Basement 7.2 recommendation

what’s changed since then ?

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/recommendations-for-a-new-basement-home-theater

Additionally recommendations on a 7.2. Do you have any brand recommendations?

What are the dimensions of your room?

I have found you really need a very large room for 7.1 to be worth it over 5.1. If you sit in the sweet spot 5.1 sound 99% like 7.1. The nice thing about 7.1 is covering more seats and off axis seats. It might be worth dropping down to 5.1 if it allows for better speaker placement (all speakers equal distance from the main seat) and or better speakers. P

Also what is your movie/music mix? High-fi speakers are a waist for home theater and there are specialty speakers that are better choices (extreme output, built ins etc). If some music is mix in it is worth getting nicer stuff. 

Anyway look at the center speakers as it will make or break your surround system. Choose a brand that has a large good center. 

Have you checked into HT - A9 spatial system ... ?

Classic rock

What do you think of Arendal 1723 towers or JBL HDI 3600 towers? Any input on these?

Arendal is of interest to me as I've ordered one of their subwoofers--a couple channels (below) had >1 relevant video

 

SVS Ultra will sound great and probably save you $$$, and they offer a risk-free in home trial.  Add an SB2000 Pro sub (or better yet, 2) and you’ll be very happy. Best of luck. 

https://www.svsound.com/collections/ultra-systems

Thanks,

Using Revel, 2 svs subs pro 100, with a

yamaha aventage Rx-a6a, surrounds at atmosas well.s