Advice Pioneer Elite Atmos

[Mel Viney]

So I am making a big purchase of home audio equipment to match my 75" Sony 4K. Any help would be appreciated. I am set on my speakers 5.1.4 Pioneer Elite. Here is what I am purchasing. If anyone has suggestions on a blueray or another receiver please post, if u think I am on the right track list that too.
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[XEagleDriver]

Mel,
Welcome to the forum.
To be blunt, I think you are NOT on "the right track", unless you have an inside track to a large discount on Pioneer gear.
- Providing the basics on the room size (HxWxL), room features (large openings, windows, etc.), and primary uses (%movies, %music, %TV, etc.) will foster more and better suggestions.

FWIW here are my thoughts on your plan (several links provided):
1) IMHO an ATMOS implementation using top firing ATMOS speakers on towers or bookshelves is suspect and involves too many angular compromises.
- The reason is this implementation is dependent on the geometry and reflective properties of the ceiling, doubles the length the sound has to travel to reach the ear, and does not place the ATMOS speakers in the best locations in order to give a from-above immersive sound field.

2) The associated SW-E10 sub appears to be ~$600 for a 10" sealed, 300W RMS, subwoofer--you can purchase a much better sub from SVS, HSU, or Rythmik, to name just a few.
- There is no advantage of "matching" sub manufacturer to speaker manufacturer, and in most cases a large price point disadvantage to doing so.

3) Monster Cable is typically way overpriced and does not improve the SQ.
- Check out Monoprice as just one example of a place to get good performing cables at a low price.

Cheers,
XEagleDriver

 

[lovinthehd]

Yeah I'd agree with XEagleDriver to an extent (but especially welcome to the forums). Pioneer avr maybe. If you really like those speakers, fine, but I wouldn't bother with Atmos without speakers installed in the ceiling; their sub no way. Their bluray player seems on the expensive side of things for what it does. I wouldn't bother with the Panamax unit at all. Monster cable if deeply discounted but generally I boycott Monster for their awful marketing practices.

 

[Mel Viney]

Again I am open to suggestions. So let me tell u what I am looking for I. More detail. My room is 12x20. primarily will use this for movies, . This will be to pair with my tv which is a Sony XBR75X940D. I do like the pioneer speakers and I can get the whole speaker package for less than 2k that includes the receiver and sub, so yes I have a in deal, not stuck on the sub an can swap it out. The monster cable was free..... maybe this helps, as far as a BRP again open to suggestions

 

[XEagleDriver]

Again I am open to suggestions. So let me tell u what I am looking for
More detail. My room is 12x20. primarily will use this for movies. This will be to pair with my tv which is a Sony XBR75X940D. I do like the pioneer speakers and I can get the whole speaker package for less than 2k that includes the receiver and sub, so yes I have a in deal, not stuck on the sub an can swap it out. The monster cable was free..... maybe this helps, as far as a BRP again open to suggestions

Mel,
That makes a lot more sense.
Less than $2k for AVR and Pio speaker package plus their sub is a good start to your HT journey and should easily support a 12x20 room for movies.
- You can eventually repurpose the Pio sub to a smaller room when you replace it with a more capable sub from previously suggested companies. (IMHO, the sub is the weakest element of the Pio package).
- Just because the Pio speakers have up-firing ATMOS ability does not mean you have to use that feature. Try them out, continue to use that feature if you like it, don't if you don't.
I suspect you will find better SQ without it, but YMMV.
- At zero cost I would use Monster cable (but similar to lovinthehd, I despise that companies past business practices).

Cheers,
XEagleDriver