Setup guide for Dolby Atmos on PC

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Hi, I am going to setup a 3.0 Dolby Atmos system on my pc. I have chosen the following Klipsch speakers:
2* RP-160M Reference Premiere Monitor Speakers with RP-140SA Add-On Dolby Atmos Enabled Elevation Speakers
Reference RP-450CA Premiere Dolby Atmos Center Channel Speaker

I have only used powered speakers before, so I do not know what else I will need. A DAC? An amplifier? Both? Would someone recommend me the parts I will need (price does not matter, just performance)?

Ps. If anyone knows better Dolby Atmos enabled bookshelf and center speakers, please let me know!

Thanks!
 
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You need a Dolby Atmos source and something to process it. I'm not sure why you would bother with this on a PC, AFAIK there are no games that support it, only some movies. You could easily just get a blu ray player and an Atmos enabled receiver and be done with it.

That said your PC just needs a Blu ray player and an optical output (or you can output using HDMI as well), The processing is done within your Atmos Enabled Receiver (for example the Onkyo TX-NR656). You need a pair of rear speakers as well and a subwoofer for the full experience. All these speakers are connected to the receiver.

There is no such thing as "Atmos Enabled" despite what it says on the marketing speak. Any speakers can be used as Atmos front speakers...
Hi, though there is new solution for turning in Dolby Atmos on Pc, and this is headphone specific i don't whether it will work for everyone, actually i am windows 10 developer and there is a new feature that includes this, the only thing you need to do is install Dolby Atmos from Windows store App and you can also use any home theater that supports 7.1 Audio.
 


This is not a new solution, thats just the codec for Windows to be able to play Atmos games and movies, you still need an Atmos enabled receiver to decode it. Over headphones its "simulated" and not true Atmos as discussed.
 
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