Speaker purchase

PeteD
PeteD Posts: 19
edited December 2018 in Speakers
Currently running Fronts TS1 500, Centre CS20, Sides TS1200, Surround backs OWM3.
Just bought Denon AVR-X4500H want to set up heights front an side. What would be best up there. Thinking of (4) OWM 5s or OWM3s like i have at the back.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    That's probably your best bet. Before you run out and buy more speakers, do you actually watch movies from a Blu-ray disk ?

    The reason I ask, is because that's really the only format that will allow those extra speakers to be used. If your movie watching is from cable TV, Amazon, Netflix, they don't carry any of that extra decoding so you'd be wasting coin.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,952
    And not just BDs, but a 4K player that can send Dolby atmos. They don’t all have to be 4K discs (a number of BDs have atmos soundtracks), but the player us to be 4K to even bitstream atmos.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,952
    Yea and although I am not a fan of those speakers, I think they are fine for atmos. Mostly ambient sounds I think...
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  • PeteD
    PeteD Posts: 19
    Home theatre set only movies with Blu Ray player and 4k Samsung 65" TV
  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,952
    Is the BDP 4K? Cause I think that only a select few non 4k BDPs will process atmos
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    Game Room 5.1.4:
    Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra

    Bedroom 2.1
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  • PeteD
    PeteD Posts: 19
    I guess the real question for me is will that receiver putting out 125W for surround back/Height 1&2 channels damage the OWM3 showing continuous power 100W. I have the crossover for those speakers at 120, with fronts at 80
  • mrloren
    mrloren Posts: 2,454
    edited December 2018
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Is the BDP 4K? Cause I think that only a select few non 4k BDPs will process atmos

    My older Oppo will bit stream ATMOS/DTS-X

    Most modern players will bit stream the new formats.

    No sub in the OP setup ?
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  • PeteD
    PeteD Posts: 19
    Thanks guys for your input.