Originally Posted By: troyd
Ok so I know what speakers i like to use in 7.1 ,but whats up with this 9.2 11.2 stuff. Is it really needed in smaller room as homes. Most home theatres on average are maybe 15 x 20 if we are lucky. is these many speakers gonna make a great difference. I can see it in a big room 20 x 30 with a few rows of seats.
and if so other than m80's for L/R and VP180 and 4 QS8's what do you use for the rear corners and the front sides and the front high ....did I get them all 8-)


I think to go from 7.1 to 9.1 would be the addition of two front speakers for "height" that would go above the regular front channel speakers, and the ".2" would be an additional sub. Not sure where the other 2 to get to "11.2" would be placed though.

Since most Blu-ray discs are just now starting to come out in 7 channel audio, I agree there is not much need to upgrade receivers past that unless you need all 7 channels in the main room and want 2 channels for zone 2 in IMHO.