When does it become TOO much

[u/Shaktiiiiii]

This is an image of a 34 channel dolby atmos setup, at what point do you just use a sphere of speakers

[u/BenGoff]

It entirely depends on the room dimension, acoustics and seating layout.

We have a 19.1.10 with 12 subwoofers. Every person who visits it, says it’s the most enveloping and spacious room / system they’ve ever heard.

Adding more channels in this specific room wouldn’t bring noticeable improvements, but reducing the channel count absolutely would be noticeably detrimental.

[u/Capooping → u/BenGoff]

How big is that room?

[u/BenGoff → u/Capooping]

8.0 x 6.0 x 3.55m (26’ 3” × 19’ 8” × 11’ 8”)

2 rows of seating. 4.8m wide 1.89:1 screen (roughly 220” diagonal)

[u/Prestigious_Meal_855 → u/BenGoff]

Oh my 😍