I've enjoyed movies and music since the days of VCR and Radio Shack eight track car audio. Started out with the typical record player/eight track home receiver in the early 1980's. I first bought a receiver, cd player and Bose 301s from Crutchfield in the later 80's. Well as you know things have changed a lot.
I bought a Plasma TV and Onkyo 7 channel AVR in 2010. Had a Sony PS3 that upconverted dvds well. I recently upgraded to a Samsung Frame TV and Marantz 9 channel receiver. The last few years I had a 5.1 surround using Axiom speakers from Canada. They have a trade in program and I was able to get 90% of the value of the center and front speakers to upgrade to larger wall mounts. The 55" Frame TV is my second Frame wall mount, the other a 43 inch on an enclosed porch. The artwork feature is a gamechanger for me and very pleasing to see instead of a black retangular blob on the wall. Of course I liked the OLEDs but they don't offer artwork and couldn't do it anyway due to burn in.
I researched quite a bit on AVS forum and decided to go ahead and purchase four Atmos in-ceiling speakers. They are not real expensive but the install, although not difficult, was a chore. The new 5.1.4 system is a huge improvement driven by the Marantz Home Theater AVR, creating a sound bubble that's quite enjoyable for movies and music. I bought a few 4k Blue ray discs to try out a budget Panasonic blue ray player I bought. I know that the hard media does not have the compressed or lesser AV info as streaming. Even Spotify music in multichannel stereo mode is pushed through the ceiling Atmos speakers.
I've learned a lot but would be interested in learning more and hearing about your setups. The new sound and video formats and equipment to utitilize have advanced geatly and it seems the media reformating is trying to catch up with the AVR equipment capabilities. I plan to get a phono record player soon and collect some vinyl many of got rid of decades ago. I've also heard that the older tube style equipment has a resurgence.
I bought a Plasma TV and Onkyo 7 channel AVR in 2010. Had a Sony PS3 that upconverted dvds well. I recently upgraded to a Samsung Frame TV and Marantz 9 channel receiver. The last few years I had a 5.1 surround using Axiom speakers from Canada. They have a trade in program and I was able to get 90% of the value of the center and front speakers to upgrade to larger wall mounts. The 55" Frame TV is my second Frame wall mount, the other a 43 inch on an enclosed porch. The artwork feature is a gamechanger for me and very pleasing to see instead of a black retangular blob on the wall. Of course I liked the OLEDs but they don't offer artwork and couldn't do it anyway due to burn in.
I researched quite a bit on AVS forum and decided to go ahead and purchase four Atmos in-ceiling speakers. They are not real expensive but the install, although not difficult, was a chore. The new 5.1.4 system is a huge improvement driven by the Marantz Home Theater AVR, creating a sound bubble that's quite enjoyable for movies and music. I bought a few 4k Blue ray discs to try out a budget Panasonic blue ray player I bought. I know that the hard media does not have the compressed or lesser AV info as streaming. Even Spotify music in multichannel stereo mode is pushed through the ceiling Atmos speakers.
I've learned a lot but would be interested in learning more and hearing about your setups. The new sound and video formats and equipment to utitilize have advanced geatly and it seems the media reformating is trying to catch up with the AVR equipment capabilities. I plan to get a phono record player soon and collect some vinyl many of got rid of decades ago. I've also heard that the older tube style equipment has a resurgence.
These are the speakers and they look great.
