Surround Di-pole speakers

[Tyson]

Hey guys, I'm working on a home theater design and want to get some thoughts on what to use for surround speakers. I am planning to use Rocket 850's up front. I like the idea of the di-pole for surround and rear especially because of its low profile on the wall mounting.

Is anyone out there using these currently? Thoughts on them?

I was looking at some of the Swans, such as the RP3.

Any help is appreciated.

[JazzySmooth]

I've heard good things about the Emotiva ERD-1s. They're di-pole / bi-pole switchable and pretty inexpensive. Be aware they are a 4 ohm speaker though. http://emotiva.com/erd1.shtm

[Sean_W_Smith]

Hey guys, I'm working on a home theater design and want to get some thoughts on what to use for surround speakers. I am planning to use Rocket 850's up front. I like the idea of the di-pole for surround and rear especially because of its low profile on the wall mounting.

Is anyone out there using these currently? Thoughts on them?

I was looking at some of the Swans, such as the RP3.

Any help is appreciated.

Sure I have Rocket 330's on the sides in my 7.1 setup and 450's in the rear... They sound great and I am very fond of them....

Sean

[Jon Liu]

After talking to Danny Richie (Designer of many of the crossover networks in the Rocket lineup among MANY MANY other things) I definitely have a different opinion of Bi/Di/Tri/Quadripolar speakers. The whole basis of the speaker sound is sitting within the null of the sound, which is almost fine and good for the person in the sweet spot, but once you sit outside of of that "null" you lose the effect entirely and the sound starts to get massive cancelations.

I was not trying to sell me on something, but he did make the recommendation to check out his very own GR-Research A/V1-RS kit. I did not have the technical knowhow or equipment to build out my own cabinets so I went with another company to make the cabinets for me, Elemental Designs. But, what makes these so special and I've witness first hand is pretty much no matter where you sit in the room, these speakers will allow you to hear the same content. On top of that, it is not working with phase distortion, cancellation so you get none of the adverse effects.

What you do get is a massive sound that is not localizable, much like the multipolar speaker, but without the adverse affects. In fact, to me, these speakers disappear into the sound stage more than any other surround speaker I've experienced to date. For multipolar speakers I've personally owned Polk FXi30's, Axiom Audio QS4's, AV123 Rocket RSS300's, and now finally these GR-Research A/V1-RS.

I would give a good long consideration to these speakers if you are looking at getting quality surround speakers.

A/V1-RS Link

[12345678]

How much to have the cabinets made? Did you simply call them?

[corndog71]

I've experimented with placing bookshelf speakers into positions similar to what Danny recommends for his rear surrounds and can attest that it works very well! It sounds much better than any bipole/dipole I've ever heard.

[Bugbitten]

http://www.axiomaudio.com/qs8.html

I use the QS8s with my x-static set-up. Great surround.