You can also buy a wireless Atmos speaker system, thanks to Damson's S-Series (although this £650/$649 system is not quite in the same league as the packages mentioned above) and more recently Lithe Audio launched its WiSA-certified wireless Dolby Atmos ceiling speakers, though we're yet to hear them for ourselves. One of the best speaker packages is the Elac Debut 2.0 5.1 Home Theatre System, which has Dolby Atmos topper speakers available, while the affordable Jamo S 807 HCS is a fun, endearing and practical 7.1 Dolby Atmos speaker package. Pioneer was one of the first out of the blocks with a complete Atmos speaker package, the S-73A, back in 2014 – and it's since been joined by the likes of Klipsch, Focal, Jamo, Elac and others.
Instead, there are some simpler options: the addition of two or four ceiling speakers in your system installing add-on speaker modules on top of your existing main floorstanding or bookshelf front left/right speakers (one set, for a. Up to 400 speakers can be used in the top Dolby Atmos cinemas, but in a domestic environment, it's unlikely you'll have the room (or the desire) to house such a system. Speakers have been placed along walls (at all heights) and even behind the screen itself, but the crucial point about Atmos is that you can place speakers in the ceiling, enveloping the audience in a dome of sound.
It expands upon the existing 5.1 and 7.1 surround-sound set-ups with surround channels coming from overhead. Atmos is, in Dolby's own words, "the most significant development in cinema audio since surround-sound." And we'd have to agree, really (whilst also recognising that rival DTS:X – a similar object-based surround technology – is also making headway).Ītmos is a surround-sound technology that was originally developed in 2012.