It might become audible, maybe even bothersome to some but I would still consider it to be largely a non-issue. In the case of quad simply by moving the rear speakers more to the sides there is no real cogging effect that I notice.
I have an all Martin-Logan electrostatic 7.1 system, but auditioning the very expensive M-L ceiling speaker options left me unimpressed. I ended up getting 4 Micca M-8C round ceiling speakers with concentric moveable tweeters and have never regretted it. Upgrading to 7.1.4 was probably the most impactful upgrade I've made to my system in a very long time. The Micca's actually sound pretty good on their own and I've never had any issues with "blending" the ceiling speakers with the rest of the system.
Down the street? More like 50 miles away. Two of our three remaining theaters are drive-in. The sound comes in on FM radio. The third barely has stereo. We used to have a large number of audio dealers. They all went out of business."I agree with Sonic, go to an Atmos equipped movie theatre or as HomerJAU suggested find a QQ member close to you with an Atmos setup. I would think that you should be able to find a dealer that is willing to at least demonstrate a sound bar!" This cracked me up... everything's just down the street..
Well then. Quit bitching about what everyone else has. We can only do so much for you in suggestions.
I did the bass traps first with some wall absorption mostly from GIK too. I added some absorber/diffusors later on the back wall and in the front top corners. The big pic with the mic and speaker I did myself and had it printed on canvas. It's got two 2' x 4' 4" panels mounted in a frame with the canvas stretched over it. The cloud is basically the same thing with no canvas. It really did make a nice addition and I'm not gonna lie, I also did it because it looks cool.
Awesome, I did same with GIK, my wall side absorbers are pictures on canvas, I just used what they had to offer, kind of a custom California landscapes. Except I did one beach and a coconut tree
, my wife said why the heck did you do that, I said I like Hawaii.
Right, of course the processor (AVR) handles that... but my point is how are these variances calculated. I absolutely can say that a phantom center channel sounds very different than an actual center channel as an example. Likewise, I really wouldn't want the processor to send the LFE to all floor channels. Finally, all of this is going to sound very different based on the actual Atmos mix created, typically either 7.1.4 or 9.1.6. Just my two cents.
