Mad_Cyril Anyone know if you can run with a half setup, so just front speakers and the sub? Would mean I can at least start but wondering if not having the rear speaker up would mean sound gaps!

My understanding is if the front delivery can do Dolby Atmos then you make do without rears. But you need something to fire upwards and forwards so the sound comes back off the ceiling and deceives your ears it’s coming from behind. A lot of soundbars use this to compensate for not having rears but I imagine rears will sound better than even the most compensated front end setup. At the end of the day it’s usually a competition between aesthetics and sound quality.

      Millsy My missus described à la a What Hi-Fi review.

        Millsy LOL. Got a bad cold and didn’t even RESONATE with me when typing it.

          5 days later

          Wasily
          It’s only temporary, waiting on getting the new radiator installed before I can permanently put everything in place.

          Have got 2 x fronts working now instead of the native TV which is a good enough temporary improvement.
          Not prepared to do more fucking about to only have to do it all again in a month’s time!

          Has kicked off a house wide Cabling upgrade (not a euphemism) though, can’t believe what I’ve put up with until now!

              Mad_Cyril When you get to mains conditioning and power isolation you know you’ve gone too far. If you TV supports it you can run a decent 3 channel with the TV as the centre speaker- TVs like Samsung and Sony this works well in the absence of a dedicated centre speaker.

                  Wasily When you get to mains conditioning and power isolation you know you’ve gone too far

                  No danger there 😂

                    2 months later

                    Wife wanted to rewatch Civil War from last year. That is a well designed movie when it comes to sound. Made me very happy about our 7 speaker set up in our movie room. Cats came to see what the fuck was happening clearly alarmed at the White House-raid in the end.

                    • Amps replied to this.

                      Homegrove Civil War

                      Think I gave up on it after twenty minutes or so… worth sticking with?

                          Amps it is VERY divecive which is apt considering what’s it about. Just from a technical point of view it rocks for sure. Sound and picture. We enjoy the film for other merits too.

                            I’ve said it before, but Civil War was a 5/10 at best. I was expecting so much more.

                              4 days later

                              Bought me one of these. I previously had a Sony X700 4K Blu ray-player, but I got sick of it freezing with 100 G discs, for which it is infamous for.

                              https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/panasonic-dp-ub820eb

                              Looking forward to playing with the extra HDR-settings. And this switched Dolby Vision on automatically, which the Sony couldn’t do either.

                                Amps several. Both Dune-films on 4K are excellent technically for picture and sound even if you don’t like the movies. From old movies shot on film Jaws is great to show to people, they did a very thorough job restoring that. I showed the Balrog-scene from the first LOTR to my father in law when he wanted an example. Plenty of Dolby Atmos-activity and huge low end in that scene soundwise, and it’s hard to believe Balrog itself is a 24 years old CGI-character, it has aged wonderfully.

                                  Homegrove

                                  The beefier dimensions give it a more substantial look. The bevel cut finish around its edges looks attractive enough, like a strong penis, as does the brushed effect on the top panel. But up close, the player looks and feels a little cheap and plasticky

                                  Not my words Hannu, but the words of High Performance Blu-Ray Review.