Dolby Surround and Dolby Enabled speakers force processing in main left and right speakers?

[m. zillch]

 

[highfigh]

The manufacturer of the first set of speakers would be happy if the consumer buys additional speakers. With any luck the new set might be from them too.

What part of my post do you not understand? I meant that if they leave, there's no guarantee that they'll come back to the store or brand?

 

[m. zillch]

"Conclusion

It’s interesting to hear the opinions about Atmos Elevation speakers from the various industry experts briefly interviewed herein. What seems apparent is that Atmos Elevation speakers aren’t designed to deliver precise sound reflected from the ceiling back to the listener as much as they are designed to deliver virtual height to increase the vertical soundstage of the experience. When dealing with Atmos Elevation speakers vs. conventional ceiling mounted alternatives, the former are relying on mostly high frequency bouncing to create the illusion of height and the success of this depends largely on ceiling height, ceiling material, speaker placement and how each individual perceives the HRTF processing.


If your goal is to stay true to the source or director’s intention, then you most likely will want to put a little more effort into mounting ceiling speakers. "

- Gene DellaSala

 

[Mike Up]

Ok, took my Atmos Dolby Enabled up-firing speakers out a long time ago back in February. I recently started playing around with it again, without the speakers. Once again, it's flipping the polarity of the center channel speaker when set for up-firing speakers with crossover above 100Hz.

Now the front sound stage degradation seems to be coming from ABC Chicago news but not NBC Chicago. I believe CBS Chicago news was also doing it but can't remember. Therefore, I'm thinking that a mono signal of the voices is duplicated in the front channels which pulls the voices up and to the left from my seating position. NBC Chicago does not do this. This is added DSP manipulation of the signal by the Dolby Processing for these Up-firing speakers. So I'm not using those anymore for sure. I'll just sell those speakers.

What I am going to do now is use some Polk TL1 speakers, same as I have for surround speakers, for Atmos Front Height speakers. I will put them up to my ceiling, on my front wall and aim them down toward the listening position. While not giving overhead Atmos, I should get a taller sound field. I didn't do this from the start as my ceiling is not high enough, nor is my listening position close enough, to get the recommended 30 degree angle from the speaker. After doing a lot of research, even with a lesser degree angle, using front height speakers is the way to go over nothing and even over Atmos Dolby Enabled Up-firing speakers. I thought I would get better from the up-firing speakers and why I went with them initially.

When I have installed the Atmos Front Height Speakers, I will report back with the findings but will likely leave these up even if it's not great as installing them will be a pain and then I'll have wall mounts installed that I don't want to take off leaving behind screw holes.