Dolby Atmos coming soon for home use

[Brian81]

I don't think that too many speakers will be a problem. I think the more, the better. I think of dominos, one falling and it travels along from one to another in a continuous unbroken motion. Think of a falling domino as a sound, with it traveling from front to rear of the theater, instead of being at one speaker, then jumping to another that's not closeby. That's not realistic. Think of a jet flying overheard in a movie, where it travels along the ceiling and passes over you. That effect would be quite awesome. A sound effect traveling seamlessly around you.

My main concerns are this - I have identical timbre-matched speakers all around. Adding different, in-ceiling, speakers will ruin this. Additionally, if discs are encoded with the audio tracks specifically for X number of channels, and my speaker setup will not be the same, I won't be getting the intended audio experience - I will be getting a dumbed down alteration of the track. Like having a player output a 5.1 audio track in two channel stereo.