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Surround speakers require break-in?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hennie" data-source="post: 66556" data-attributes="member: 20"><p>The radiation pattern of a dipole has a null directly to the front. By mounting the dipole surrounds to the side you sit in the radiation pattern null and receive mainly reflected sound. When used in this way dipole surrounds are used to give a more ambient sound, or to reduce or eliminate distinct localization of the speaker position. This is a trade-off though, as steering effects won't be as good as with speakers radiating directly towards the listener. But the various "ambient" surround schemes such as Dolby Prologic and DTS Neo 6 work much better. Localization is usually a problem in smaller rooms where listeners sit too close to the rears and a dipole is just about the only solution here. It's best to experiment with position and the bipole / dipole switch to see what works best in your case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's very unlikely that you will damage them, the output to the surrounds are normally too low.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hennie, post: 66556, member: 20"] The radiation pattern of a dipole has a null directly to the front. By mounting the dipole surrounds to the side you sit in the radiation pattern null and receive mainly reflected sound. When used in this way dipole surrounds are used to give a more ambient sound, or to reduce or eliminate distinct localization of the speaker position. This is a trade-off though, as steering effects won't be as good as with speakers radiating directly towards the listener. But the various "ambient" surround schemes such as Dolby Prologic and DTS Neo 6 work much better. Localization is usually a problem in smaller rooms where listeners sit too close to the rears and a dipole is just about the only solution here. It's best to experiment with position and the bipole / dipole switch to see what works best in your case. It's very unlikely that you will damage them, the output to the surrounds are normally too low. [/QUOTE]
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