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![]() Hello Paradigm Monitor 60's.We hooked these up and my jaw dropped to the floor. The Mirages sounded like pea-soup(tons of clutter) when put against these others.(I AM NOT A PRO-PARADIGM SALESMAN)He then asked me what I was looking for in these speakers and informed him that my highs were taken care of in my wonderful, great value axioms, and I intended on adding a sub soon, so I really needed something that excelled in the mids range. Please ignore all other reviews and heed my advice.I saw these on sale for $569.00 and after reading all the reviews was almost ready to buy them unheard.Boy ,am I glad I didn't.After listening to them for 30 mins., I asked the salesman to bring me in a close price equivalent of another speaker.He brought in a Paradigm tower which ran $150.00 more.No comparison. But for $300, these Mirage's are damn near impossible to beat. Oh, and in response to the reviewer below, of course the $1500 Paradigms are better - they're $1500! Mirage has $1500 speakers also that are much better than the Frx-7's. Add the Adire Audio Rava sub, and wow! what a system For budget entry-level main speakers, these are very hard to beat. When you put these mains with the OM-C3 center and the Frx-rears, it makes a seamless envelope of sound that is fantastic for all purposes. I've had these speakers for a few months now, and they still put a smile on my face. Once they were broken in, they sounded just gorgeous. The soundstage is just wonderful, and the bass is pretty decent too. I listened around a lot to speakers in the same price range (Paradigm, B&W, Energy, Klipsch, etc.) and the Mirage consistently stood out due to their smoothness and how laid-back they sounded. For the money, these speakers can't be beat. I purchased this speaker for only $300 from a dealer that had only used them as a floor display model. Otherwise, don't spend the additional bucks. If you are purchasing for use without surround, go for the FRX-9. Highly recommended if spending under $1,000 on front speakers in surround system. The Fast and Furious racing scene brings a new element to watching movies with this system. My current configuration uses a JVC 9010VBK 5.1 receiver with the Mirage in front, a JBL Northridge EC35 center channel, JBL E250P subwoofer, and Polk Audio RT25's in the rear. If I used these without the compliments of the center channel and subwoofer, it would be a tough decision, but with the subwoofer and center channel, the overall sound is outstanding. I hated to see the old 80lb speakers go, but the Mirage are very nice to look at, and as part of a 5.1 surround give a much better overall sound than the old ones. ![]() The old ones outperformed in the mid tones as I suspected since the Mirage are essentially two way speakers however, since all speaker arrangements now include a center channel speaker, the mids are picked up there. The Mirage produced crisp highs and excellent punch on the low end. The old speakers have horn mids and highs and a 12" woofer. They stood up very well, and ironically outperformed the bass response. I compared these with the old standard type speakers from a time when size and weight didn't matter. ![]()
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