Been in your spot. My processor does music surround very well which sounds a lot better with a direct radiator. Also with Dolby pro-logic II taking hold and offering discrete channels when decoding old dolby prologic rear channels, I think dipolars are going to gradually diappear. I could not make a good recommend surrounds without knowing your front speakers. You want the surrounds to be close in sound to the mains. It does make a big difference. But with that said, I will say the the M&K tri-poles are the best sounding surround speakers that I have heard. They can be switched to operate in direct radition or dipole or three poles at the same time. If your speakers are a match for those then your problem is solved. You can switch back and forth.
