quadrifonico
Senior Member
Well my curiosity strikes again I wanna hear your opinions people! When it comes to Atmos, movies or strictly music, what's your preference? I'll start with mine: I like 5.1.4 or 5.1.2, the first with 4 ON ceiling speakers, the second with 2 upfiring modules. Why? 4 proper heights shows you how the engineer made the mix, you can direct them directly where you're sitting, and you can of course get the best speakers you can, in movies you hear the action (like a thunder) really above your head, and if a chopper is there you will understand where it's headed. Downsides are that you need more cables... And sometimes you hear that certain speaker playing, I mean sometimes the imaging gets a bit spoilt.
On the other hand 2 upfiring modules on top of your front speakers are easier to install and provide you with that particular feeling of a NON directional sound, personally in some cases I even prefer those to real over head channels; though I usually don't hear the sounds come from the ceiling, I hear them coming from "nowhere", of course they sound thinner than ON or IN ceiling units. And then your rear surrounds will play what the rear Atmos should, since your amplifier will down fold... And so on.
This might seem a obvious topic, but I'm sure anyone of you has a personal preference (anybody using headphones ? )
On the other hand 2 upfiring modules on top of your front speakers are easier to install and provide you with that particular feeling of a NON directional sound, personally in some cases I even prefer those to real over head channels; though I usually don't hear the sounds come from the ceiling, I hear them coming from "nowhere", of course they sound thinner than ON or IN ceiling units. And then your rear surrounds will play what the rear Atmos should, since your amplifier will down fold... And so on.
This might seem a obvious topic, but I'm sure anyone of you has a personal preference (anybody using headphones ? )