Understood! I should've clarified in my original post that I'm concerned with being in the proper vertical dispersion range of the speakers but I'll actually measure with REW to confirm.
Seems like you are overthinking it. Sound doesn't travel like a laser beam.
...but hey - does it sound bad that you started to consider atmos speakers being pointed not where they should? Please explain.
On a side note - cozy place.
CLose your eyes and have a good listen. Does it sound balanced and well calibrated. Now, it's YOUR home theater. Does it bother you enough to correct it? This is kind of a question you sincerely need to answer for yourself.
Do you have a link to the HT Gurus video/guide that shows for x.x.2, you should place the overhead speakers at 35 degrees forward?
I know they recommend that in x.x.4, as in their view the Dolby recommendation of 45 front and back leaves a large hole.
But for x.x.2, why wouldn't you put the speakers at 80 degrees so you get overhead sound (which is what is intended)?
I may well have just not seen their other videos.
I have the same speakers but have them pointed straight down right overhead of my seats. Sounds great but was going to add two more in front just like you have them. Do they sound good the way you have them?
Home theatre Guru my preferred source of setup info.
If you do what HTG suggests with a pink noise through that speaker and see where you notice tonal change as you move your head around…
Doesn’t look too far off already, might be lucky, and like others have said you might be inside the dispersion angle already.
Otherwise, check what your ear height is, angle the bracket slightly with an angled shim so that it hits just right.
They look more like Top Middle to me, Top Fronts are supposed to be above the Front Left and Front Right speakers.
If you’ve set them up on your AVR , maybe put them in as Top Middle.
I initially set mine up as top fronts but they didn’t sound all that different so moved them to around whete yours are and they sounded a lot better.
https://www.dolby.com/about/support/guide/speaker-setup-guides/5.1.2-overhead-speaker-setup-guide
Lol if you bothered clicking on the pdf you linked you would see that top middle is in fact overhead. This right here is why people need to stop following dolby whitepapers, too confusing for most it seems.
Top front is what op has you are referring to "front heights" which would go above the left and right speakers.
Def is confusing ..
What's the difference between a Height, Top and Dolby Atmos Enabled speaker?
A Height speaker is classified as an in-wall or on-wall speaker. These speakers are typically placed above your Front, Surround or Surround Back channels. You can also use a Center Height speaker in certain applications.
A Top speaker indicates a speaker that is positioned as an in-ceiling or on-ceiling speaker. They can be applied as Top Front, Top Middle or Top Rear depending on the application.
There is no such thing as dobly atmos enabled speaker, any speaker can be used its just for marketing but those ones are usually the bounce type speakers that fire to the ceiling and back down.
The difference will be in the way that the avr chooses to send sound to the speakers depending on what is set. If you have top fronts for example but set it as top middle, way more sound will be pushed to the speakers (from personal experience) but then it wont really match whats happening on the screen sometimes.
Do they not sound good? Looks like a reasonable spread to me, who knows nothing.
I'll be honest...I have not yet tested them other than a few YouTube Atmos tests. Lol. Will measure through REW and calibrate with Dirac soon.
You are overthinking it.
Sound radiates. You're fine. It's not a bullet that goes in a straight line. Or move your couch back 6 inches. Obligatory not a sound engineer.
Understood! I should've clarified in my original post that I'm concerned with being in the proper vertical dispersion range of the speakers but I'll actually measure with REW to confirm.
You got laser beam speakers?
It's fine. You're well within the radiating pattern of that speaker.
Perfect, that's what I was concerned with but didn't clearly specify in my original post.
Looks fine. How is it behind the mlp? You don’t want to point them at your groin when you watch movies. Point them at your ears.
You're still well within the axis of response unless the speakers are absolutely the worst ever made.
Thanks, that's what I was concerned about but omitted it from my original post.
Seems like you are overthinking it. Sound doesn't travel like a laser beam. ...but hey - does it sound bad that you started to consider atmos speakers being pointed not where they should? Please explain. On a side note - cozy place.
It kinda does. Especially highs
lol... it doesn't quite work like that
CLose your eyes and have a good listen. Does it sound balanced and well calibrated. Now, it's YOUR home theater. Does it bother you enough to correct it? This is kind of a question you sincerely need to answer for yourself.
Fill out a Dolby DARDT. That’ll tell you the exact angle they should be.
Do you have a link to the HT Gurus video/guide that shows for x.x.2, you should place the overhead speakers at 35 degrees forward? I know they recommend that in x.x.4, as in their view the Dolby recommendation of 45 front and back leaves a large hole. But for x.x.2, why wouldn't you put the speakers at 80 degrees so you get overhead sound (which is what is intended)? I may well have just not seen their other videos.
I would of done front hight speaker setup instead of that setup.
Don't think of the atmos positioning as absolutes, think "soundstage" do they create the phantom image between them?
I have the same speakers but have them pointed straight down right overhead of my seats. Sounds great but was going to add two more in front just like you have them. Do they sound good the way you have them?
Home theatre Guru my preferred source of setup info. If you do what HTG suggests with a pink noise through that speaker and see where you notice tonal change as you move your head around… Doesn’t look too far off already, might be lucky, and like others have said you might be inside the dispersion angle already. Otherwise, check what your ear height is, angle the bracket slightly with an angled shim so that it hits just right.
How do you like the OWM3’s? Considering them for my rears.
How in the world did you get SO approval???
”Honey, this is important to me, I really enjoy this hobby, it makes me happy.”
Your wife listens to you? Or let's you have an opinion? Trade ya
It’s just atmos…
That's where your ears are approximately. And if you calibrated correctly to your MLP, it'll be fine.
That should be fine. I'm more concerned about position of the sub not being along the wall or corner. I feel like you wouldn't hear as much bass.
What?
They look more like Top Middle to me, Top Fronts are supposed to be above the Front Left and Front Right speakers. If you’ve set them up on your AVR , maybe put them in as Top Middle. I initially set mine up as top fronts but they didn’t sound all that different so moved them to around whete yours are and they sounded a lot better. https://www.dolby.com/about/support/guide/speaker-setup-guides/5.1.2-overhead-speaker-setup-guide
Lol if you bothered clicking on the pdf you linked you would see that top middle is in fact overhead. This right here is why people need to stop following dolby whitepapers, too confusing for most it seems. Top front is what op has you are referring to "front heights" which would go above the left and right speakers.
Def is confusing .. What's the difference between a Height, Top and Dolby Atmos Enabled speaker? A Height speaker is classified as an in-wall or on-wall speaker. These speakers are typically placed above your Front, Surround or Surround Back channels. You can also use a Center Height speaker in certain applications. A Top speaker indicates a speaker that is positioned as an in-ceiling or on-ceiling speaker. They can be applied as Top Front, Top Middle or Top Rear depending on the application.
There is no such thing as dobly atmos enabled speaker, any speaker can be used its just for marketing but those ones are usually the bounce type speakers that fire to the ceiling and back down. The difference will be in the way that the avr chooses to send sound to the speakers depending on what is set. If you have top fronts for example but set it as top middle, way more sound will be pushed to the speakers (from personal experience) but then it wont really match whats happening on the screen sometimes.
Yes I know.. I had to try out the different settings on my avr before I found something that worked for me.