If you like the Yamaha RX-V6A and shopping at Costco is an option with your membership or a friend's, the Costco-only Yamaha TSR-700 is a rebadged clone for 2/3 the price.
If you don't need/want wall-shaking bass, you can keep the price down a bit for the subs, but the sub sees the entire open floor plan, while the speakers only need to be "matched" to the viewing area.
You can probably keep the costs in line by focusing the budget on the center channel speaker and the sub, and filling in the L/R with good bookshelves and then surrounds and Atmos speakers.
If possible avoid up-firing Atmos modules that try to bounce the sound off of the ceiling. Angled in-ceiling speakers are what was intended, and if that's not possible, try height speakers on the wall near the ceiling.
While "good" subwoofers start at about $400 and go up from there, given the size of your space and the AVR, the SVS PB-1000 Pro may be the sweet sweet spot
It's a good performer for the price, and has a DSP on board to help match it to our room, which some lower-tier AVRs (most 7 channel receivers) can struggle to do.
SVS also has free shipping and returns from their website, and can be found in many local retail stores. Basically you pay a bit more for these conveniences.
A potential system might look like this (looking at items that seem available as of the time I'm posting):
Denon AVR-S750H from Costco
Polk LSIM 704c center, S20 bookshelves for L/R, OWM3 for surrounds if you need to wall mount them, or maybe T15 bookshelves if you can sit them on a shelf
Monoprice angled in-ceiling speakers for Atmos
SVS PB-1000 Pro subwoofer
That's about 90% of your budget leaving you a little wiggle room for an upgrade or 2. If your budget can stretch a bit, of course that opens up more options.
If you can wait, there are some items that aren't available now that might be appealing to you.
At Costco, the Yamaha TSR-700 AVR isn't in stock right now, but is the same price as the Denon, and offers HDMI 2.1 features.
Emotiva speakers are well regarded, but the B1+ bookshelf speakers aren't in stock right now, and otherwise wouldn't fit the budget (T0+ speakers bust the budget a bit)
If on sale, Infinity Reference speakers offer huge value. RC263 center + R162 bookshelves and RS152 surrounds would cost less than the Polk set and outperform it.
If you don't need/want wall-shaking bass, you can keep the price down a bit for the subs, but the sub sees the entire open floor plan, while the speakers only need to be "matched" to the viewing area.
You can probably keep the costs in line by focusing the budget on the center channel speaker and the sub, and filling in the L/R with good bookshelves and then surrounds and Atmos speakers.
If possible avoid up-firing Atmos modules that try to bounce the sound off of the ceiling. Angled in-ceiling speakers are what was intended, and if that's not possible, try height speakers on the wall near the ceiling.
While "good" subwoofers start at about $400 and go up from there, given the size of your space and the AVR, the SVS PB-1000 Pro may be the sweet sweet spot
It's a good performer for the price, and has a DSP on board to help match it to our room, which some lower-tier AVRs (most 7 channel receivers) can struggle to do.
SVS also has free shipping and returns from their website, and can be found in many local retail stores. Basically you pay a bit more for these conveniences.
A potential system might look like this (looking at items that seem available as of the time I'm posting):
Denon AVR-S750H from Costco
Polk LSIM 704c center, S20 bookshelves for L/R, OWM3 for surrounds if you need to wall mount them, or maybe T15 bookshelves if you can sit them on a shelf
Monoprice angled in-ceiling speakers for Atmos
SVS PB-1000 Pro subwoofer
That's about 90% of your budget leaving you a little wiggle room for an upgrade or 2. If your budget can stretch a bit, of course that opens up more options.
If you can wait, there are some items that aren't available now that might be appealing to you.
At Costco, the Yamaha TSR-700 AVR isn't in stock right now, but is the same price as the Denon, and offers HDMI 2.1 features.
Emotiva speakers are well regarded, but the B1+ bookshelf speakers aren't in stock right now, and otherwise wouldn't fit the budget (T0+ speakers bust the budget a bit)
If on sale, Infinity Reference speakers offer huge value. RC263 center + R162 bookshelves and RS152 surrounds would cost less than the Polk set and outperform it.
