Hello,

Been a while! It's been a whirlwind of a year, but in short, I unexpectedly found myself upgrading houses, and the new house is allowing me a nicer home theater. We're in the midst of renovating it, and I wanted to run my floorplan by some folks to check for any red flags.

Will use existing equipment from my current beloved home theater (Dolby Atmos 7.3.4):

Front: 2x GoldenEar Triton Reference towers
Center: GoldenEar SuperCenter XXL (Reference now, I guess)
Surround Side/Rear: 4x GoldenEar Invisa MPX (in-wall)
Subwoofer: GoldenEar SuperSub XXL
Ceiling (height): 4x GoldenEar Invisa HTR7000 (in-ceiling)

So, I've last-minute added a 12.5"H riser for a second row of seats. Which has kind of thrown my speaker placements in disarray.

The Invisa MPX, when used as side/rear surrounds in an 7.1 configuration is recommended to be "as high as possible" - but Dolby says listener ear level. I've made them higher (sides: 59-1/8", rears: 61.5") to accommodate the second row, but should I really go up near the ceiling? Is there a keep-out zone (like the HTR7000 should be at least 12" out from any wall, and the Triton towers 8") from the ceiling, or can I go right up there?

The HTR7000 are for ATMOS, and beause of their 30 degree angle, they're really close to the MLP (at little farther out than the math would call for, since I have to avoid joists). Is this placement okay?

Are the acoustics for the second row going to be terrible? Both the side surrounds and the rear ATMOS speakers are in front of the second row.

Note: the "sofas" indicates are actually three-seat (front row) and four-seat (back row) theater seats. The image is showing them fully reclined.

Any feedback is welcome.

TIA!