riddle me this - bi/dipoles design

[mperfct]

So I was thinking the other day about my RBH MC-6DB inwall bi/dipole speakers. Why do they have the tweeters angled out, but not the mid-range? Doesn't most of the surround info come from the mid-range? Looks like the mid-range (they call it a "woofer", but let's be real) covers 50hz-3000hz and the tweeters are on up (based upon a 3k x-over).

Don't you want to disperse sound from all parts of the spectrum to create a null zone?

There seems to be a mix of designs out there. Triad, AT, Speakercraft, and Jamo offer separate mids/woofers, whilst others like RBH, PSB, B&W have a mixed design.

Any thoughts or should I just put the peace pipe down?

 

[no. 5]

So I was thinking the other day about my RBH MC-6DB inwall bi/dipole speakers. Why do they have the tweeters angled out, but not the mid-range? Doesn't most of the surround info come from the mid-range? Looks like the mid-range (they call it a "woofer", but let's be real) covers 50hz-3000hz and the tweeters are on up (based upon a 3k x-over).

I presume they were designed to work optimally as bipoles, the angled tweeters are for wider high frequency dispersion. My advice would be to use them in the bipole setting.

Don't you want to disperse sound from all parts of the spectrum to create a null zone?

Nope; creating the desired surround effect requires direct sound going to the listener.