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Review on Fluance Elite High Definition 2-Way Bipolar Surround Speakers For Wide Dispersion Surround Sound In Home Theater Systems - White/Pair (SXBP2WH) by Melody Watson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I'm impressed - Surround Sound Systems

So Bipolar/Dipole hasn't been popular for years and seems to be slowly disappearing. I think it had something to do with them being amazing because the Dolby Pro-Logic processing was replaced with Dolby Digital and blah blah, but it was harder for people to place them because of the shape, so they did maybe sold badly? I love her personally. I'm an audio enthusiast. I love good sound and if I could get back the money I've spent on sound gear over the years I'd have enough for a down payment on a house lol. So they are connected to my Yamaha receiver and the Polk Audio RTI8 speakers. and the central channel Csi5. They represent REALLY well. I've had a couple of good Audioengine bookshelf speakers as surround speakers, but I never really bothered with them because I could hear the sound source, knew a speaker was feeding the source and they never did added to the sound as a properly tuned subwoofer should. So I decided to try these. After some research and reading, several forums recommended me placing them on the back wall as the speakers were already angled and would point in the same direction like a straight speaker on the side wall. War films are best tested in surround sound. . Explosions, shots, etc. "Lord of the Rings" with mass battles, etc. and the whole atmosphere of the forest. Those speakers are gone. It's a really strange but enjoyable experience. It's like there's no wall behind me. It's just that the sound is coming from the back/side of me, but you don't hear the speaker, you only hear the sound. you MIX. Exactly what I was hoping for. So the minus 1 star is combined for several reasons. 1) They include poles for using banana forks. Considering how you're going to mount them on the wall, you need VERY short and tiny banana plugs, which the heck almost nobody makes. Maybe a good Mediabridge? I didn't have these on hand. Revain just started making them, but I didn't want to order any special ones for him. So get ready to buy short plugs or just plug them straight in. 2) The keyholes they make on the hanger are tiny. You need screw heads that are smaller than 1/4 inch. None of them were on hand, so I had to go to the hardware store. Not a big deal since it's a few blocks lower and 12 cents a screw, but there's no reason to make the holes that small. 3) Coming back to the keyhole design, they bet horizontally instead of vertically. I don't know how houses are built in Canada, but the cleats are NOT that wide. While you should always try to hang things like this from studs, these speakers will end up with a screw in the stud and another screw in the drywall, so now you need to buy drywall anchors as well. This is the case with every company. Your Canadian Pride. Just like Trek here in the States. They decorate all products, boxes, etc. with Canadian pride. Like HELL YA CANADA. And that's okay because they're MADE IN CHINA. Hell in China This is false pride. Oh my god, it's made in Canada. Big Scream. Focal does that too, but imagine if they actually do their own stuff and don't let the Chinese do it. Even their cheaper entry-level pieces are still handmade in France. Trek does the same shit. Oh, it was designed in Wisconsin! WI PROUD YA!. Bicycles are made in Taiwan. I already knew they were made in China, they were $100 speakers. It's pretty obvious, but I didn't get mad until I got this Canadian pride as hell in the entire product, like they have something to be proud of since their products are outsourced to a company that doesn't make their people work .

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