BiPole/DiPole In-Wall/Ceiling Recco's to go with Revel F206/C205?

[Dougey_Jones]

Hi Everyone,

In my current configuration I have M106's on stands acting as surround and side speakers, which works fine, but I am moving soon and will no longer be able to use them in this configuration. To be honest, the M106's as surround speakers works, but I'd like a more diffuse surround field and the way my theater is current set up, it's very directional.

I know the obvious answer would be to buy Revel in-wall/ceiling speakers, but none of their offerings are BiPolar/DiPolar or even offer a single midwoofer paired with two tweeters angled different directions. I want one or two pairs of recessed speakers that will really throw a large diffuse surround field but still be able to blend with my Revel front soundstage. I will be using Audyssey XT32 for full FR room correction, if that matters, but would nevertheless would like to pick a brand that's close to neutral so that the RC isn't having to reinvent the wheel.

Any ideas?

 

[kyuu]

I wonder how it would work if you used one of the dual-tweeter models like the C563DT and simply connected both pairs of speaker terminals in series or parallel?

 

[Dougey_Jones]

I wonder how it would work if you used one of the dual-tweeter models like the C563DT and simply connected both pairs of speaker terminals in series or parallel?

Could work.

The Crutchfield website, Revel website and even owners manual do not state whether they're 8ohm or 4ohm. If they're 8ohm, then parallel would work out great and my amps would just drive the whole thing as a 4ohm load.

 

[Dougey_Jones]

There are these: https://www.amazon.com/Klipsch-R-56...refix=surround+in-wall+speaker,aps,130&sr=8-5

 

[kyuu]

Yes, although Klipsch and neutral response don't generally go together. On the other hand, they do usually have decent directivity so they'll likely take EQ just fine.

Could work.

The Crutchfield website, Revel website and even owners manual do not state whether they're 8ohm or 4ohm. If they're 8ohm, then parallel would work out great and my amps would just drive the whole thing as a 4ohm load.

Like all speakers, the impedance will be variable. Revels, like most modern speaker designs, generally has the impedance dip to a low point of around 4 ohms in the mid-bass, often around 200Hz. So in parallel, the amp would need to handle 2 ohms for that small range of bass frequencies. Alternately, in series it would be doing 8 ohms there and much more elsewhere. Checking the Denon X3700 review...

Edit: None of the Denon reviews for the 3k or 4k series seem to have done the "power cube" testing to see how they handle low-impedance/high phase-angle loads. I would honestly be surprised if they had much trouble with it hooked in parallel. There's only one woofer, after all, so maybe it wouldn't actually be halving the impedance down there?

 

[Dougey_Jones]

I noticed that you use a JBL MA7100HP, that thing is a real curiosity to me. I can't figure out which of Harman's other brands makes it for them. The JBL Synthesis AVR's and Processors have mostly been retooled Arcam products, but I can't figure out where the MA7100HP came from.

How do you like it?

 

[kyuu]

I noticed that you use a JBL MA7100HP, that thing is a real curiosity to me. I can't figure out which of Harman's other brands makes it for them. The JBL Synthesis AVR's and Processors have mostly been retooled Arcam products, but I can't figure out where the MA7100HP came from.

Near as I can tell it's a brand new platform.

How do you like it?

I like it just fine, despite the results of the review (it was my unit that Amir reviewed, by the way). Love the screen (even if I think they could use its real estate better), streaming Tidal/Spotify/UPNP works great, plenty of power. The included EZ Set EQ room correction isn't the greatest (though it's better than nothing), but I have a Dirac license for that.