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Atmos: Non Ceiling Speakers

  I visit the HT Forum infrequently but I have never seen an Atmos discussion.  Pardon me if I am covering well tread ground here...
   Manufacturers such as KEF and PSB are now releasing Atmos speakers that are meant to be placed on top of floor standers and aimed at the ceiling.  This eliminates the obvious obstacle of having to cut holes in your ceiling
to mount ceiling speakers.
  Are there any Atmos enthusiasts out there?  Any thoughts or experience with speakers such as these?
mahler123
lezdam
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ATMOS execution could never be recreated without ceiling speakers.ignore such manufacture tomfoolery.

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mitch4t
1,602 posts
 
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I guess if they figured if they could get away with selling the "soundbar", concocting something like an up-firing speaker could fool the public into thinking they could do ATMOS without a true ceiling speaker.

Build it and they will buy it.
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coli
291 posts
 
You can find some interesting discussions on gearslutz from the people producing the atmos content. Summary is height/ceiling speakers are not that useful. They can create some special effects like the PA announcement in malls.
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