petewhitley
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| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar I listened a lot last night and have some new thoughts. I put on Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay and noticed that I couldn't hear Pete Drake's steel guitar very well. It sounded distant and muted which bothered me. I remembered reading an AVS forum threa... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Kkm,I haven't listened to the Vandies in about six months so that's a toughie. Off hand I would say they are more similar than different. Both have the huge soundstage. As far as tone, coherence, etc. I really need to listen side by side. If I had... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Well that bites the big one. I thought the vanns.com Omni 150's were sold individually like the 550's so I paid $159 a pair of black ones off of Ebay. That's what happens when you don't read. I could have had the blacks for $119 or the nice cherry... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Hi Marty,I few years ago I made these things for sound absorbtion to put behind Magnepans. They are five foot high tubes about a foot wide covered with a thick polyester cloth. I put them in the attic a few years ago for a rainy day. Maybe that ra... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar The Mirage 550 is back down to $299 a pair on vanns.com if anyone is interested. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Paul,You're right about the midrange presence. Your speakers are taylor-made for that. I used to have Bob Brines single driver speakers with the Fostex 167E and it provides a much, much different presentation that the Omnni 550's. I never warmed u... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Harmon Kardon 3490 on Amazon.com for $350 shipped. Very powerful, high current, no frills reciever with remote. http://www.amazon.com/Harman-Kardon-HK-3490-Receiver/dp/B00198F89A/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1247907958&sr=8-5 | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar I do. I like them so much that I just bought a pair of Omni 150's. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Hi Telescope_trade,I believe we talked on the phone about Digital Phase speakers a while back. I never did make it up to Chattanooga to hear them. I'm glad you are enjoying the OMD-28s. They are a beautiful speakers. Vann's can come up with some k... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar These Omni 550's sound great! It makes me wonder how much better the OMD-15 and 28 can possibly be. The treble is smooth and crystalline but the bass is what really surprised me. These things go LOW and with window rattling punch. They are very ev... | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Headed to the listening room right now. Mirage Omni 550 vs. Magnepan SMGas(Peter Gunn modded) vs. Vandrsteen 1B. I'll report back soon. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Wow! They just raised the price. It was $299 at noon today. Mine are setup and ready to listen. I haven't heard them yet. I'm going to make an evening of it tomorrow. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar Vandies go down to 38 hz. I don't feel like I need a sub with them. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar After listening to the great Vandersteen 1B's for the last two hours it will be a miracle if the Mirage Omni 550's beat it out. They arrive on Friday. | |
| Mirage Omni 350 omnipolar I almost bought the Veritas monitors far AA a while back. That was a real good deal. The 1B's are Vandersteen 1B's. |