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Dolby Atmos speaker setups: What do these numbers mean?When shopping for Dolby Atmos home theater components, you’ll see a new way of describing speaker configurations.
This refers to the number of traditional surround speakers (front, center, surround, etc.)
This number refers to how many powered subwoofers you can connect to your receiver.
This refers to how many overhead or Dolby Atmos enabled speakers you can use in your Dolby Atmos capable setup.
11.1.8 Overhead Speakers Seating position
Left and right speakers
Center speaker
Subwoofer
Left and right wide speakers
Left and right surround speaLeft and right surround speakers
Left and right surround 1 speakers
Left and right rear surround speakers
Left and right front height speakers
Left and right top front overhead speakers
Left and right top rear overhead speakers
Left and right rear height speakers
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