Setup guide for Dolby Atmos on PC

[Dragonarmy]

Hi, I am going to setup a 3.0 Dolby Atmos system on my pc. I have chosen the following Klipsch speakers:
2* RP-160M Reference Premiere Monitor Speakers with RP-140SA Add-On Dolby Atmos Enabled Elevation Speakers
Reference RP-450CA Premiere Dolby Atmos Center Channel Speaker

I have only used powered speakers before, so I do not know what else I will need. A DAC? An amplifier? Both? Would someone recommend me the parts I will need (price does not matter, just performance)?

Ps. If anyone knows better Dolby Atmos enabled bookshelf and center speakers, please let me know!

Thanks!

 

[robert600]

Ok ... regarding the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master ... I think we were both saying the same thing ... I just didn't express it very well.

Interesting about Dolby Atmos at home and Dolby Atmos in the movie theater ... I had no idea about that! Does that mean someone with a 7.1 home setup who was using 'Atmos' would mount those two extra speakers sort of where the front speakers are but higher? Or is their placement location not particularly important?

I guess now with theaters having 64 speakers - trying to match their performance at home is out of the question! lol

 

[Rogue Leader]

Ok ... regarding the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master ... I think we were both saying the same thing ... I just didn't express it very well.

Interesting about Dolby Atmos at home and Dolby Atmos in the movie theater ... I had no idea about that! Does that mean someone with a 7.1 home setup who was using 'Atmos' would mount those two extra speakers sort of where the front speakers are but higher? Or is their placement location not particularly important?

I guess now with theaters having 64 speakers - trying to match their performance at home is out of the question! lol

A normal 7.1 setup has basically 2 extra surround speakers. To do Atmos you need to replace those 2 speakers with 2 front speakers either upward firing at the ceiling (so they reflect off it) or IN the ceiling firing downward. Positioning is extremely important or they are basically useless. The big feature of Atmos is basically using those 2 speakers to create a much more positional sound effect.

 

[Dragonarmy]

So can I use optical cables? Because my motherboard manual told me how to connect a 7.1 Channel. I know that this is a dumb question, but where do I connect the hdmi if I must use it?

Optical cable is easiest to do, not all motherboards have an optical port on it though so theres that to keep in mind.

HDMI is preferable however since if you do watch Blu-Ray movies it allows the master signal. Using HDMI is easy, I'm assuming your monitor has an HDMI input right? So you run one cable from the HDMI out of the computer into the input on the Receiver, then you run a second cable from the monitor output on the receiver to your monitor.

Got it. Thanks

 

[robert600]

A normal 7.1 setup has basically 2 extra surround speakers. To do Atmos you need to replace those 2 speakers with 2 front speakers either upward firing at the ceiling (so they reflect off it) or IN the ceiling firing downward. Positioning is extremely important or they are basically useless. The big feature of Atmos is basically using those 2 speakers to create a much more positional sound effect.

I have a pretty reasonable (nowhere near top-of-line but pretty good) 7.1 set up normally. Atmos sounds interesting but I think I'll leave mine as is - at least for the moment - I'm very happy with the sound. Maybe if I go somewhere where a Atmos home is set up - and I have a listen - it would change my mind.

 

[ien2222]

Before you go any further, Atmos is NOT supported via optical, only by HDMI. That also goes for Auro 3d and DTS-X.

 

[Frictionhell]

Hi, though there is new solution for turning in Dolby Atmos on Pc, and this is headphone specific i don't whether it will work for everyone, actually i am windows 10 developer and there is a new feature that includes this, the only thing you need to do is install Dolby Atmos from Windows store App and you can also use any home theater that supports 7.1 Audio.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Hi, though there is new solution for turning in Dolby Atmos on Pc, and this is headphone specific i don't whether it will work for everyone, actually i am windows 10 developer and there is a new feature that includes this, the only thing you need to do is install Dolby Atmos from Windows store App and you can also use any home theater that supports 7.1 Audio.

This is not a new solution, thats just the codec for Windows to be able to play Atmos games and movies, you still need an Atmos enabled receiver to decode it. Over headphones its "simulated" and not true Atmos as discussed.