If you plan to expand to more speakers (7.1.4 or more), it is advisable to use the same speakers everywhere. Atmos / DTS:X is here to stay. You want seamless panning of sound with the most minimal change in sound.

Another tips, make sure you choose a speaker that can handle your required listening level. Minimum distortion = priceless feeling.

What after sale service do you expect from buying speaker? Do you think the HF driver will fail easily? Or do you expect some kind of speaker defect in the near future?

make sure you know speaker companies that still continue to manufacture and provide support for parts that are 20 years old (or older) in market.

i'm letting go my dspeaker antimode. interested?

Any recommendation for ultra cheap wireless audio transmitter? need sth like this:
source player > 3.5mm/RCA stereo > wireless > 3.5mm/RCA stereo > amp > speaker

How about the Panasonic UB820?

Go as big as you can.
I'm using Klipsch CDT-5800-C II. Despite being 8", I'm quite disappointed with the audio quality due to lack of enclosure/backbox, but it is to be expected.

myxery
don't forget to play your own pink noise, not the one from AVR setup

is this (shown below) not working for you?
astro > hdmi > soundbar > hdmi > tv

I dont understand your English.
If the sound comes out from your soundbar, it's already a success.
Not enough hole for what? Astro sends both video and audio to the soundbar. The soundbar plays the sound. Connect another hdmi cable from soundbar to the TV. The TV display the picture.

astro > hdmi > soundbar > hdmi > tv

budget please.
else jalan pasar RM4/meter for 16awg cable

budget please.
else jalan pasar RM4/meter for 16awg cable.
where is you location?
how much u need?

Great LPT.
I've been saving for more than a decade for a complete JBL Synthesis. Probably need to save till 60yo.
End up venturing into pro audio world as recommended by AVSforum members. No regret.

u move for cosmetics or with measurement as judge?

did you enable any yamaha sound effect program? or pure/straight mode?

I don't t think it's avr problem. More like dsp effect. Why don't you set to straight (aka pure direct) mode and confirm?
I'm always on pure direct. Dialog lift if you need the front height speakers to augment your center channel. Other than that, i don't see the need for extra dsp, but some may like it.

Since you are getting new speakers, I suggest you to buy 3 identical speakers for LCR. Place them above or below the TV.

avoid speakers with tiny 3" driver

A simple guide from Samsung:



but I'm following THX 40 degree FOV standard.

bass management is a very general term. speaker small/large, speaker crossover, lfe crossover, bass on subwoofer, bass on speaker+subwoofer, eq, phase, etc.
basic receiver can do basic bass management. to better ones with more tweaking options.
people buy prepro mainly for cleaner audio. eq is a totally different subject.
"premium" is subjective. if you think yamaha is premium, what is dirac, storm audio, jbl synthesis, trinnov etc?
if your prepro has good eq option, you don't need minidsp (too noisy). minidsp is actually a budget hardware for eq.

marketing.
your shop has failed terribly. they are trying to sell u stuff. the room or room treatment is number 1. electronic eq cannot fix that.

minidsp eq is downstream of avr/prepro eq. if the bass is well eq-ed by minidsp, there is nothing much to be eq-ed by the avr/prepro.
if u wanna try a budget auto eq device that is better than yamaha ypao and audyssey multEQ XT, u may get a 2nd hand dspeaker antimode.
join avsforum to learn the science. i'm a reference over preference kinda guy.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Aug 7 2020, 07:31 PM