So I've been dealing with a few monkeys over at AVS and to drive home a point, I created my own DTS:X speaker layout "estimate" based off of what a saw and heard at CEDIA from the manufacturers. Yeah some of those keyboard monkeys over there were arguing that they knew more about the DTS:X layout compared to Atmos and Auro3D without going to CEDIA (which is the FIRST place that it was presented ever). Anyway, instead of the goofy colored "boxes" diagrams above, here are two images.
First up, Atmos 7.1.4 using the preferred in-ceiling speakers.
And here is my estimated DTS:X setup based off of what I was told at CEDIA. Notice that the center channel is pushed a tad closer to the display, the in-ceiling speakers and side surrounds are moved, and everything centers around the seating area which is now in the middle of the room.
Again, I think that in all practicality, if people just leave their seating area where it is, and set it up for whichever of these formats physically works better, you will get a great setup that handles both Atmos and DTS:X
