

Wire your source devices to the sound bar HDMI input and then run one HDMI from the sound bar's HDMI out to the projector. This would be the best solution and if budget is tight even some small home theater in a box systems will work fine.Ģ. A typical receiver where all your devices go into the receiver and one HDMI goes from the receiver to the projector. it has no other connections and I don't think any of the projectors you are considering have an optical out connection so the Playbar is not an option for your situation.ġ. It is designed where all your source devices connect to the TV and most TVs have a digital optical output and that is where the Playbar gets connected. The Sonos Playbar only has an optical input. If you are familiar with Dolby Pro-logic which tried to give a simulated surround out of stereo material Virtual X is similar to that. The Yamaha YAS-207 does not process Atmos, it uses virtual X which is a simulated Atmos/ DTS:X but it does not process those formats. How do you plan to wire this system? is it easy to get wires where you need? Are the wires going to be in the wall/ ceiling or are they going to be exposed or in a channeling? A couple things you mentioned.


The safe bet is to go to the sound bar with your sources if possible. so if your only streaming it might be fine but the equipment needs to handle DD+ over ARC and not all equipment does.
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ARC can carry Dolby Digital plus for Atmos material but not all sources use DD+ but most streaming services do use it. ARC can not carry the lossless formats if you have a Blu-ray player or downloads with the lossless formats. Also, for Atmos to work it would be better to have your sources go into the sound bar and not use ARC. Whether you use a sound bar or speakers that high on the wall they need to angle to aim at the listening area. Having a sound bar placed that high up will not be ideal for Atmos to get the reflection angled needed off the ceiling for the Atmos effect. I would forget about Atmos for this type of installation and just focus on good sound.
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Also, on a side note, all of the Atmos soundbar manuals I've read thus far seem to indicate that HDMI ARC is necessary on the screen for Atmos to work properly, but the projectors I've looked at - Epson 2100/2150 and BenQ HT1070/2050 - don't support it.any other way to get Atmos to work well with them, especially if I mainly want to use a streaming stick? In particular, I would like to get an Atmos-enabled soundbar, ideally compatible with rear speakers (currently leaning towards the LG SJ9 if on sale or maybe the Yamaha YAS-207), but everything that I've read about Atmos-enabled soundbars so far recommends placing the speakers below a TV screen. Will most soundbars be amenable to such a mounting configuration? The only one that I've found that explicitly supports it is the SONOS Playbar, where mounting the Playbar above TV screens flipped upside down configures the speakers to be angled downwards. As a result of this configuration, it seems that my only audio option is to mount a soundbar above the projector screen, which will mean that it will be ~7-7.5ft above the ground.
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I'm planning to install a retractable projector screen above some French doors that separate our living room and bedroom.
