Sorry for coming off aggressive, but I have been trying to find a home theater shop in Portland and i cant find one that carries the OMD-28 the only one i know of is in Bend, which is 3 hours from me, so yeah. This sucks. I really want to hear them before i buy them.
No no no, don't be. I'm the one that was too radical on my post.
And I really appreciated that you make me notice. Plus you were very polite in saying so.
I totally agree with you, that for that kind of cash, you gotta hear them first.
Mirage is more high end than Energy nowadays. Energy used to make excellent speakers, remember the Energy Veritas v2.8 and v1.8 and all their Veritas line after these two great ones?
I did own a pair of Veritas v1.8 for a short while, but had to sell them; just too much bass in my room, and I could use that three grand for other purposes at that time. Plus I did have other speakers too already. These were the years of many speakers in my homes.
Mirage too have their glorious years. I also owned a pair of Mirage M-1 at one point.
Also pay three grand for them (Canadian dollars, same for the Veritas), that was a very good deal at that time too, back in 87 I believe. These ones were just too big for the home where I was living at that time, too bad. They were great for parties.
Lots of parties in those years, all nights long.
Then Mirage went for the Omnipolar with their OM series; Energy for the Bipolar with their Audissey series (same as Paradigm, with their Esprit and Eclipse Bipolar).
Then Paradigm produced Dipolar Surrounds...
That's a lot of Polar coolness sh*t.
Not to mention the Tripolar.
Me, I went for the straight Monopolar.
I just prefer a point or line-source.
And I still favor the Direct Radiating Monopole speaker.
Anyway, if I was you, I'll only buy speakers that I can listen at home, and that I can return, if not totally satisfied. It's just the first rule of the audio bible. Don't upset the Audio God, and yourself at the same time.
Cheers my friend,
Bob
