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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: What to buy?
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 03:23:48 GMT
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- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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- In article <WYATTW.93Jan27095850@tekig1.pen.tek.com> wyattw@tekig1.pen.tek.com (Wyatt A Webb;629-1592;92-835;tekig1.pen) writes:
- >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.
- >
- Wait till he hears what ELSE he can do with that TA preamp. I'm
- amazed more "tweak freaks" don't buy it just to play around with
- their systems from the couch.
-
- >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.
- >
- He'll probably want to also take a peek at the Acurus and
- Parasound if separate amps are acceptable.
-
- >
- > 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?
- >
- Only your ears can tell. If the Star Trek, Batman II, Top Gun
- laserdisks don't annoy the heck out of the neighbors, try adding
- a subwoofer or two. Seriously, you should be able to FEEL most
- of those in your chest even at moderate volume levels with a good
- bass system. [Telarc's "Time Warp", Stanford's "Digital Domain",
- and Dorian's Saint Saens "Organ Symphony" are also good
- sources...extra credit for "Break Like the Wind". ]
-
- Make sure your powered sub has a low-pass, the output of the Sony
- is full-range if I recall correctly...and can be used as a second
- "Center" output if desired.
-
-