Mchd1,
The mid-fi term is not my word but what I have seen in a reference to Mirage from a few comments I found in various forums.
And it was used relative their performance in given price bracket, meaning they do not represent biggest bang for the buck.
The reason I am interested in opinions on OMD-28 is because an audiophile friend of mine had an oporunity to audition them and his description of impressions was very intriguing.
He will flatly refuse anything that does not have roots in professional world.
He respects and owns only brands like PMC, Bryston, Teac, Tascam, etc.
Yet he spoke very higly of OMD-28 performance.
So I am curios what other may think.
For example, he said that OMD-28 does exceptional imaging (strange considering omnipolar design), was very fast, clean and dynamic, and very coherent through the entire spectrum of frequencies.
He thought that OMD-28 outperformed PMC OB-1, and that is a tough act for any speaker.
Then there are some that say Mirage line (read API) does not measure their drivers to precise tolerances the way some speaker manufacturers do and this is what makes them more in line with mass market speakers (read mid-fi).
After all, API is all about mass market.
And do not forget the luxurious finish of OMD-28, it ought to add to the cost quite a lot.
So are we dealing here with top of the line piece of furniture type of speakers that have an average performance for the money, or Mirage managed to come up with killer speakers that combine to a greater extent all the attributes that make speakers outstanding?
The mid-fi term is not my word but what I have seen in a reference to Mirage from a few comments I found in various forums.
And it was used relative their performance in given price bracket, meaning they do not represent biggest bang for the buck.
The reason I am interested in opinions on OMD-28 is because an audiophile friend of mine had an oporunity to audition them and his description of impressions was very intriguing.
He will flatly refuse anything that does not have roots in professional world.
He respects and owns only brands like PMC, Bryston, Teac, Tascam, etc.
Yet he spoke very higly of OMD-28 performance.
So I am curios what other may think.
For example, he said that OMD-28 does exceptional imaging (strange considering omnipolar design), was very fast, clean and dynamic, and very coherent through the entire spectrum of frequencies.
He thought that OMD-28 outperformed PMC OB-1, and that is a tough act for any speaker.
Then there are some that say Mirage line (read API) does not measure their drivers to precise tolerances the way some speaker manufacturers do and this is what makes them more in line with mass market speakers (read mid-fi).
After all, API is all about mass market.
And do not forget the luxurious finish of OMD-28, it ought to add to the cost quite a lot.
So are we dealing here with top of the line piece of furniture type of speakers that have an average performance for the money, or Mirage managed to come up with killer speakers that combine to a greater extent all the attributes that make speakers outstanding?