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@thespeakerdude. Where it is going to get complicated is "deciding" where an active speaker ends, and where a room correction system begins.

Amen !  Especially as DSP marches on to even better and better levels of problem solving.  

Brad

@lonemountain ,

It is one area where we think the ATMOS standard / specification is insufficient and lacks the framework for future extensibility, tuning, and features.

ATMOS provides a rough definition for the dispersion pattern of speakers depending on where used, but it is fixed, without consideration of actual pattern, cutoff, dispersion versus frequency, etc.  For an extensible object oriented speaker system, there should be much better ability to define the speakers and eventually the appropriate algorithms to maximize the "experience".   Though ATMOS is object based, those objects are assumed to be fixed in terms of what they are with a fluffy definition.

@thespeakerdude 

It is one area where we think 

You are stepping into an area that borders on fiction. You have NO system any one is aware of, no creds, and now "we"? Is we invisible too? Post a link to your think tank.

ATMOS provides a rough definition for the dispersion pattern of speakers

Really? You actually have an Atmos system that isn't invisible??? Details? Is this something you read about too? LOL.

eventually the appropriate algorithms to maximize the "experience".

When you have some pics to post of your atmos system you will actually have an experience, it should be better than a chatroom I hope.

RE: the Atmos "experience" you can’t blame the speakers, the content, or the mix. If your experience sucks you can change it, now, easily.

I use "technology" to change a meh Atmos experience.

Speaker setup with dolby specs, auro-3d specs, or DTS-X specs? check.

Room measurements optimized with acoustic treatments and dsp? Check

Appropriate "upmixer" selected based on the content? Check and double check.

( If your upmixers are sub par check out Auro-3D, Dolby Surround, DTS-Neural X, Sony 360, THX Spatial Audio or legacy upmixers like Audyssey DSX and DTS-Neo-X. If you want more upmix profiles to choose from check out a Yamaha, or Onkyo products which have proprietary codecs. The Logic 16 upmixer from JBL and Arcam products is supposed to be wicked but I haven't tried))

For those of you who are "imagining" what it will be like one day to have an atmos system check out the other threads on atmos here. Or I guess you can keep making stuff up as you go along if you have nothing else to do 🙄

@thespeakerdude , in order to pass a "test" you would need to actually have a stereo. If you want advice about what to buy, please start a build thread. If not, please stop bothering people who actually own gear with your opinions which for all any one can tell, are just made up, cut and paste, from various websites.