I still have a pair of Mirage speakers that I bought more years ago and I care to remember. They are now downstairs, not getting used nearly enough, but they are still wonderful. They're also big. And when the Adcom I have a running them blows up, which I suppose it will eventually do, I'm not sure what I will do about that. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I had a pair of these, Martin Logans I believe. They were like tall ribbons > with a small base box at the bottom. They required a lot of power to light > up the plates in them as well. This was before I moved to California. I had > a Krell KSA160 amplifier and matching preamp and then when I moved to > surround sound I went with an Enlightened audio design signature series > amplifier / preamp / surround decoder and a Vidikron television projector > with a Stewart screen. The speakers were Mirage speakers. When I moved to > California and since I’ve worked with a Denon AVR 5803 receiver with Klipsch > Lascala’s for speakers. Since I’ve been living in town houses and such > though I’ve gone with much leaner hardware because I’m not trying to blow my > neighbors out of their homes. The Class A stuff I had peeked at over 1500 > watts with a much lower sustained amount something in the 100 per channel > range but my Denon class B cranked out 9 channels of about 200 watts each, > not sure what they peeked at. For a receiver the Denon wasn’t bad at all I > liked it because it was web configurable although the remote was very > inaccessible but I could use a universal to replace the remote features. > > > >> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> When I was in high school, I had a friend who had this humongous pair of >> electrostatic speakers. If you've never seen them, they're very thin, but >> they are big, tall and wide. They sounded amazing. But not only were they >> expensive, the decor of the room would be well, just the speakers. Not >> something the average mom is going to go for. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Lol! When my husband was in high school, he built four speakers with a >>> friend of his. The speakers are ginormous. They horrify my mother, who >>> cares a lot about what things look like. They stand about five feet >>> tall--my husband was and is into horns. They pretty much dominate the >>> room, but I've never heard a better set of speakers. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Oh for those days. Up until fairly recently, we had a store like that in >>>> town. I went down there and was then sorry I did, because I so wanted the >>>> magna planers. But there was no way they would fit in anybody's house that >>>> cares about what things look like. I don't of course, but others do. If >>>> you're lucky, and your Best Buy has one of those high and Magnolia rooms >>>> or whatever they call it, you might find the Sonos in there, and that >>>> should be a better listening experience than simply going to the home >>>> theater section in your regular Best Buy store. Good luck with that. >>>> >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ah very good I will do that. Nice to know you can try them out. I miss >>>>> the old days of small boutique audio stores where you could make an >>>>> appointment and try out the gear with out having to try to hear it over >>>>> the car stereo section or the piles of televisions and cooking >>>>> demonstrations etc.:). Thanks for the pointer >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey Scott, >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't have the play five, so can't answer many of your questions. But >>>>>> yes, you can try them out at Best Buy. And I will tell you that when I >>>>>> tried them out at Best Buy, I like the sound of the play one the best. >>>>>> My recommendation would be that before you purchase anything you go to >>>>>> Best Buy and listen to the different options. >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, so I’m looking for the Christmas gift for my Uncle who has >>>>>>> everything. I happen to know he doesn’t have a good home theater >>>>>>> though and he likes his music and TV. I was looking at the Sonos >>>>>>> system and I’m a little unsure how this works. I was looking at the >>>>>>> play 5. Do you need two of these for stereo or do you get stereo sound >>>>>>> from 1? Also, to do 5.1 am I reading on their site correctly that I’d >>>>>>> put a play bar under the TV, run an optical line to that and then put >>>>>>> to play 5 speakers in the back of the room? Can I pair more than 2 say >>>>>>> 4 if I want to simulate 7.1 or is 5.1 the limit? I know the app is >>>>>>> accessibility from the list here but how is it for sited users, very >>>>>>> simple? Anything else I should get with these like speaker stands or >>>>>>> how do they mount, do you need special brackets? Any pointers would be >>>>>>> most appreciated. This looks really cool actually I might have to get >>>>>>> one and have another accidentally fall in to the cart. 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