A Guide to Bipolar, Dipolar, & Direct-Radiating Monopole Surround Speakers (PART I)

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

BD aka The All Knowing Oracle

i have a 5.1 setup with my rears ON the rear wall above my couch (CLICK HERE TO SEE)

is it ok to run my polk fxi a3 5.1 rears (above) in DIPOLE MODE?

No, it is better to leave them in bipole mode. Dipole works best when you are sitting in their null position.

Generally speaking, sitting against the wall is not a good idea, particularly for bass sound. It makes the sound from the subwoofer boomy and exaggerated. That may explain why you are hearing male voices through the subwoofer when you set the LPF of LFE to 120Hz.