mikekuhlman-415-393642 — 9 years ago(June 09, 2016 06:17 PM)

In an age of discrete, split surround sound, anybody use these types of speakers anymore? Dipoles and bipoles have two sets of speaker elements, woofers, mid-ranges and tweeters, on opposite sides of the speaker. Dipoles' elements vibrate in the same direction as each other for a more diffuse, out-of-phase, ethereal sound. Bipoles' elements vibrate in the opposite direction as each other for a more directional sound. Back in the pre-Dolby Digital and DTS x.1 Dolby Pro Logic and THX surround decorrelation and interpolation days, these types of surround speakers were all the rage.