So I was wondering if I might be able to find a stray Mirror Image amp out there and found this thread. It's interesting to see how things are perceived, especially so long after we sold the company. I was half of Mirror Image Audio, there were no employees, just me and my partner.
All products, before we sold the company, were made in Northern Virginia. Polyfusion purchased the name and designs.
It is true, the products were named by the equivalent horsepower rating.
We were reviewed in both The Absolute Sound and Stereophile, both were positive reviews.
I don't explicitly remember the speed problem on the vinyl playback with Jeff Rowland, but I do remember talking to him about bias current. His amps ran cool because they had a low bias current and ran more class B than A because the measured THD was lower. I said we found the same to be true but they amps sounded better with a higher bias current so our amps were biased further into class A. I believe his amps were biased higher after that. I don't recall feeling like a complete idiot at the time, but I have several times since.
We were bought out, but did not become Spittin' Image. Thank God.
We made one preamp, not many units. I have one but don't use it anymore except to rip records. As I recall it has balanced outputs but not inputs. Honestly, this is just me and my opinion, single ended is better than balanced unless you need balanced for noise rejection.
We were carried by Excalibur Audio in Alexandria, VA. Great folks, I have many fond memories of times there and with the guys that made it great. My partner and I had our first audio religious experience there. We went to see what they had to offer. We started Mirror Image Audio on an idea my partner had on how to make a better amp. He was the circuit genius. We met Kemper who took us up to a small room with full range Apogees, Krell amps and who knows what front end. He played a cut off of Amanda McBroom's Growing Up In Hollywood Town and we knew we had to make it happen.
I agree, our amps can float an image beautifully. They sound fantastic ad well. I may be a bit biased. Not class A though. Maybe I should hold back before asking if anyone has one they want to let go of...
I did sit in on a few listening sessions with Lewis Lipnick and Andrew Litton. For whatever reason, Mr. Lipnick did not care for our product, unlike others in the room. To each his own.
I've gone in and out of audio for years. Lately I'm in, thanks in part to seeing Kemper again, partly because it's time again. It's hard to get anything done after I sit down to see how things sound.
All products, before we sold the company, were made in Northern Virginia. Polyfusion purchased the name and designs.
It is true, the products were named by the equivalent horsepower rating.
We were reviewed in both The Absolute Sound and Stereophile, both were positive reviews.
I don't explicitly remember the speed problem on the vinyl playback with Jeff Rowland, but I do remember talking to him about bias current. His amps ran cool because they had a low bias current and ran more class B than A because the measured THD was lower. I said we found the same to be true but they amps sounded better with a higher bias current so our amps were biased further into class A. I believe his amps were biased higher after that. I don't recall feeling like a complete idiot at the time, but I have several times since.
We were bought out, but did not become Spittin' Image. Thank God.
We made one preamp, not many units. I have one but don't use it anymore except to rip records. As I recall it has balanced outputs but not inputs. Honestly, this is just me and my opinion, single ended is better than balanced unless you need balanced for noise rejection.
We were carried by Excalibur Audio in Alexandria, VA. Great folks, I have many fond memories of times there and with the guys that made it great. My partner and I had our first audio religious experience there. We went to see what they had to offer. We started Mirror Image Audio on an idea my partner had on how to make a better amp. He was the circuit genius. We met Kemper who took us up to a small room with full range Apogees, Krell amps and who knows what front end. He played a cut off of Amanda McBroom's Growing Up In Hollywood Town and we knew we had to make it happen.
I agree, our amps can float an image beautifully. They sound fantastic ad well. I may be a bit biased. Not class A though. Maybe I should hold back before asking if anyone has one they want to let go of...
I did sit in on a few listening sessions with Lewis Lipnick and Andrew Litton. For whatever reason, Mr. Lipnick did not care for our product, unlike others in the room. To each his own.
I've gone in and out of audio for years. Lately I'm in, thanks in part to seeing Kemper again, partly because it's time again. It's hard to get anything done after I sit down to see how things sound.