Current Audio is ready to ship the a suite of new installer-friendly in-wall speakers.

The company’s new dipole/bipole speakers can be used for either rear surround or back surround. When they’re installed, you flip a switch on the back of the speakers to determine which application they will be optimized for. For dipole applications, the speakers create a diffuse sound, useful for ambient surround effects. When in bipole mode, the tweeters are set in phase to enhance localization.

Both models also include a magnet-less and bezel-less grill that installs in 30 seconds.

The model CS654DBFL ($799/pr) features a 6.5-inch woven carbon fiber woofer with a butyl rubber surround and two 1” ceramic-coated aluminum ferro fluid-cooled dome tweeters. The CS650DBFL ($599/pr) features a 6.5-inch composite driver with a butyl rubber surround and two 1” silk ferrofluid-cooled dome tweeters.

For the front of the theater, Current Audio offers the new WSLC654FL($1,099 each) in-wall speaker for left, center and right channels. This model includes two of the same 6.5-inch woven carbon fiber drivers as the CS654DBFL surround speaker and a the same 1-inch aluminum tweeter with an original pivoting design that defies sound diffraction, concentrating audio on the sweet spot. A 3-position bass and treble adjustment allows the further customization for the room’s requirements.

An LCR match for the less expensive surrounds, the WSLCR650FL ($699 each) is based on two 6.5-inch composite divers and a silk dome tweeter.

Current Audio says these are the first in-wall LCRs to fit horizontally between 16-inch on-center studs, making them appropriate for retrofit installations

Both these models also include the magnet-less FastLoc grill as the surround speakers.

Grant Clauser - Technology and Web Editor, Electronic House

Grant Clauser has been covering home electronics for more than 10 years with editorial roles in several consumer and trade magazines. He's done ISF-level damage to hundreds of reviewed products and has had audio training from Home Acoustics Alliance and Sencore. He's also the author of the book The Trouble with Rivers. Follow him on Twitter @geclauser.