Hello, I've been watching videos and researching what to do with my ten year old 5.1 system to get into the Atmos and Auro 3d realm. I've already upgraded my base 5.1 speakers (Sony SSF7000 towers/Onkyo HTIB everywhere else to Klipsch) and projector (Epson 8350 to 6050) and now I'm trying to understand the placement of the height and ceiling speakers to get both formats. My main question for this post is do I need to have specific speakers placed for atmos and then another set for auro or could I do both with ceiling speakers? This leads me to what receiver (Denon 8500) or processor/amp (16 channel) setup I'll need to budget for and get.
If I can just do ceiling I'm needing help if I should do 6 overhead or front wides with 4 overhead. I have easy access to the attic. The difficulty I'm seeing is doing two rows of seating due to the width of the room and worrying about only having 4 speakers overhead. A recent audioholic video I watched mentioned that the front wides were more noticeable than 6 ceiling with how we focus our hearing more towards in front of us.
Am I thinking too much about this??? Thanks for your help.
Espon 6050UB
Front L/R: Klipsch RP-8000F
Center: Klipsch RP-504C
Surround L/R: Klipsch RP-600M
Subwoofers: HSU VTF-3 MK5 (x2)
TBD ???
Sur L/R Klipsch PRO-160RPW x2
LW/RW Klipsch PRO-160RPW x2
Height Center RP-500SA
6 Atmos Klipsch PRO-160RPC
4 Atmos Klipsch PRO-160RPC
Understand the sub placement is not ideal, will eventually either move one to the back or get two more subs for next to the entrance.
Right now I have this setup with an Onkyo TX-SR876 with a dead hdmi board after one repair.