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No doubt man. It's a rats nest in there!

How about it? Man Made Climate Change is real as is the science behind. The only deniers are typically big Oil and Fox News.

Tuan 26-30 dB is a normal gain for an amplifer, not a preamp. I did measure the preamp gain and it's in the report here: Marantz PM-11S3 Integrated Amplifier Measurements and Analysis | Audioholics

Check out our video interview discussing how we measure and review loudspeakers. Audioholics Loudspeaker Measurement & Reviewing Process

Front/back mid wall for a rectangular room is a great choice. Now just level match and bass manage your speakers/subs and you should be good to go. welcome to the forum!

Sub crawl is optimized for a single seat only. Dual subs help to get better bass for all seats if properly placed. Stacking 2 subs doesn't help for multiple seats as it acts as a single sub but plays louder. There are some great placement and setup guidelines in this article for dual subs...

Please show some images of the speakers and your room. Thanks.

It's sad really but these guys really believe the "science" they preach. I'm finding some of this in loudspeakers with some companies that claim "science" too. I think Hugo and I will do a video on some "science" of loudspeakers next :)

Yes, let me fix that. Thanks.

Yep that looks about right. I did a more detailed review and measurements on the BD-1000s and found some issues: Pinnacle Black Diamond BD 1000 Tower Loudspeaker System Review | Audioholics

Hi Andrew. I think I dug it off Google or our Facebook page. LOL. Can you offer some Atmos insights? Is it true manufacturers are looking at producing an Atmos Soundbar and/or a stackable Atmos speaker to go on top of the main channels? Would love some feedback here.

You make good points but from what I've heard. If more channels weren't the focus than why do Atmos theaters have 64 channels and why is Dolby pushing to add height channels to an already crammed 5.1/7.1 setup? the plans for Atmos do recommend at least 7 and up to 11 channels in a home...

Agreed with everything you said. Let's get 5.1 right before moving on to XX.1. Most homes I visit have very poor speaker placement, bad or no calibration, and very dynamically limited speakers. I also prefer monopole surrounds towards the back of the room in a 5.1 layout but I favor music...

No, as I noted in my article, Blu-ray is limited to 8 discrete channels. They will have to either matrix the extra channels or use some sort of compressive algorithm which I'm not sure would be compatible with existing Blu-ray players.

I heard about rumors of Atmos Soundbars on the way too. No joke!

adding more speakers in a market that is constantly looking for a less speaker solution.

200 watts @ 8 ohms is 40Vrms. 40/1.43 = 27.97 20*log (27.97) = 28.9dB or 29dB, sounds about right to me.

The Yamaha spec is not at clipping. I measured the RX-A1010 which is a lower model than the 2010 and it did over 2.8Vrms unclipped. After years of bugging Yamaha they've finally increased the output drive of the preamp sections of their latest Aventage receivers. Score one Audioholics ;)...

Actually Steve plagiarized my video to write the article per my instruction ;)

That is a great approach assuming you pick an AV receiver that can do a clean output unclipped before the preamp itself clips. Some of the lower end AVR's clip at > 1V. It's always good to check this.