The speakers I think I want are not on sale anyway. Trying to hold off buying until I know the LV guys are coming so I can stay in the return window if they can't get the wire run.
Thinking of KEF Ci200ER pair, if anyone has opinions. All the other (non-sub) are KEF, not sure that matters, but happy with them.
Crutchfield recommends a "Dynabox". A very expensive piece of rubber in a box shape. Not sure about that, was thinking of just pushing up a piece of batt insulation, paper side down, and forming a tent over it. Again, opinions welcomed.
I think the ci200er will be great! It’s a good design and kef makes very good speakers. You should be very happy.
I used RSL c34e in my system and they are fantastic as well. The only thing nit I have is that they have a soft dome tweeter and the rest of my speakers are not. Not that big a deal.
As far as back boxes, I think it’s a good idea if you can. In my ceiling,I just pushed up the vapor barrier(plastic sheeting) with a slight stretch and it worked fine. However I have seen the batting technique you mentioned. Should work well too.
Interesting take on the upgraded streaming. Something I noticed on my pre Atmos 7.3ch system was that Atmos movies(TMNT was an early one for me) sometimes had much better “movement” through my speakers. Just seemed like panning and channel separation were better. Then after adding four Tops, it was complete. Per usual, not all soundtracks are created equal. Some are meh, and some have tricked me into moving out of the way from thinking I was gonna get hit. I demoed an electronic bands album, and there’s a persistent “sound” running throughout the track. It gave me the feeling of water drops landing on my neck. It was crazy. I don’t expect that from many sources, but man it’s cool sometimes.
