Are you sure it only supports Dolby Digital? How come it says under its manual it supports DTS then?
You sure you are bitstreaming correctly?

To answer your question, no it wouldn't be advisable (if it's even possible) to use them with a receiver. Your sub is passive type for one and all of those power ratings are complete bullshit anyways. Not only that, those speakers are likely very low impedance (perhaps 2 or 3 ohms, usually). Majority of consumer-grade receivers cannot handle that kind of load into speakers without clipping or auto-shutting off at high volumes.

So yes, that leaves you back at square one:

1) Spend some money to do a proper HT system and do it right.
2) Stick with what you have check your settings to see why can't you have DTS decoded (which is weird, because the manual says it does).

Then it's your media player that doesn't support carrying DTS from optical out, not your HTiB player problem.

If you go all second hand, you could get away with a 5.1 setup at relatively low budget; say around RM4k+ including an entry level AVR. My suggestion, you set aside a fixed budget and get the best left, center and right channels + a decent receiver first. Then add the surrounds when you have a higher budget.

Popular and decent entry level mid-fi speakers range from Pioneer's AJ series and Sony Core Series speakers. They're relatively cheap, offer good sound and a great value.

The Receiver in Audio Video Receiver is supposed to be a FM receiver..

Subwoofer design is the least of your worries..
I hv a sealed Rythmik F15 - front firing and an ol SvS PB12+ - downfiring one and they sound a tad different but not to the extent tat it matters even if l use both together..
Personally room modes and subwoofer positioning should be more of a concern..


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As bro dirtrun already explained, sub designs don't actually sound a whole lot different from one another. They aren't tweeters, which are instantly noticeable from one design to the other.

The most important thing when choosing a sub is:

1) The placement of it (this is CRITICAL)
2) How big your space is
3) How many are you putting in the room

Ported subs will always have higher SPL than sealed subs. Doesn't matter where the driver is placed, front firing, down firing, side firing or upside down firing. Bass waves are mostly omni directional, where under 20hz you won't hear bass anymore instead you will FEEL them.

Generally people believe that sealed subs will sound more accurate than ported subs. Where ported subs will sound "slow or sloppy", uncontrolled. That's true for the toy subs made by joke companies like logitech or edifier or some "insert cool x name here" brand.

If you want to do Atmos, do it properly.

By that I mean by actually getting a receiver capable of doing 5.x.4 or 7.x.2 at the least. The mid-range receivers only capable for 7 channel processing is actually somewhat pointless. 5.x.2 is really only viable in small rooms (under 1400cu feet). Plan your room size, plan how long it will take for you to get everything in order. Getting a mid-range 7 channel AVR is pointless if you plan to do Atmos in a reasonably medium or large size room as there's really very little "future proofing" with AVRs now a days even if pretty much all the major features are already there.

Also, get your bed channels right first before considering Atmos. Spend as much as your speaker budget allows on the LCR. Get some decent surround channels, place them properly at the optimal height. After all that, then you worry about the overhead channels. Atmos is nice and all, but its benefits is really only worthwhile when you get everything else right first.

No it won't.
With most receivers that has Atmos/DTS:X, you can do 2 things depending on your setup.

1) If it's a 5.x.4/2 setup, enabling DSU or Neural X will simply upmix the surround back channels and whatever faux height info to the overhead/height speakers.
2) Don't enable anything, use your receiver's "straight" mode. If you only have a 5 channel as your bed layers, the receiver will automatically mix the surround back info into the surround left/right speakers.

I've tested every iteration of Atmos/DTSX setup commercially available by now, from 7.x.4 to 5.x.2. At no point did a 7.1 mix sounded weird or off. Enabling DSU/NeuralX will make them behave like they are Atmos/DTSX tracks. Some movies it works very well, some not quite.

Also understand that not ALL movies with a 7.1 track are actually recorded as proper 7.1 channels. Many from the mid 2000s have a fake internal upmix from 5.1 into a 7.1 track.

Silver will be a better choice

Marantz SR5010 is RM3.3k or less, pretty decent receiver with Atmos and DTSX.

Either that or wait for the Yamaha v681/v781 or A860.

PIONEER S-ES21 HOME CINEMA 5PCS SPEAKER

HOME CINEMA 5PCS SPEAKER
Weight: 12.9kg

RM 799.00

S-ES21-LR-K/-T
Tall-Boy Speakers
› Enclosure: Bass-Reflex Floorstanding Type
› 16 cm Cone x 1, 16 cm Passive Cone x 1, 5.2 cm Cone x 1
› Frequency Range: 40 Hz-20 kHz
› Impedance: 8 ohms
› Sensitivity (1W/M): 84 dB
› Maximum Power: 150 W
› Magnetically Shielded
› Dimensions (W x H x D): 220 x 910 x 247 mm
› Weight (each): 9.0 kg
S-ES21CR-K/-T
Centre and Surround Speakers
› Enclosure: Bass-Reflex Bookshelf Type
› 10 cm Cone x 2 (Centre), 10 cm Cone x 1 (Surround)
› Frequency Range: 52 Hz-19 kHz (Centre), 62 Hz-19 kHz
(Surround)
› Impedance: 8 ohms
› Sensitivity (1W/M): 84 dB (Centre), 79 dB (Surround)
› Maximum Power: 120 W (Centre/Surround)
› Magnetically Shielded (Centre)
› Wall Mount Bracket (Surround)
› Dimensions (W x H x D): 350 x 130 x 172 mm (Centre), 180 x 130
x 172 mm (Surround)
› Weight (each): 2.5 kg (Centre), 1.4 kg (Surround)

Looks pretty decent but Pioneer speakers? I never had one so can't comment much. 

I wouldn't buy any electronic stuff from website. Go to the shop, test it and even if you face any problem in the future, it's easier to send for repair. 

11street is middle man or drop shipping. behind has a real seller which not reveal identity.

any issue hapen, middle man wont care much. so do u care ma?
scam. damaged postage, not deliver on time. out of stok. slow refund. u tanggung.

cheap2 item no issue la. big item i wont buy fron these middle man website.

mind to share where the shop is? i am looking for something like that too. rgrs..

@SSJBen, need your opinion. Currently i am using yamaha 377 pair with basic onkyo 5.1 speakers. After go through 32 pages of this thread i decided to buy sony ss cs3 floorstander to use as my front speaker. My question is will my v377 able to drive cs3?

Looking fwd to hear from you.