I bought a pair of these great speakers to finish my surround set-up and can't believe how they changed my whole viewing/listening experience. Whether tasked with an affects-heavy Hollywood blockbuster or the rustling crowd at a live baseball game, the performance of these speakers is outstanding. The detail and clarity of the sound is a bargain at this price.

I recently purchased a 5.1 system. 2 Intimus 5T's, a 5C, and 2 5B's for surrounds. I also bought a HSU subwoofer. Awesome set up. I bought the the 5B's because my couch is up against the back wall with no side walls and didn't think bipoles would work. Well a couple months later I purchased the 4BP's out of curiosity. The ones with the furniture grade finish that are still available as an open box item. No offence to the 5B's, which are great sounding bookshelf speakers, but the BP's are much better as surround speakers despite the less than optimal placement. They really sound awesome! They are on the back wall about 3 feet out on either side of my couch. They create a much more diffuse surround sound field and I couldn't be happier. The 5B's won't go to waste as I'll run them as a Zone 2 to my garage. The bipoles also look sharp with no exposed wires like the 5B's had. If you want a surround system I would go with the bipoles over the bookshelves no matter what your room configuration is. Big Aperion fan. My buddy, after hearing my system, bought the same setup. He is also thrilled. He has a more traditional set up with side walls and room beind his couch, but I can't say that his setup sounds any better than my back wall placement.

I recently bought these and set them up on a rear wall - Wow! The surround effect was a big step up from my old rear surrounds, the Aperion 422's (predecessor to the 4B). They are mounted on a rear wall, with my couch up against the wall. Even in this difficult arrangement, they're fantastic.

The multidirectional bipole design is clearly superior to my 422's for movie effects. It provides a much more immersive sound stage. That said, these are good for music too, though the mono-directional 422's provide a more defined multi-channel music experience with my SACD's. So if you're a big movie person with some music use, these are perfect. If you're a big music person with a lot of multichannel music, you might stick with a 4B, 5B, 6B, etc.

On a side note, Aperion's customer service, fit and finish, and overall satisfaction have hit it out of the park again - and are the reasons I don't shop anywhere else for my speaker needs.

My seating position is against the back wall. This does not give me the best options for surround placement, but these 4bp's sound great above the coach and off to the side a bit. I really think i prefer it this way over having them on the side walls which i could have done but one of the tweeters would be firing into the back wall. And of course they look great because they hang right on the wall and are not sticking out on mounts. Im really glad I chose these! Sound fantastic!

I just bought these today, brought them home, and installed them. They replaced a well-worn in set of 4Bs for 5.1 in a system including 4Ts and a 4C in front. While I was pretty pleased with my surround set-up before I purchased the 4BPs, adding them has been an astounding difference to the home theater sound field in my media room. I promptly queued up a particularly impressive episode of HBO's The Pacific to test these on their inaugural run. Even without proper break-in time, these 4BPs completely blow the door off the 4Bs I was relying on before. I didn't even make it through the opening credits before I knew these surround speakers were the best home theater purchase I had made since I upgraded my receiver.

Kudos Aperion, you've truly outdone yourselves here!!! Thank you for the incredible deal on these gorgeous speakers!

Since this was going to be my first surround system purchase (and my last for a long time), I really did my homework. Despite all my search, I always came back to Aperion Audio for all that they are known for: GREAT sounding speakers at a fair price plus excellent customer service. Add in the completely free 30 day trial and I couldn't go wrong. Here's what I bought: 5T, 5C, 4BPs and 8D.

The 4BPs are my favorite part of my system. Going in I really wanted good surround. My problem is that I have a really challenging room – high ceilings, no place to mount the side surrounds and lots of open space. The 4BPs really fit the bill because they are so flexible and forgivable when it comes to placement. I have them both on 59” stands—one against a wall of windows and other at the edge of the couch with open space all around it. Despite their placement, they sound fantastic! I originally purchased two 4BP in Medium Cherry but they just didn't match the couch so ordered two more 4BPs in High Gloss Black. Just for kicks, I kept the original two 4BPs for an extra day and moved them to back of my room as part of a 7.1 system (keep in mind I planned on only getting a 5.1 system :-) All I can say is WOW what a difference and I thought the 4BPs in a 5.1 setup sounded good. Because the 4BPs are bipole, the surround sound is not localized which is exactly what you want. I am very impressed and will not be returning the extra set of 4BPs after all. I highly recommend them.

Steve

This is my first experience with Aperion speakers and I ordered 4T's, 4C, Bravus dual 8" sub, and these 4BP's for my surround speakers. I have to admit I was a little aprehensive about using them for music (thought I should have ordered the 4B's), but after calibrating them I am amazed at the powerful sound! For movies they are perfect, giving just that right amount of spaciousness. The real surprise was for music. I love my DVD-Audio and SACD surround discs and these speakers sound great. I don't always sit in the same place in my room and sound coming from them is both direct and wide. My 30 day trial has just begun, but I am keeping these babies.

:)

Greg