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Mirage speaker setup?

Hello,

I'm new to Audiogon and am very pleased to have found such a great resource! I'm hoping to get some advice/suggestions on a purchase I am considering. We are moving from a smaller home to a larger one where I will have enough space to invest in an upgraded sound system. Currently, we listen to most of our music from a pair of small bookshelf NHT speakers. For movies, we have an Onkyo home theatre in a box setup with the receiver being a tx-sr606. Anyway, I work with a colleague who is moving and wants to sell his Mirage speakers: a pair of M5si's, M7si's and an MCsi center channel. I've listened to his setup and thought it sounded great, but I am a novice in terms of audio equipment. I understand that these speakers are from the early nineties and quite old, but are of good quality. My questions are: Would this be a good purchase for listening to 70%music and 30% movies? Would my receiver (onkyo tx-606) be able to handle these? Are there other factors I should consider? Finally, what would be a fair price for these speakers being in good condition but older? I really appreciate any advice/suggestions on this, so thanks in advance for any replies:)
markus77

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corazon
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I had a pair of M5's. Not Si's. Kjvail is absolutely correct; those Mirage need room to breath. I had mine about 4' from back and side walls, when i was home alone :0). They sounded excellent. Threw wide soundstage. Never harsh. When they were close to the wall exaggerated bass, not a good stage.

They are large and imposing, an accurate description by Kjvail. That's why I ended up selling them, size and the space they were normally in didn't do them justice.

I used a pair of Adcom 545 v.2 as amplification. The guy who bought them brought over his amp and preamp, B&K, don't recall models, and fell in love.

Sold them for $400 about 4 years ago.

I really enjoyed them, but you got to have space!
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