/70%) I've been given a budget to do some changes to my home cinema setup.