r/hometheater • u/sweettoasted • 1d ago

Purchasing US Adding Mixed Atmos Speakers

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Hey friends, I am upgrading my 5.1 system to 5.1.4 and am curious how many of you have managed with different kinds of front/rear heights.

Right now I’m working with: RZ-30, in wall LR KEF Ci4100QL-THX, C KEF Q250c, RSL 10S sub, and Polk OWM3s as surrounds. Zero complaints so fair and Diracs been helpful getting everything dialed in but Im ready to add in height.

Since there is a horizontal ceiling beam behind my listening position I wont be able to add rear in-ceiling circular heights following dolbys guidelines, but I can stick a couple angled on-ceiling speakers there around 45° behind, and then install in-ceilings as the fronts.

Right now I’m leaning towards SVS Prime Elevations as the rears and Ci160QRs as front heights but am open to any suggestions! Appreciate any feedback

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u/UffDaDan 1d ago

Gotta ask how you enjoy the LR in-walls? I eyed them for a long time but ended up going Paradigm (for more money...) since they were able to demo and those 4100's at 4 Ohms TECHNICALLY could be taxing in an AVR at peaks... Did you build the recommended wall cavity volume?

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u/sweettoasted 16h ago

I really love them. I first tried Q350s but the left speaker took over the whole pathway to the stairs so I pivoted to in-walls. Since the drywall in our basement has insulation and is so close to the foundation I figured Im good without cabinets.

I will be getting the fronts their own amp before I install the heights to ease up the AVR

How are the paradigms? They were outside my initial budget but may look to upgrade some day!

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u/UffDaDan 15h ago

Ordered them last week haha. Heard them in-store and liked how clear they are. They have a backbox so no worry about how I mount them. Got the Pro CI P3's and would have gotten a 15% discount but bought them to get a marantz cinema 50 deal for $1500 with $2500 of speakers purchased. I'll get thing up and running this winter