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Mirage Omni 550 Floorstanding Speaker $129.77ea @ Vanns - Amazing Price

Vanns is blowing out Mirage Omni 550 speakers. They were on clearance previously for $199 each, but now they're $129.77 which is just insane price-wise. The Omni series is being discontinued and Mirage's parent company was bought out by Klipsch so it appears that several of their product lines are being discontinued.

These speakers are probably made in China (what isn't these days), but i'd guess they're designed in Canada as Mirage was owned by API which also owned Athena and Energy (before the Klipsch buyout). At this price this is a phenomenal deal.

Here's the link:
Mirage Omni 550s [vanns.com]

For those of you who haven't heard of Mirage, you can check out some of their smaller offerings at Magnolia (inside Best Buy for most people). Original MSRP is listed at $400 each. Based on what Mirage's other speakers sell for, that probably isn't far off. These are better bang-for-buck than almost any other speaker deal i've seen recently.

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04-16-2008, 01:35 PM

brisar Frontpage Deal Editor / Global Moderator Member sinceApr 2005 Posts32,742 Location♥ where deals are ♥ Reputation 55,989	Mirage Omni 550 Floorstanding Speaker $130 Vanns [vanns.com] has Mirage Omni 550 Floorstanding Speaker (single speaker) for $130 with Free Shipping. Thanks intence01. Attached Thumbnails 542400062.jpg 21.6 KB / 352 views

04-16-2008, 01:53 PM

RebelzYell L7: Teacher Member sinceAug 2005 Posts2,548 LocationWhere the Sons of Apes & Pigs Roam Free !!!.... Reputation 1,403	Thnx intence01 !!! Grabbed two to try out as rear surrounds......... ----------------------------------------------------------

04-16-2008, 02:12 PM

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The sound is very "open", with much if the sound being reflected.

Paradigm, Mirage, PSB and others I believe all had access to the data from the Candian government's National Research Council (NRC) and used the results to design their speakers. The implementations are all different, with Mirage speakers being OmniPolar to disperse the sound.

I've owned their speakers in the past and have been pretty happy with them.

04-16-2008, 02:22 PM

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I haven't experienced these speakers personally... but Mirage makes some pretty high quality stuff. I'm pretty sure they use Vann's to clear out items that they're discontinuing.

I bought a Mirage s10 subwoofer from Vann's a while back for a ridiculously low price because Mirage was discontinuing their charcoal gray color. It is a spectacular sub.

Were I in the market for speakers I'd definitely put some thought into picking these up.

04-16-2008, 02:27 PM

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Vanns seems to get clearouts from Mirage on discountinued models/colors. I also got in on that subwoofer deal a few years ago, and haven't seen a price close it .... not even on eBay.

04-16-2008, 02:39 PM

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Anyone able to comment on comparisons with the Polk R50s ? I own the Polks mated with an Athena ASP400 sub and am very happy. Just asking if I can be happier. Thanks in advance

EDIT: My current setup is an Onkyo digital amp TX-LR552 connected to the R50s front and the Athena sub. Am not a surround fan. I will be replacing the Onkyo next week with a HK AVR146. My entertainment room dimensions are 25' x 20'. Can you comment on an AVR146 with the Omni 550s as the fronts in a room of this size, to provide a cleaner soundstage than the one I have now ? thanks

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04-16-2008, 02:45 PM

minitraveller1 L4: Apprentice Member sinceJan 2007 Posts319 Reputation 280	Darn you SD'ers! In the last two days, you've coerced me into using up my entire BONUS from the economic stimulus package, and I haven't even gotten the money from that yet!! Hope these will go nicely with my new TV! Thanks (???) OP! repped!

04-16-2008, 03:24 PM

rcglfr L4: Apprentice Member sinceDec 2004 Posts377 Reputation 51	could i just plug these into my HDTV to get a better sound expericence?

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04-16-2008, 03:30 PM

jgira12 Deal: 2 for $5/3 for $10 Member sinceJan 2005 Posts229 Reputation 27	Crap, I just got in on the HP 37" tv deal, and now this!! You slick bastards!! I wonder how many units Vanns has? I better think this over... :

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04-16-2008, 03:31 PM

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could i just plug these into my HDTV to get a better sound expericence?

No, you'll need a receiver or external amp to power these. Pick up one of the Onkyo receivers that are on sale at Amazon right now (do a search) and a few of these speakers and you'll have a great sound system for not much money.

On the downside, it looks like there aren't any matching surrounds left, so if you want to build a 5.1 or 7.1 system, you either need to mix/match brands or use these floorstanders all around.

Others have stated that some of the clearance Athena speakers at AudioAdvisor.com use similar drivers and may make a good alternative for a center channel. Search on avsforum.com for more details.

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04-16-2008, 03:32 PM

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Quote from rcglfr

could i just plug these into my HDTV to get a better sound expericence?

Hdtvs have what, 5w preouts? I am not sure you would even be able to hear it.

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04-16-2008, 03:35 PM

minitraveller1 L4: Apprentice Member sinceJan 2007 Posts319 Reputation 280	I also just saw that vanns.com will be getting some of the Omni 350's in and they will be priced at $99.99 each down from $299.99. This is a pre-order thing. I'm pretty sure I don't need the bigger 550's if the quality from the 350's are the same. Anybody know if the 350 is basically a smaller version of the 550? Looks that way from the specs. Thanks!

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04-16-2008, 03:36 PM

jgira12 Deal: 2 for $5/3 for $10 Member sinceJan 2005 Posts229 Reputation 27	Just ggggggooogled these...same price at Amazon, and the one review says they are not as loud as the Polk. So, where would you rather buy...Vanns or Amazon? I will pass...good deal if you need this size.

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04-16-2008, 03:38 PM

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Quote from jgira12

Just ggggggooogled these...same price at Amazon, and the one review says they are not as loud as the Polk. So, where would you rather buy...Vanns or Amazon? I will pass...good deal if you need this size.

Same price at Amazon because it's vanns.com selling through Amazon.

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