I'm new to this forum but not new to custom building theaters and was hoping to leverage the 'wisdom' of the community in help to come to some decisions I've been debating around a my next theater using Klipsch speakers...
I'm looking to build a new home theater (unfinished basement). My construction and spacing requirements will require in wall and in-ceiling speakers and want to create a very engaging surround experience using Dolby Atmos configuration.
My gear selections so far are:
- Onkyo NR3030 receiver (supporting 11.2 or 7.2.4 speaker configurations)
- Sony 4K projector (model TBD)
- Elite Screens Lunette 2 16x9 150" Curved Acoustically Transparent 4K 3D screen
- Klipsch Reference series in-wall and in-ceiling speakers (models TBD)
- klipsch Reference series Subwoofer(s) (TBD; in-wall vs. free-standing, possibly 2)
The basement area will be a semi-dedicated room with couch or lounge style seating and the room is relatively large, roughly 18' x 28'. However the actual room size has not been determined based on how I decide to finish the space.
1. I'm trying to decide on the sub or subs, in-wall vs. free standing (I'm OK to have the subs exposed or possible hidden behind a fake wall with grills, vs. using the actual in-wall subs. I'd like to know if anyone has experience with the RW-5802-II speaker and associated RSA-500 AMP. I was thinking:
a. if I went in-wall I would use one RSA-500 driving two RW-5802 speakers
b. or go with two R-115SW sub-woofers (the Onkyo can support 2 discrete LFE outputs)
2. Then I would like to decide on the wall and ceiling speakers. My thinking was using a similar sized set of speaker for the front (3) channels; the surround channels, and the height channels (Dolby Atmos). Given that I will have either 2 in-wall or possible 2 free-standing subs was trying to keep all the sound and surround channel speakers as close to similar as I thought possible. Here is my proposed configuration:
For the {L}eft, {C}enter, {R}ight channels: R-5502-W II in-wall speakers placed behind the acoustically transparent screen For the surround channels, {L}eft Surround, {R} Surround, {L}eft-back Surround, {R}ight-back Surround: R-5650-S II in-wall speakers For the ceiling ATMOS configuration a set of front high and rear high speakers, {L}eft-High Front, {R}ight-High Front, {L}eft-High Back, {R}ight-High Back: CDT-5650-C II in-ceiling speakers
For the L&R channels I was debating between going with the 8" R-5800-W II for the left and right channels and using the R-5502-W II for the center but decided to keep these 3 as close to similar as possible given that more mid-range was probably the focus for these and the subs would handle the low-end.
Similar thinking I decided to use the 5650-S II for all the surround channels as then I can use them sort of like dipole speakers and have the sound diffused around the listening area.
And lastly, if I'm choosing a 6.5" style speaker for most of the surround channels then I thought to use a similar footprint for the ceiling ATMOS channels with the CDT-5650C II vs. the larger CDT-5800C II.
Would appreciate any experience of advise on the above. Sorry for the long post (initial) but I thought I would provide the thinking (thus far) and a desired configuration to provide comments on...
Many thanks....