Di-pole or keep monopoles?? (1 Viewer)

[JamesN]

My home theater is set up in my parents-pretty-decent-sized basement. I'm only using one half of it, so currently I've got some klipsch direct-radiating bookshelves for surrounds on left and right walls. What I really want are some paradigm adp-370 di-poles but I'm kinda worried that the basement is too big and so theres not reverb and reflections off walls. The back wall is just about 13 feet away from the surrounds and not only that but on the left wall, directly in-front of where I would place the di-poles, theres the stairs with no door. So what do you guys think? Too much space for di-poles? Or does it matter?

 

[Alex Bischoff]

I'd recommend the dipoles -- even though there may not be walls to reflect off of, I believe there'll still be an enveloping effect. See also Sound & Vision's article "Poles Apart:
Which kind of speaker should you use for the surround channels, monopole or dipole?"
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Alex Bischoff