I'm ready to step up my home theater audio system.....

I was talking about “per” pair. Not just a single pair. I’m considering 3 pair and a center channel (already have 2 subwoofers) for 7.2 channel surround.

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You will not even begin to fill that room with sound with a $300 pair of speakers.

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Well that just isn't true.

That's the strangest setup I've ever seen. WTF goes on in there? Why'd you buy so many chairs?

The cheapest Best Buy receiver is stepping up your game?

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I thought atmos speakers had to be pointed at the ceiling.

From an audio standpoint, in-ceiling mounting is not ideal, though that’s what I have at home.

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Actually for Atmos, you want speakers in the ceiling or above you pointed down. There are floor standing Atmos speakers that fire upwards, but not as as effective. Even with Atmos you still need floor level speakers.

If I was the OP I'd concentrate on getting a solid receiver then get 2 good front left&right speakers, center channel and a subwoofer. Then as your budget allows fill out the surround and height speakers. A good 3.1 system can still make a huge impact on the home theater experience. I'd say 75% of the audio come from those 3 front speakers and sub anyway.

I've heard Atmos and while it's good, I don't think it's game changing and only relevant to movies that have an Atmos soundtrack. I'd rather have fewer great speakers than many average speakers. I'm planning to upgrade my front speakers to some Martin Logan ESLs later this year.

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I’m sorry I’ve not yet hit OT Ballet status like you, but with high hopes, I will one day.

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I do not have ot baller status so my current setup is

-Dennn 3400 receiver
-polk s35 as center
-polk s55 as left/right fronts
-polk owm5 mounted rears
-svs pb1000 sub

Polk speakers are on sale often. I believe I got the fronts for 550 (pair). 200 for the rears (pair) and 700 for the denon. Camelcamelcamel for Amazon and a little patience will go a long way.. next purchase will be the atmos speakers.

More than the audio system, that’s for sure.

While the chairs are comfortable, they certainly aren’t top of the line. I managed to score each chair off of Walmart.com this past fall for about $160.00 each on clearance (they ended up selling out on the site days later for about $90.00 each). They recline straight back and have wide enough cup holders for drinks that sit in yeti/rtic style cups/koozies. I have young kids, so I wasn’t going to spend $500+ per chair at this time.

Atmos is a gimmick in my opinion. Why bounce sound waves off a wall when you can just have a speaker? The sellers of A/V receivers just needed something new to market.

If you are going with an Atmos setup, in order for it to provide a proper imaging, you would have to have front, center and side speakers in addition to a minimum left and right "height" speakers which would be over the middle of the listening area. With some savvy online purchasing you can buy your speakers for a lot less than you might think. My speaker setup cost me a little less than 450 bucks if I remember correctly, and that includes the Onkyo powered sub. If you go after name brand for your satellite speakers, yeah, you will easily spend over 1000 bucks. If you know what you are looking for, you can save a ton of money. I used Speakecraft in wall/ceiling speakers for my satellites. They look and sound awesome. You can look at the construction and read the reviews. They are very well made, of very comparable materials to the top brands. Once they are installed, you can call them Klipsch or Polk if you want, lol.