johnnyb53
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| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar 06-30-09: GriffinconstDo those have down a firing woofer? I thought they had one firing forward and the bass/mid firing upward under the tweeter,Oops, my bad. I meant to say downfiring *port*. The woofers are forward-facing. The port is downfiring... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar No connection with Vann's. I got all my Mirages at discount, but not the kind of discount Vann's has on some of them, particularly the OMD-28 and 550 CH. I own a model that sat between them--the OMD-15, three times the price of the 550 CH and one-... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Here's the Vann's link to the cherry 550 CH floorstanders. At less than $300/pair with free shipping they're a no-brainer, easily competitive at the $800 price point they were designed for, and will given you fast, deep slammin' bass (but not thum... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar I don't think they really take getting used to, unless you're used to a limited sweet spot, suckouts, and HF rolloff when you get off-axis. For me that was an easy thing to drop in favor of uniform power response throughout the listening area, mor... | |
| What is your favorite type of tweeter? I like the Mirage titanium dome with cloth surround--the Pure Titanium Hybrid, or PTH tweeter. It may not challenge the outer performance edge of the really expensive exotics using diamonds or ceramic, but it's a very nice tweeter--very natural so... | |
| What are the treasures in your vinyl library? Well, I've acquired a few LPs since my first post in this thread.My sister (she's in her 70's) was cleaning out her shelves and sent me some LPs. There, nestled in the box among the movie soundtracks and swing band collections was the 1965 Mercury... | |
| Low-Profile Turntable 06-28-09: AgiaccioThe 7" height restriction (including dust cover) would be when not in use. Once the dust cover removed, I would have a total of 9"...9 - 7 = 2 Is 2" enough clearance to remove the dustcover without banging the tonearm? I doubt it. | |
| good used speaker 06-28-09: Jaybofirst of all, you have a great speaker. even if it were 2k, it would be a great speaker. 5 to 8 hundred bucks is better spent elsewhere.Yeah, that was sort of my thought as well. What are you trying to achieve for $500-800 that you ... | |
| B&W 805S Embarassing Question The plastic plugs are a European thing to prevent people from plugging their AC plugs (which have spaced round prongs much like bananas) into speaker terminals. | |
| Monitor with sub or Full Range Speakers 06-27-09: RevrobI read one of the review for the Mirage and the review stated that when he inserted the DK Integrated amp in place of the Simaudio I-7 the bass sounded boomy and he would not recommend the speakers with this amp. The ported Mirage ... | |
| Well Rounded Speakers $2500-$3000? 06-27-09: DaverzThe NHT Xd processor only takes analog inputs, so it doesn't matter if you're system is all digital or not ... I understand, but since I had just laboriously returned to an all analog signal chain after 20 years of digital, I didn'... | |
| Tired of HT 06-27-09: StringreenAfter much experimenting, I found that I needed 2 totally separate systems. The Surround sound is in one room, and the high end stereo in another. That's how my systems have evolved too. The HT system is a 7.1 system that evolv... | |
| Kind Of Blue 1st pressing stereo... I got a 1973 Columbia reissue at a record swap meet for $8. It's easily competitive with my Classic Records 200g. Thinner, but just as good. | |
| Well Rounded Speakers $2500-$3000? I was tempted by the NHT XD system a year ago when NHT was folding, too. Since I was looking for speakers for an analog front end, I wasn't too keen on the idea of digitzing everything to go into the speaker system.But if you are all digital, it s... | |
| Well Rounded Speakers $2500-$3000? I'd say these, but you might want to get a second pair of Khartagos. These were $7500/pair speakers. Also available at that price in black.Otherwise, I'd go for something like the PSB Imagine T at $2k/pair retail or see if you can find a deal on P... |