Mirage Speakers?

What I make of it is HT. You couldn't pay me to take a receiver with surround.

But what about the speakers? Any good?

Mirage Speakers?

One of the best dynamic speakers I have ever heard was the Mirage M1's.
https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/689mirage/index.html

Cheers George

I used to have some Mirage 490’s I bought long ago, and finally sold about three years ago as I realized I would not use them again. Different from the 460’s, with a front port.


All I can tell you is that they were well made, and provided some deep end for ‘bookshelves’. Unfortunately they seemed to lack mid-range punch and clarity to me. Somewhat ‘dark’ overall. I actually paired them with my even older Polk 5 JR’s, and together the made a pretty good match combined.


Not sure what else to tell you. Canadian made, I know they do have a following, and in general, make some pretty good stuff. They are not cheap speakers, nor necessarily budget speakers, but not what you would call ‘high end’ either.


The Marantz? A late 90’s AV receiver. No digital inputs. No remote. Thus, if you want a modern AV receiver, you can do much better for what these sell for used. For music? I’d skip it entirely.

I use Mirage M290 two ways as computer speakers with a Belles power amp.  This makes an excellent near field system.  I heard Mirage M1 speakers dem'od several times.  They were an excellent bipolar speaker though on the whole I much prefer dipolar sound.

well I have two pairs of Mirages m-7si and the m-3si as well , the company is out of business, they was purchased by Klipsch then the brand was killed by them, very power hungry speakers, mine has a Sensitivity of 89db and sounded dead to me, and i had a HIGH CURRENT AMP powering them,I will be selling them at a local flea Market. Plus how would you get drivers for them if blown.

Mirage M3si’s were one of stereofiles reference speakers for several years. I have had a pair M290’s for years, very good bookshelf speaker. Also have one of their subs, well made, great sounding. 

NDG services in Canada has tons of NOS parts for most all Mirage speakers. 

Honestly?
Pass.
Not going to be good for music.
Receiver way too old and dated for today's HT.
$350?
Not a prayer tbh.
Sorry......

I owned the bigger brother 760s many years ago. Good speaker, but I wouldn't give more than about $150 for the 460 now. They would be worth more than the rest combined, so I would say no. I went from the 760 to the M5si, which I owned longer than any speaker I have ever had. I am not sure where gmosley got his sensitivity spec, but the M3si are 83 db and the M7si are 84 db. He is right, they do take a lot of power, and getting replacement parts could be an issue. Dull is not how I would describe any of the speakers in the Msi series provided they are set up correctly (out into the room like Maggies) and have enough power supplied to them.

Sorry csmgolf i must correct my self M7si 84dB /W/m anechoic  which i don't listen to them in and 88dB in-room which i did, But anyway you look at it the sensitivity of this speaker SUCKS.that is why i sold them and stayed with my KHORNS.and the sad thing about them was i tried four different amps!! 

Any possible value of this offering would be in the speakers. The receiver is worth very little, a very inexpensive garage sale item. 
$350 can buy a quality pair of speakers these days.

Meant to add, depends also on use, HT or music.