Award Winning Mirage Omnisat Speakers OS 1PB-1 Omnisats

Award Winning Mirage Omnisat Speakers (1 Pair)

In addition to winning the “Home Theater Sound” “Product of the Year” award, the impressive Mirage Omnisat Speakers have managed to create an entirely new class of speaker.

Mirage says that the sound we hear in a real-life setting is a combination of 30% direct sound and 70% reflected sound. Read that closely, because what they’re saying is that most of the sound we hear does not come directly from the source; most of what we hear is the original sound reflected one or more times. Such is Mirage’s reference for real sound and the combination of direct and reflected sound that they try to mimic with their Omnipolar loudspeakers.

The OMNISAT loudspeaker is the result of Mirage’s head-designer Andrew Welker thinking outside the box about how to make a whole lot more sound with fewer costly parts. It is a two-way bookshelf speaker with a decidedly ultramodern appearance and unique way of working.

When Welker thought outside the box, he basically eliminated it too. The OMNISAT’s “Polypropylene Titanium Deposit Hybrid” woofer cone measures just 4″ in diameter and is housed in a uniquely shaped, thick-walled plastic enclosure that measures only 8″ deep and 6.25″ across. Knocking on the enclosure reveals it to be quite inert, and it has an almost suede-like finish. The woofer’s baffle is cast aluminum — strong, heavy, and attractive. Hovering above the woofer — sort of looking like the front part of Star Trek’s Enterprise — is a metal, spoon-like device that acts as a reflector for the woofer’s output. Mirage calls that Enterprise-like thingy an OMNIGUIDE. The OMNIGUIDE also houses the Mirage-made 1″ “Pure Titanium Hybrid” tweeter that fires upward too. Above the tweeter is another OMNIGUIDE. A removable, rounded wire-mesh grille protects both drivers.

The angle of the drivers and the use of the reflectors are the tricks to making 360-degree dispersion from only two drivers. It looks simple, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Close inspection reveals that those reflectors are not mounted directly over the center of each driver. Instead, they’re placed ever-so-slightly toward the rear of the driver, and they’re angled just a wee bit away from the driver too. The drivers don’t fire straight up; they’re on an angle too. The reason for all this is to send more sound to the front of the speaker than to the rear. It’s a 360-degree-dispersion speaker with a bias toward the front. This, Welker says, is the key to the OMNISAT design. He contends that putting a bit more energy out to the front than to the rear makes it sound more natural when the sound waves are launched into the room.

System Type: Magnetically Shielded Omnipolar Satellite

Frequency Response: 70 Hz-20KHz, +/- 3dB

Tweeter: 1″ (25mm) PTH™Pure Titanium

HybridWoofer: 4.5″ Polypropylene Titanium Deposit Hybrid cones with butyl surrounds

Power Handling: 150 watts

Crossover Points: 2.2 kHz

Room Efficiency: 89 dB

Impedance: 8-ohm nominal, 4 ohm minimum

Recommended Amplifier Power: 10 to 150-wattsRMS/Channel

Inputs: High Quality 5-way Binding Posts

Dimensions: 8″H x 6.25″W x 8″D, Weight: 7 pounds each

Retailed new for $250 USD each. ~$770 Cnd per pair with HST. Asking just $295 for this pair of great sounding Mirage Omnisat Speakers, tested and working perfectly.