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Dipole - bipole??

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1/10/08 at 8:10pm
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What is the difference between dipole and bipole speakers? outside of the spelling. Also wonder if there is any inwall speakers outside of speakercraft that offer dipole or bipole?
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1/11/08 at 3:52am
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Re: Dipole - bipole??

Dipole has two speakers that fire out of phase (one pushes while the other pulls). This creates a null directly in front of the middle of the speaker.

Bipole has two speakers that fire in phase. This helps to create a "diffuse" sound, but does not create a null.

As to which might be better is up to your taste and your room. Dipoles only tend to have a good effect when you have good speaker placement options. If you have an odd shaped room or are very limited in where you can put your speakers I would hesitate to recommend dipoles.
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