Moderators Youthman Posted July 9, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) @Wakejunkie asked me this today I'm thinking about building a box that fits flush between the floor joist for the Heresy speakers. I just saw that my receiver supports Atmos. Heresy overhead Atmos speakers should be pretty sweet. Your thoughts? I know zero about Atmos so I thought I would ask the community. I realize that if you are wanting to use a speaker to bounce sound off of your ceiling for atmos, that requires specific type speakers but what if you are mounting them in the ceiling? Could Heresy's be used as in-ceiling Atmos speakers? In the pics below, you can see some of the floor joists in the ceiling of his Basement HT. Edited July 9, 2016 by Youthman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 (edited) I'm sure it's possible but it's quite the overkill solution plus dispersion would be all jacked up. If you want a pro style Atmos speaker, look at the Volt coaxials from the DIY sound group and be done with it. Would save a stupid amount of money and most likely sound better. Heresy's are cool but I dunno about stuffing them in a ceiling. Edited July 9, 2016 by MetropolisLakeOutfitters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted July 9, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted July 9, 2016 I think Shaun is looking for a free option since he just replaced his Heresy's with LaScalas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakeJunkie Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I have 4 height channels available. I may be better off selling my Heresey II's and getting 4 of something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Pretty dang damn darned good looking room. Lars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twk123 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I saw this story for distributed mode speakers in a parts express catalogue a while back and it looks like it would be good for an atmos application. It wont have the dynamics of a horn loaded speaker but it makes up for it in non-localization and omni-directional dispersion which is most important for atmos ceiling channels. http://www.parts-express.com/ssv2_pg28_building-a-simple-2x2-distributed-mode-loudspeaker Its pretty much hard insulation coupled to an exciter which could be easily blended into the ceiling. I have heard some people talk about using these as surrounds to great effect but you will probably be the first to do them in atmos. They are cheap to build as well so you cant really go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 If you wanna stay Klipsch and want big sound I'd look into the kpt-8000's. If I ever go atmos those will be what I will get. Otherwise volts as mentioned above are a great candidate. I have volt 6 for surrounds in my living room upstairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted July 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted July 10, 2016 There are 4 pair of KPT-8001's on Ebay. Here's just one pair - Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 His ceilings are pretty high. I would go for it. Yes it would be overkill, but Shawn is the King of overkill. Just look at that room! Atmos wants wide dispersion. They want 90x90 or even 120x120 horns, etc... Better yet, bounce the sound from low so the dispersion is that much better. But I say, why the heck not? Other than the obvious reason that somebody has to sit under a Heresy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holt Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Put the Hersheys up front and mount the rf-7s to the celing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted July 10, 2016 Author Moderators Share Posted July 10, 2016 I'm afraid that would be a downgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Put the Hersheys up front and mount the rf-7s to the celing LOL. Unless he would rather turn the Lascalas into ceiling speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakeJunkie Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Stupid question deleted Edited July 10, 2016 by WakeJunkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecraze Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 There are 4 pair of KPT-8001's on Ebay. Here's just one pair - Link Small world - I bought that pair (and another pair from the same seller) earlier this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 There are 4 pair of KPT-8001's on Ebay. Here's just one pair - Link Small world - I bought that pair (and another pair from the same seller) earlier this afternoon. curious what you are using for mains since your running cinema surrounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Atmos wants wide dispersion. They want 90x90 or even 120x120 horns, etc... Better yet, bounce the sound from low so the dispersion is that much better. But I say, why the heck not? Other than the obvious reason that somebody has to sit under a Heresy. The biggest problem is that two Atmos channels isn't all that great, such as 5/7.1.2. Really need to go for 4 channel Atmos if possible if you want to do it right. At that point, vertical dispersion of the horns on the Heresy comes into play, not just horizontal. You've got maybe 40 degrees to play with there which is a bit narrow for overheads that are out in front of you. Plus, well, you'd have nearly 200 pounds worth of Heresy's in the ceiling. If you go with only two of them and put them on top of you, that tweeter on the Heresy is probably going to be pretty piercing/bright/aggressive. The other theoretical issue is that the voicing of the Heresy is not going to match the mains much at all. How much this matters is debatable but ideally you'd match the ceiling and surrounds as much as possible so that panning through the objects in the mix is seamless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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