Poll: What's your current Atmos speaker layout?

[sjcorne]

Anyway, more recent Steven Wilson Atmos mixes increasingly use Wides.

Yes, pretty much all the recent SW Atmos mixes (including Who's Next, XTC's The Big Express, and Rick Wright's Wet Dream) engage the wide speakers almost exclusively for dry lead vocal - so he's got the vocal on an object positioned between the center speaker and sides.

 

[JediJoker]

Yes, pretty much all the recent SW Atmos mixes (including Who's Next, XTC's The Big Express, and Rick Wright's Wet Dream) engage the wide speakers almost exclusively for dry lead vocal - so he's got the vocal on an object positioned between the center speaker and sides.

In concept, that sounds... Awkward, to me. I guess I'd have to hear it in person to judge it fairly.

 

[sjcorne]

In concept, that sounds... Awkward, to me. I guess I'd have to hear it in person to judge it fairly.

I think it sounds really good - you can still focus on the vocal in the center channel, but there's a greater sense of depth and cohesion. It's a good way to get around that 'singer trapped in a box' disjointed effect that some 5.1 mixes with center-isolated vocals have (The Allman Bros' Idlewild South and ELP's Trilogy are examples of that for me). Plus, it's been standard practice for years (dating back even to Elliot Scheiner's 5.1 mixes from the early-2000s) to leave a bit of dry vocal sound in the back.

 

[DuncanS]

A Queen size bed. lol.

Is that one big enough, to take a drum kit, grand piano, ...........

 

[mandrix]

Is that one big enough, to take a drum kit, grand piano, ...........

But of course.

 

[scooterb]

After making a major life altering move and spending several months changing lifestyles I finally have my HT all setup. Although my room is not as large as the last one it seems to work well and all sound really good. My room is 13.5w x 17' and houses a 7.2.2 Klipsch Atmos setup, small klipsch dub and a Monlith 12" sub. I have attached some pics. As far as my life altering move goes we bought a house on the beach in Panama . Oh here is a short video too from my patio. Spoiled.... yes!

 

[GOS]

bought a house on the beach in Panama

I'm sure that was cheap....

 

[scooterb]

You'd be surprised how inexpensive homes are compared to the US.

 

[Sal1950]

As far as my life altering move goes we bought a house on the beach in Panama

What a beautiful spot, enjoy.
I image that system has some MAJOR muscle!
What is the center channel speaker?

 

[scooterb]

This a custom center I built. It utilizes 2 10" Klipsch Cerematalic woofers, K52 mid and a K77 tweeter. Custom 3 octave crossover and dual 4" rear ports. Beast comes in around 90lbs.

 

[mandrix]

This a custom center I built. It utilizes 2 10" Klipsch Cerematalic woofers, K52 mid and a K77 tweeter. Custom 3 octave crossover and dual 4" rear ports. Beast comes in around 90lbs.

Now that is a big honkin' center. I thought mine was heavy...jeez louise 90 lbs.

 

[mandrix]

BTW I just took off the grill and pulled out one of the pegs. Argggh. Well a little glue will fix it. I had to repeg it a while back and was a tiny bit off with the drill bit.

 

[Sal1950]

This a custom center I built. It utilizes 2 10" Klipsch Cerematalic woofers, K52 mid and a K77 tweeter. Custom 3 octave crossover and dual 4" rear ports. Beast comes in around 90lbs.

Awesome, where there's a will, there's a way.
I was curious as to what was folding in with the La Scala's and Heresys (I think)
I owned a pair of La Scala's for 32 years at my place in Chicago, incredible speakers.
Thanks for the info.

 

[scooterb]

What your seeing are the bottom grills I added. Between the top and bottom grills I think they look pretty cool. The Heresy's are original cane grills. I still need to refinish them.

 

[Rich Graf]

11.4.6 with the Nakamichi Dragon. I installed it in my vacation home because that's the only place that I had the room and because it would be a perfect match with my Vava Ultra Short-Throw Projector for an 130" image on the wall above my 65" TV

 

[chinera123]

Still a work in progress.

 

[ar surround]

Still a work in progress.

There's currently not much in that room besides your A/V gear. I'm happy that you have your priorities straight.

 

[chinera123]

Ha ha.

Yes. My better half has a Samsung HW-Q950A 616-Watt 11.1.4 Channel Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer & Up-Firing Rear Speakers connected to her TV upstairs, so this room is mine.

 

[DrKlahn]

Still a work in progress.

Are these spaces ever NOT a work in progress?

Out of curiosity what speakers are those? At first glance I thought B&W because of the pod on top, but it doesn't look like a model of theirs I'm familiar with.

 

[chinera123]

They are Tannoy DC2s with a Tannoy DCC Center.