Soundbar instead of front speakers
Hi !
I am building my first home theater. I figured out what I'll get for the video part, but for the sound part, I'd like to go with a 5.1.2 system. The thing is that I'd like to keep the speakers as discreet as possible as the setup will be in a living room.
The back speakers will be visible, that's for sure, but I'd like to keep the front speakers in a wall. Here is how it would look like :
The thing is that the left part of the front wall (behind the screen, from the left wall and 1.2m to the right) is not full. There is a whole (opening to go to the other room) and the left speaker can not be there (as it would stand in the way and be too visible).
So my question would be, is there a suitable soundbar that would act as the 3 front speakers (center, right and left channels) ? I've seen many soundbars and they all seem to act as full-fleged audio system, even "including" atmos. But that's not what I'm looking for. Btw, the atmos speakers will be at the top of the back speakers, pointing to the flat ceiling (that sounds fine to me, plz lmk if that wouldn't work well). Or many should I have the center speaker and the right/left speakers next to each other at the bottom of the screen ?