Hello everyone,
I've slowly been collecting a 7.2.4 speaker system (I might have to use 5.2.4 but that's another story) and I now need some help with what I should be purchasing to complete everything. Currently I have the 7 speakers with the
RS263 x2 (Used $540 for pair) ,
RS162 x4 ($150 per pair), and
RC263 ($150) so now I'm looking what to do for the atmos speakers and what I should do concerning the subwoofers.
Starting with the subwoofers, there is the
R12 which I believe will be going on sale for similar pricing come black friday and the R10 has been on sale multiple times already. I think the R12 is my best option but I haven't found any valuable reviews concerning them except for what's on the harman website. I purchased the rest of the Infinity Reference line because I have heard nothing but great things concerning the standing, center, and bookshelf speakers with them being described as serious audiophile speakers with a fairly neutral sound even at list price that rivals Revel speakers, but they do lack the bass response for a proper home theater sound. Anyways, I'm wondering what would be my best move for subwoofer because I don't think a subwoofer from another line would be able to affect the rest of the speakers' sound because they don't really operate on the same frequency much. Am I wrong in this thinking and what would be a good non-matching subwoofer to buy instead of the R12s or R10s?
As for the atmos speakers, I've read that ceiling mounted speakers are superior to those upward angled speakers you put on tower or bookshelf speakers. My problem comes in the R162 being fairly large and probably not realistic for doing a ceiling mount well. There are the
R152s which are smaller and might be a good solution to make sure the speakers match tonally and what not, but if there's atmos attachment that would fit my speakers I'd be down to try that as well. I cannot do in ceiling speakers unfortunately as I rent and that would be way too much work to do without proper access to the ceiling from a ceiling (two story apartment). Maybe there's something that can be done with the
RS152 (?) as well since they do have mounting holes that I could use, but I'm not sure how I would do it. I've got a 8 ft ceiling that I'm dealing with. Can I just mount some bookshelf speakers very high on the wall for Atmos or do they need to be mounted to the ceiling? Mounting the R152s up high on the wall would be the most preferable if it'll work, but I could probably swing mounting them to some joists in the ceiling or something if needed too. If there's a good upward firing speaker I could put on top of my towers and bookshelves then that would be fine as well, but I'll eventually want to go to dedicated speakers when I'm able to properly build a home theater room.
What are ya'll's thoughts here?