I have both the Krell HTS 7.1 and S1200U-3D and found the Krell "bubble" of sound is better at 5.1 then any ATMOS system I've reviewed, I also had the Marantz AV880x and
Krell Foundation in my system and missed how the speakers vanished. If an excellent 5.1 or 7.1 system sounds amazing, why would anyone want to change to ATMOS unless their attempting to buy cheap equipment or looking at becoming a hugh movie theater where the goal is different. This reminds me when everyone needed 7.1 to feel satisfied, but it was only needed with large rooms. I looked at getting the Krell 707, but when it jumped from $18,000 before release to over $32,000, I got off the audiophile bandwagon.
Does it worth a upgrade to Dolby Atmos?
It seems Dolby Atmos is getting more steam recently. I have a 7.1 set up with Krell S-1000 processor and C-J multichannel amp. The sound quality is great. S-1000 doesn’t support anything beyond Dolby Digital. I am wondering if it worth to upgrade to Atmos processor (eg. Marantz AV770x, Anthem AVM60 used ). I don’t want to sacrifice theater sound quality ( I have dedicated 2-ch system for music listening. so I don’t care 2-ch performance). I have 4 ceiling spks and i can add 2 floor level surrounding spks w/o issue. That will give me 5.1.4. I have used Onkyo, Rotel, Krell Showcase and HTS before S-1000. HTS or S-1000 are big step up from Onkyo and Rotel. Will Marantz have same performance as S-1000 on home theater listening? I don’t want to spend over $2500 for the upgrade. Thank you.