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Surround speakers options?

I currently have a 2 channel system but I'am picking up the pieces I need to set up a HT. My front LR are Devore Silverbacks and I just got a Devore Gibbon 7.1 for my center. This will give me a Timber match across the front. I now need to locate some surrounds that are Dipoles, Devore does not make this type of speaker so I would like to know what to expect if I get a pair of Revel S30 for my surrounds. Will I notice the difference since they are not a Timber match to my fronts or since they are a diffuse type speaker will they blend in? Also they have a different sensitivity But a AVR should be able to set the levels to sound the same in volume correct? Thanks for any thoughts you have. Gary
mystang
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kr4
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Why do you want dipoles? Why not a pair of smaller DeVores?

Kal
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Hi Kal my sofa is L shaped and sits against the right side wall and back wall so I need a speaker designed to mount on the wall. Devore no longer makes the Gibbon 7.1 and they are rare on the Gon. But they could be mounted on the the wall as the port is in the front. But his regular Gibbons have a port on the rear so they won't work. I thought that diploes were better for movies which is all they will be used for as compared to a direct source. Is this correct or not ? Gary
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kr4
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Debatable.

Kal
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I have asome Totem Lynks Dipole speakers that I use for surrouds. They have a switch on the back that can be engaged or not depending on where you have them mounted.

Pretty nice sounding speakers. I bought them used on Audiogon for around $599.

Good Luck finding them used though, they don't come up very often. I think I might get another pair and run a 7.1 setup.
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