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Also on the back but hidden by the grille cloth is a rear-facing array consisting of a tweeter between two bass/midrange drivers, duplicates of the setup on the front. This driver arrangement, called a D'Appolito array, minimizes floor and ceiling bounce by providing broad horizontal dispersion while limiting vertical dispersion.
Bipolar Isn't Just a Mental Disorder
Like most Definitive Technology speakers, the BP2002TLs are bipolar, with their front and rear drivers in phase; the rear drivers push outward and pull inward at the same time as the front ones. This differs from dipole speakers, which have out-of-phase front and back waves. The bipolar design gives speakers a fatter, almost omnidirectional sound dispertion, whereas dipoles project sound in a figure-eight pattern--all to the front and back and nothing to the sides.
To reduce diffraction and bulk, the cabinets are narrow, with the 12-inch subwoofer firing from the side. To reduce the risk of tipping, the speakers come with spikes and with outriggers that broaden the speaker's footprint in the back; even so, they might not be ideal for homes with deep carpets and rambunctious tykes.
The cabinet's complex design has separate compartments for both the front and rear driver arrays and a third for the subwoofer. It's also well made and well damped; knock on the thick walls and you'll hear almost nothing.
