Signs of the time? Mirage OMD 28 at more then half off?

WTF was Mirage thinking?, posted on October 11, 2008 at 09:10:15
mbnx01 Audiophile Posts: 1547 Location: Phoenix Joined: October 22, 2004	Since when does a company like Mirage make a +seven thousand dollar a pair speaker? I wonder if they ever sold one pair. Being omni-directional these are pretty room dependent. I heard them once and they seemed pretty nice. But, that's a lot of money for Canadian speakers from a PSB, Paradygm, etc, level of company.

RE: WTF was Mirage thinking?, posted on October 12, 2008 at 19:52:23
Doug Schneider	Actually, if you're familiar with the Mirage brand, you'll know that in the late '80s they released the M1 that was $6000. It was considered a great speaker and, at its time, hardly cheap. Twenty years later, the OMD-28 isn't priced that much higher and it, too, is a great loudspeaker. Doug Schneider SoundStage.com

RE: WTF was Mirage thinking?, posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:32:47
Inspiribomb Audiophile Posts: 49 Location: MN, USA Joined: November 8, 2004	I have owned the Mirage M-1, it is a fantastic loudspeaker. I have also heard the OMD-28, and although I liked it, I found the M-1 to be superior.

RE: WTF was Mirage thinking?, posted on October 25, 2009 at 11:08:54

bill444445
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I have a set of Mirage M1's. They weigh 185lbs EACH. About 5 feet tall, Two Bass, Two mids, Two tweeters, firing both front & back. Look like the monolith from the film 2001. I paid C$3600 back then for a used set returned to the dealer. A bit over 1/2 price. Had a Mark Levenson no.23 driving them. Bass to 18Hz...The good old days...
Just look here: http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/689mirage/index.html

Now I have two Bryston 4B's Bi-Amping to them. I plan to exchange the X-Over for an Active Bryston 10B for the Bass/Mid but keep the existing Mid/High with the passive built-in crossover. Anyone try an Active X-over with these, or a Computer Software Crossover filter? I think Digital Room Correction will be hard to do because of the Bi-polar nature so I'm avoiding that. DRC is doable, with 12 channels of amplification & 12 correction filters just for one stereo set of speakers.... I'm not there yet..:-)
Cheers!

Now this is a bargain, posted on October 11, 2008 at 12:23:37

mbnx01
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Here's a very nice little speaker for $300 a pair. Put a reasonable sub on these (Mirage makes a very good inexpensive sub) and you've got a nice little system for cheap.

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/544250122/mirage-omnisat-v2-ss-black

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