Define exorbitant for you.
Well the 80/20 rule I guess, products that are priced within the top 20% of their category.
Exorbitant is subjective but unless your budget is unlimited you can get better quality over a lower number of speakers, etc.
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Do NOT Blow Your Entire Budget on Two Channel Audio
Yes, two channel audio is here, and is not going away. However, object based audio is delightful, widely available on Tidal and Apple Music, and should be in the listening room of every music lover on the planet, not just "audiophiles. If you plan to be a music fan a year from now start building your object based audio system today. You will need:
1) A receiver/processor capable of Dolby Atmos.
2) A subscription to Tidal or Apple music.
3) A Firestick, ATV, or Nvidia Shield.
4) A minimum of 7 timber matched speakers and a subwoofer.
Once you experienced stereo would you ever go back to only mono? No, you would build a system capable of either mono or stereo. Now that object based audio has arrived do the same thing. Build a system capable of mono, stereo, AND object based audio. When Elton John heard Rocket Man in an object based format for the first time why did he demand to convert his entire catalog to Atmos? If you don’t know, then you need to go listen to Rocket Man in a good Atmos setup ASAP.
So, take your budget, DIVERSIFY, and get a good Atmos capable receiver or processor. Object based audio is NOT last decades surround sound or home theater. It is for MUSIC first, if you need a recommendation on how to allocate your budget feel free to post a question. Most importantly, you don’t NEED two systems, one for music and one for movies. A good object based audio system can play two channel music just fine. A two channel system on the other hand can’t play object based audio without a proper processor or receiver.
Greg Penny talks mixing Rocket Man in Atmos.
https://youtu.be/ggzfcUKDqdo?feature=shared
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I navigated between the dead end of " cheap satisfaction" and the bottomless pit of "perfection" in sound... My real hobby was learning how to navigate it... For most people buying the right gear or trying the more pieces of gear possible is the definition of this hobby... For me this hobby after we had pick the gear is working on the way to embed it rightfully in the mechanical, acoustical and electrical dimensions...When this is well done we have music... My experiments in mechanical, electrical and acoustic embeddings of well chosen good low cost gear was my joy in learning... I thank God because if i had the money i will had bought 100,000 bucks of audio component and called it job done...Without the need to learn acoustic nor the necessary creativity to make my experiments and homemade devices...But it was that the fun and satisfying part not purchasing.. Without money i go studying and experimenting... I am done now and happy, more than if i had the 100,000 bucks audio system; because the one i had is very good but above all it is really mine, my optimization and tweaks and homemade works... My only upgrade would be the BACCH filters... But it cost 10 times my actual system... Perhaps in the future... Now i am in ectasy at each music listening and i am busy listening all music ... Audio is really based on knowledge and experiments not on price tag... Even if for sure costlier system can beat mine.... The joy of creating is greater than the joy of purchasing... And anyway my system is way less far off from very costlier one than anybody can imagine... To reach them really it only lack the BACCH filters... 😉
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@facten My point was what was stated in the article that @kota1 linked earlier in this thread. I use an Amazon FireTV Cube because the FireTV Stick does not support Dolby Atmos played back via Amazon Music. My A/V Preamp is an Onkyo PR-SC5530 https://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/av_components/av_separates/pr-sc5530/index.html It may be a bit long in the teeth but supports all the formats.
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Amazon’s latest FireTV Stick supports Atmos Music playback,: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08MQZXN1X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I use an Onkyo RZ630 9 channel in the mancave, very happy with it. I got it at a great price too. Your system looks amazing, are those Klipsch speakers? How did you get that rack into the wall? Thanks |
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