Originally Posted By bman84
Will they work? Sure, but you're correct about Dolby guidelines. Using QS8's won't allow for sound 'objects' to be placed as accurately in the room, as the QS8's will fire sound in 4 different directions.


Well, that depends on how close the QS8's are located to the listening positions. If the QS8 is less than 4ft away, yes, the soundfield may not be accurately portraying the object placement of ATMOS. More than 4ft away, I doubt you will notice much difference between the QS8 vs an M3, especially in rear placement as very little content is actually sent to rears, even in the best ATMOS coded sources I've had the pleasure listening too.

In my experience, L-C-R still dominates the soundstage in ATMOS and you will notice more the ceiling speakers as you don't expect sound coming from there. Unless you have money to burn, keep the QS8s for now and experience it for yourself.