Due to my room layout & seating position, I can't accomodate side-wall mounted dipolar speakers; so for the past few years I've been using direct radiator tower speakers as the LS/RS. Since the seating position is so close to the surrounds, though, this has proved less than ideal.
Long story short, I've sold my 5spkr setup and am demo'ing new speakers for L/C/R; for the rears, though, I came across Mirage's "omnipolar" speakers, and thought that such a speaker could well work more effectively as a surround in my environment, since it's somewhere between a direct-radiator and di-pole in its dispersion pattern.
So, I was all set to pick up a pair of the Mirage Omni 50's ... alas, Mirage has for some reason discontinued this well-regarded monitor, and all indications are that they're not replacing it with anything comparable!?! Blast....too, the Omni's are hard to come by on the 2nd-hand market, afaikt.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions, then, for other speakers (preferably monitors) that employ a "omnipolar"-type (or similar) drivers? The only other option I've been able to find is Mirage's Omnisat v2 ... but I don't know much about this particular model, so looking for other options to rank against it.
Long story short, I've sold my 5spkr setup and am demo'ing new speakers for L/C/R; for the rears, though, I came across Mirage's "omnipolar" speakers, and thought that such a speaker could well work more effectively as a surround in my environment, since it's somewhere between a direct-radiator and di-pole in its dispersion pattern.
So, I was all set to pick up a pair of the Mirage Omni 50's ... alas, Mirage has for some reason discontinued this well-regarded monitor, and all indications are that they're not replacing it with anything comparable!?! Blast....too, the Omni's are hard to come by on the 2nd-hand market, afaikt.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions, then, for other speakers (preferably monitors) that employ a "omnipolar"-type (or similar) drivers? The only other option I've been able to find is Mirage's Omnisat v2 ... but I don't know much about this particular model, so looking for other options to rank against it.
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