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- From: wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb;629-1592;92-835;tekig1.pen)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: What to buy?
- Message-ID: <WYATTW.93Jan27095850@tekig1.pen.tek.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:58:50 GMT
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- Distribution: rec.audio
- Organization: Tektronix - Application Software Development
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- Hello all!
-
- I'm asking this for a friend who has no net access. He's looking
- to put together a good home theatre/stereo system, including a Sony
- TAE-2000ESD preamp, power amp(s), and front, centre and surround
- speakers. He's recently tried out the Mirage 790, 990 and M7si. At
- this point, he's leaning towards the Mirage M7si, with a Mirage MCC
- center speaker, and Mirage M190 rear speakers.
-
- There are a few things he'd like to know: First, can anybody
- recommend good power amps? He's looked at the literature for the
- B&K Video-5 Sonata and the Forte' FT-1 five-channel amps, and has
- listened to their smaller stereo siblings. At first listen, the B&K
- sounded better, but that may have been due to room differences at
- different dealers. Can anybody recommend another 5(or 6)-channel
- amp with at lesat 100W/ch for the front three channels?
- Alternatively, separate power amps for mains and for the centre and
- surround channels? This seems prohibitively expensive, though.
-
- Second: Any other speakers in the M7si price range that are worth
- looking at? He really liked the sound of the M7, so speakers that
- sound radically different may not be a good idea.
-
- Third: The bass response on the M7 seemed quite adequate on even
- very low tones, but he didn't have a chance to try them with the
- very lowest pitches, like an orchestral bass drum. Does the M7
- really have adequate bass response, or is a separate sub necessary?
- How does Mirage's powered sub stack up?
-
- Please either post responses here, or email them to me, and I'll
- forward them.
-
- Thanks!
-
- -Wyatt
-
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