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Post by harryb on Apr 20, 2018 22:20:56 GMT
It is time to downsize my home, and while I have been able to pick and choose and part with much of my older audio components without too much heartache, here I sit looking at my Mirage M3si's, speakers my wife actually bought me when we got married (yes, I am a lucky man), and I do not know what to do. I agreed to sell my house with the home theater intact, yet the buyer cares not which tower speaker I leave behind. I own both a pair or Mirage M3Si's and a pair of Mirage OMD-28's. I really do not need them both. I need to choose.
I am not sure if I am looking for guidance, insight, condolences, or just writing a love letter. I will likely conduct listening tests from now until closing, and no doubt the OMD-28 will produce a larger soundstage and more base, maybe even more detail -- but not more passion. The M3si's have treated me well, and something about them still sounds balanced, exhilarting and fresh, 26 years later.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 20, 2018 22:42:54 GMT
Maybe ChrisB could help here. He has M3si speakers, I believe? |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 20, 2018 23:58:14 GMT
Does the wife have any say in it??  They look like lovely speakers btw, good luck with a tough choice. In the end best to let the ears decide I've always found. |
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Post by Chris on Apr 21, 2018 3:07:04 GMT
Keep them both and leave a pair of Tannoy or MS there
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 21, 2018 6:12:47 GMT
It sounds like you have a tough choice there!
Although I have owned the M3si for quite a few years now, I've never heard another pair of Mirage speakers of any description, so I can't speak with experience. All I know is that I can't imagine ever being without mine.
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Post by yomanze on May 13, 2018 9:01:57 GMT
In the long run, the ‘passion’ as you put it is what will be most important for you.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 13, 2018 9:43:09 GMT
Go for the best sounding
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Post by docfoster on May 23, 2018 22:54:30 GMT
It is time to downsize my home, and while I have been able to pick and choose and part with much of my older audio components without too much heartache, here I sit looking at my Mirage M3si's, speakers my wife actually bought me when we got married (yes, I am a lucky man), and I do not know what to do. I agreed to sell my house with the home theater intact, yet the buyer cares not which tower speaker I leave behind. I own both a pair or Mirage M3Si's and a pair of Mirage OMD-28's. I really do not need them both. I need to choose. I am not sure if I am looking for guidance, insight, condolences, or just writing a love letter. I will likely conduct listening tests from now until closing, and no doubt the OMD-28 will produce a larger soundstage and more base, maybe even more detail -- but not more passion. The M3si's have treated me well, and something about them still sounds balanced, exhilarting and fresh, 26 years later. Reads like a love letter. And a good one. I felt voyeuristic reading it. Other than the OMDs enabling you to tick a few describe-by-numbers boxes I can’t see much indecision in what you write. Unless you can keep both, it seems your decision is already made. |
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