Fluance XLBPBK Wide Dispersion Bipolar Surround Sound Speakers for Home Theater - Black Ash

This has been quite the substantial upgrade to my home theater setup. I've been using KLH satellite speakers for years and years that I originally had bought in high school. After taking a serious look at the speakers I currently had, I wanted to make some moves and upgrade. Through lots of research on AVS forums and other online sources, I ended up among these.I currently have a two row seating situation in a finished basement setting so I wanted to accommodate for both rows. This ended up with me looking into the bipolar surround speakers. With the bipolar speakers and the wide dispersion, this enabled me to be able to provide a surround sound experience in both the back and the front row.I got the package and couldn't believe how large and decently heavy they were. The build and construction was definitely impressive right out of the box. I was excited to get these hooked up. I found the perfect area to mount given the correct measurements where you want to hang them up in your sound stage. Which, during mounting I had noticed that they suggest you to hang four dry wall anchors PER speaker. I ended up just hanging two dry wall anchors on the outside holes and they've been up for months and months since then.After hooking it all up and hanging them on the wall, I've been blown away by the performance of these ever since. I had a Lord of The Rings marathon with these soon thereafter and they performed quite well in both rows. Just the other day however, I tuned in my setup even more (Relying on YPAO on my Yamaha receiver wasn't cutting it well) and increased the volume levels all around on the speakers to a more matched dB level in the main listening position. I've watched a good 5-6 movies since then and WOW even more blown away than what I've been missing out on for months since installing them! Surround sound effects have been awesome.At $199 the price point is pretty solid for this pair. I have nothing but good things to say about them. I haven't had a lot of experiences with higher quality surround sound driven speakers, but they blew those dinky KLH satellites out of the water. (Picture for comparison before hooking up the new Fluance XLBP's)

They do exactly what they need to do. Don't let the inexpensive price tag fool you. They are marvelous. I chose these because of their price compared to the def tech bipolar surrounds. They look nice and sound great. Would recommend them to others. They came double boxed and undamaged. They were used in a 5.1 surround sound configuration as the rear surround. I also they would make great side surrounds in a 7.1 arrangement. Well done Fluance with your wide dispersion Bipolar Surround speaker set.

Good speakers . I'm using them with my onkyo TX-NR646 they sound great. The only downfall is if you are going to mount them on the wall and using banana plugs it's going to be difficult otherwise the price is right I suggest buying them .

Have had the smaller version of these as rears in a 7.2 system for a while and reconfigured the room and needed some new rears so went for these! Could not be happier and expect similar longevity that I’ve experienced from the smaller version which i have had for 5 + Years!!

I'm using these speakers for my side surround. They do an excellent job and are very clear. They have crisp highs and have solid mids. They make a 7.1 surround sound sound more like a 9.1 or 11.1. They fill the room with high fidelity sound!

So far they sound great. Haven't broken them in yet.. Construction seems top notch.. There Pretty heavy so I used mini shelves to mount them as my rear satellites'.. They came boxed in heavy duty cardboard and styro foam. Great value for the dollar.

Great sound! Just a little to big for my surrounds

look good, sound good,blend well with my other speakers (infinity) nice speakers.

These speakers are a must buy! They perform way above their price point. Don’t be fooled by the reasonable price.I use them as side surround located at the rear to work with a Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 arrangement.

Incredible sound and quality! Look awesome! Great for surround sound and for music as my amp allows such a thing. Not disappointed in this purchase!

arrived on time, and they sound amazing.