Some Questions from an Audio Newbie...

[brainofj72]

Okay, so I’m gonna be moving soon and I will finally have the space and means to upgrade to a surround sound system. I’ve been a physical media collector and home theater junkie for pretty much my whole life, but I’ve always been a PQ guy and have never really been in the right position to jump into surround like I wanted to, so now that that’s happening I have to say I’m finding it all very confusing and overwhelming, haha. So I guess I just have a couple basic questions to get started:

1. What is the minimum I should be prepared to pay for a 7.1.4 Atmos system? Including the receiver, subwoofer, and all the speakers.

2. I’m having trouble finding overhead speaker options. Not interested in the ones that project sound off the ceiling - I want mounted overheads, but not in-ceiling. Does such a thing exist?

Please be kind - this is all new to me so I apologize if these are dumb questions.