Spiker, a lot of people seem to prefer two rear surrounds to just one. The two speakers reportedly provide better imaging, plus they offer a little future-proofing -- when the next generation of processing includes stereo rear surrounds, the separate speakers will already be in place. When a single speaker is used, it's possible that a lone dipole speaker would blend better than a single direct radiating speaker. In my current setup (a 19x11 room), I have a single Paradigm Studio/ADP dipole surround on the back (11' wide) wall as rear surround and have been pretty happy with it, but in our next house (which hopefully will be a reality in a month or so, and which includes a much larger den which will house the home theater) I plan to replace it with two direct radiating speakers. Most likely I'll go with a pair of Axiom M3's.
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