My home has a large, open living room/kitchen/dining room area. I have attached the floor plan; the TV is a 75" Samsung Q80R on the left wall of the gathering room and the couch splits the living area and kitchen. I'd like to set up a 5.1 system at minimum, possibly expanding in the future to include Atmos speakers and a second sub. The room is squarely in the main area of our home without room for an equipment rack, so I'd like to run everything off a receiver and keep the setup as simple and unobtrusive as possible. I understand that I will be compromising absolute performance as a result of foregoing a pre/pro and power amp combo, but I'm ok with that. I don't have any specific goals in terms of frequency response, total dB, etc. I just want a respectable bang-for-the-buck system which will primarily be used for TV/movies, but speakers that are flexible for enjoyable music reproduction as well. I do have space for floor standing left and right speakers, or large bookshelves on stands, but the surround channels MAY need to be wall-mounted to keep them out of the middle of the room. They would be mounted to the drywall above the lanai sliding glass door and above the foyer hallway, approximately 8' above the floor. I will probably have one subwoofer placed close to the receiver and hope to add a second beside or behind the couch which would need to have an embedded or external wireless kit.
I am looking at very sensitive speakers in order for a receiver to provide sufficient power. My speaker budget will likely be an absolute maximum of $2,500 for the 5.1 not including the future Atmos/second sub. I'd like to use a Denon AVR-X1200W I already own for now, but understand this may need to be upgraded fairly significantly. Will I be able to achieve my goals without dropping $3,000 on a receiver? Are there other considerations I should have to eliminate the need for extraneous devices? Finally, do you have suggestions on specific speakers that would facilitate the type of setup I've described?
Edit: Pics of the room, more to come as progress is made:
Semi-finished floating cabinet and feature wall:
I am looking at very sensitive speakers in order for a receiver to provide sufficient power. My speaker budget will likely be an absolute maximum of $2,500 for the 5.1 not including the future Atmos/second sub. I'd like to use a Denon AVR-X1200W I already own for now, but understand this may need to be upgraded fairly significantly. Will I be able to achieve my goals without dropping $3,000 on a receiver? Are there other considerations I should have to eliminate the need for extraneous devices? Finally, do you have suggestions on specific speakers that would facilitate the type of setup I've described?
Edit: Pics of the room, more to come as progress is made:
Semi-finished floating cabinet and feature wall: