Surround set up overkill?

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 14, 2021
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ScottyOZ
Contributor II

Hi

I have recently invested in an Arc, Sub, two 5’s & 2 one’s and looking to set up with the 2x 5’s and Arc forward facing under/next to LG C1 OLED TV and use the 2 ones as rears.

The room is 7 x 5 mtrs and has 5m gable ceilings and I will be viewing TV from about 5 metres.

I will also be using Apple play, PLEX via a MacMini and Sonos eco systems for audio/video.

My question is have I over done it with the fives and the ARC simultaneously pushing out Dolby/Dolby Atmos?...or will they blow my windows out?...or it it not possible to achieve this setup?

Thanks Scotty

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John B
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 14, 2021

Hi. It is not possible to achieve that set up. The Arc handles front left, right and centre and includes side-firing and upwards-firing speakers. You could group the Fives at the front with the Arc but for TV sound this would not sync perfectly, the Fives would only play stereo, and I suspect it would spoil the sound from the Arc rather than enhance it.

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ScottyOZ
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Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 15, 2021

HI John,

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated - after doing some more reading I suspected that this may be the case as I was worried about syncing. I guess the other option is to dedicate the fives for audio only (say apple & sonos music), - just need to work out how to do it….or sell the fives?

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John B
Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 15, 2021

The Ones do a good job as surrounds. The Fives sound great as a stereo pair for music. So what you are considering doing would certainly give you a good setup.