Wasily depends on the room. Our home theatre is tiny, but I think in any setting front highs > upfiring atmos speakers. Most Atmos theatres have the ceiling speakers pointed towards the audience rather than down, so I’m basing my theory on that. There are actual ceiling speakers for Atmos also, but I think drilling holes for them, and the wiring is a bit extreme.

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      Amps I don’t actually have a sub. The front speakers are 8 inch, and I have directed the amp to put all the bass on those. Judging by any Nolan-movie on disc with lossless audio that’s plenty enough for our tiny home theatre-room.

      We also don’t have a sofa there, but a pair of lounge chairs (a friend said it makes us look like we’re living in a retirement home and hurt my feelings). If I do get a sub one day I imagine putting it between the chairs would be a good location.

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          Got the height speakers. Tested them with Blade Runner 2049 after recalibrating the AV. Dolby Atmos really is a huge upgrade. I wasn’t sure I wanted to spend the money, because not everything has it, just 5.1, but as it was only 200 € for the extra speaker pair I’m glad I did.

          I pulled the trigger on a Sony DH790. I have the Cambridge Audio mini center speaker on a stand and two front floor standings. Contemplating getting the matching Cambridge Audio minis like you @Homegrove for the Atmos speakers , but dont these have to face up and bounce off the ceiling ? Thus giving height?

          Otherwise was looking at these to place on top of the floor standing speakers.

          https://petertyson.co.uk/polk-audio-mxt90-atmos-speakers?SGS&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwncWvBhD_ARIsAEb2HW_vbhUrt_aSD6Sv6uzeHXIqeh5bIeOIYGrJ32-jrEaGyH008NFbfqsaAj3LEALw_wcB

            IndustryStandard nah, that wall bounce thing is completely different thing. You place height speakers high on the wall above the TV facing you. I put them like this:

                Along_the_Wire yeah it’s just 50″. Best we can fit is 55″, but then the room is tiny. About three metres by three metres.

                  BF will be turning in his grave

                  19 days later

                  Homegrove I thought you bought Cambridge as height speakers ? I’ve bought Monitor Audio Radius 45s, they do look very similar though! Unfortunately they didn’t turn up today, hopefully tomorrow

                      We’re about to turn the daughter’s play room into a TV / Music room.

                      Would love to combine a decent TV sound system with something I can listen to music on?

                      Any suggestions welcome. We’re Sammy plus soundbars everywhere else in the house.

                      Needs to pass ‘inspection’ so can’t be shelling on bespoke artisan equipment

                        Mad_Cyril any AV receiver-surround speaker combo should be good for music too, since you can use the amp’s “straight” or “direct” function to make sure it plays stereo sources as stereo instead of decoding it to some form of surround sound. The Sony I have has proved to be excellent so far, and didn’t cost much. Sony 790. It just has limitations with speakers, so it’s best to be mindful about that, the speakers can’t go below 6 ohms. I recommend a 5.1.2-speaker set up. It doesn’t put the cost that much up, but you can enjoy Atmos-content too. There’s more of that out there all the time.

                        https://www.dolby.com/about/support/guide/speaker-setup-guides/5.1.2-overhead-speaker-setup-guide/

                        You don’t have to put the height speaker on the ceiling, above the TV as high as possible on the wall should do it. It certainly does for me. The Cambridge audio satellite speakers should do fine for height and rear speakers even if you’re more fussy, but I’d put money on the front, center and subwoofer-speakers. Polk Audio is a good budget-brand for those.