Dolby atmos speakers for 2 channel
Hi all,
Here's a weird one. My functional-equivalent-of-a-father-in-law -- a real eccentric -- decided he wanted to resurrect his old 2 channel system --70s Marantz separates, Marantz 6300 TT. He bought himself some new Dolby Atmos Klipsch towers, not realizing that they were designed for use with special processing technology. They can be set up conventionally for stereo, but this takes the upward firing speakers out of the signal path entirely. They are supposed to receive a different input from a Dolby Atmos amplifier. He is disappointed, and thinks there must be a way to use the upward firing speakers.
Is there? The preamp has switches and output for A and B speakers, but I only see one set of speaker taps on the back of his old Marantz amp. And even if I could run the top speakers as B speakers, and select A&B on the preamp, the top speakers would get full range signal, and the impedances would be wonky etc.. So it sounds like a hard "no" to me.
Any clever solutions?
He can't return them and exchange for proper stereo speakers since he destroyed the boxes on arrival.
Richard
( eccentric support enters the chat) There’s some fun stuff to do with adding speakers to a 2-channel system, but in all cases they’ll need their own amplifier so you can set the level correctly. You’ll need an inexpensive 2 channel amplifier, and a speaker to line level converter. Then go nuts! You can experiment this way by using tiny rear firing speakers for ambiance as well. |
The Dolby atmos module is meant to receive a unique signal from a object based audio capable PreampProcessor or Receiver. It is not meant to be a stand-alone anything and is meant to create some diffuse effects, modulate the soundfield etc by working with the front and other bedlayer speakers. Klipsch implements a lower quality version of the atmos module, but anyone getting such a Klipsch hometheater speaker in the first place shouldn’t sweat it too much. Your father-in-law could modernize himself a bit further and get a newer Sony receiver with Sony’s 360 reality spatial mapping. If he’s on a budget, here is something that can do the trick for 600 bucks (300 dollars off at the moment). You might even score huge WAF points with wife by gifting him one for Christmas! https://www.crutchfield.com/p_158AN1000/Sony-STR-AN1000.html Set up his previous speakers as surrounds (if he hasn’t thrown them away). 4 speakers and 2 of these built-in modules could give him an experience for music and movies that he may have never had before, if setup correctly.
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