Omnis and dipoles would be at the very bottom on my 'most wanted' speaker list, they might have to fight single driver 'full-range' for very last place however.
Although the Beolab 90's 'omni' mode would be good for parties .
Keith
There is no point arguing about preferences. I just want to point out that the polar plot of the Beolab 90 in omni mode is rather hideous, and far from being a true omni. There are also very few omni designs out there which are truly omnidirectional. While I enjoy listening to MBLs, Duevels and German Physiks, their dispersion pattern is far from being that of a point source omni, and this gives them a somewhat "smeared" presentation. The best omni designs in my opinion are the Plutos from Linkwitz (which is/was point source omni up to 4 kHz), and the Morrison Audio speakers.