Hi guys
Just moved into the new house and now need to choose a new AV setup for the living room.
I currently have Pioneer VSX LX303 with 5.1 Yamaha speaker set. Originally was thinking about the new set of speakers but my living room is an open space and there is no easy way to lead the cables to connect the satellites. Also, I would like to extend the speakers to include atmos but won't be able to place them in the ceiling so it's only the case of the up-firing ones at the moment. I’ve started digging around and Bluetooth sounds bars caught my attention. Especially Samsung Q950A which sounds like a reasonable alternative to avoid cable mess and it also supports atmos with its up-firing speakers. Since I need to buy a new tv anyway I can get one from Samsung so it supports Q-Symphony and it should all work together well.
The additional advantage of the soundbar would be the fact that I don’t need to worry about the proper place for front speakers and simply mount the soundbar below my TV. With the plan I have for the media wall it will be difficult to place floor-standing towers.
Setup will be for movies only as I use Sonos hooked up to Spotify for music anyway.
I've attached layout of my living room. As you can see one side is completely open which definitely don’t help the acoustics. Not sure what would perform better in this layout. Proper AV will always give better results but I’m no audiophile and I won't hear the difference. Also looking around if I want proper speakers setup with atmos then it will come much more than, hugely overpriced Q950A anyway.
Or am I missing a better solution out there?
Any suggestions welcome
thanks
Just moved into the new house and now need to choose a new AV setup for the living room.
I currently have Pioneer VSX LX303 with 5.1 Yamaha speaker set. Originally was thinking about the new set of speakers but my living room is an open space and there is no easy way to lead the cables to connect the satellites. Also, I would like to extend the speakers to include atmos but won't be able to place them in the ceiling so it's only the case of the up-firing ones at the moment. I’ve started digging around and Bluetooth sounds bars caught my attention. Especially Samsung Q950A which sounds like a reasonable alternative to avoid cable mess and it also supports atmos with its up-firing speakers. Since I need to buy a new tv anyway I can get one from Samsung so it supports Q-Symphony and it should all work together well.
The additional advantage of the soundbar would be the fact that I don’t need to worry about the proper place for front speakers and simply mount the soundbar below my TV. With the plan I have for the media wall it will be difficult to place floor-standing towers.
Setup will be for movies only as I use Sonos hooked up to Spotify for music anyway.
I've attached layout of my living room. As you can see one side is completely open which definitely don’t help the acoustics. Not sure what would perform better in this layout. Proper AV will always give better results but I’m no audiophile and I won't hear the difference. Also looking around if I want proper speakers setup with atmos then it will come much more than, hugely overpriced Q950A anyway.
Or am I missing a better solution out there?
Any suggestions welcome
thanks
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