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Help me complete my HT setup...

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Posted by NewToHT on April 16, 2004 at 21:18:43

I am building a moderate HT setup and am confused about which surrounds to get. I have put together the following so far:

Panasonic plasma
HK AVR 330 7.1 receiver
Ascend Acoustics CBM-170 mains and center
Sony 12" 150-watt sub

assuming my choices are dipole, bipole and direct radiating, which type do I want for the rear? Which type for side walls? I was considering the Cambridge Soundworks Newton S300 multipoles which are switchable among dipole/bipole/direct. But after doing a search here, I'm not so sure anymore. The search did not really tell me what I want to know?

I plan to listen to standard redbook CDs, DVD-audio, SACD and movies on this system. I presume the movies will vary in recording technique (5.1, 7.1, etc.) If I movie is recorded in 5.1 then I should have bipoles, ritht? But if 7.1, then dipoles or direct?

I'm so confused (and tired of reading).

Help!

PS. fwiw, AA does not sell dipoles or bipoles for use as surround, which is why I did not purchase surrounds from them.

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