Mirage Loudspeakers FRx-One Floorstanding Speakers
Mirage Loudspeakers FRx-One Floorstanding Speakers
USER REVIEWS
[Aug 05, 2003]
amandahifi
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
everything!
Weakness:
are you kidding! exellent balanced,natural sound.typical api fit and finish. Similar Products Used: paradigm,camber,jbl.realitic. |
[Jan 21, 2003]
Crazy Canuck
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Not a lot of money for great sound. They look great and have removeable grills.
Weakness:
None yet. I also posted a review for these under the "bookshelf" category. Anyway I love these speakers, they are a huge improvement over the P.O.S. Pioneer front speakers I was using before. These have a very broad range of sounds and are very crisp and balanced. So far I am extremely pleased with how they handle both music and movies. Similar Products Used: Pioneer speakers |
[May 06, 2002]
RSMifflin
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
- "Punchy" - Bass extension, Imaging and Detail
Weakness:
None that I could see. I actually have two pairs of these speakers. I bought my first set in Vancouver in 2000 at Sounds Plus for $325.00 (Cdn). I put them in my home theatre system as my main speakers. I had a set of Bose 201’s in front and I did not realize what I was missing! These speakers are superb! They put most other speakers their size to shame……….For that matter, they could put some speakers 3x their size to shame! I was blown away by the bass extension, imaging and detail they revealed. Also, they are quite “punchy” for a set of speakers this size. I was so impressed by “EVERYTHING” about them that Christmas past; I bought another set for the rear of my HT system and sold the Bose 201’s. I am certain I will have these speakers for many years to come. I highly recommend that anyone searching for a speaker of this size listen to the FRx-One’s. They are quite amazing. As a footnote, I considered the FRx-Three’s but, saw no improvement in the Three’s performance over the One’s from the mids up. I have an NHT Sub in my system which covers the low frequencies very nicely. I saw no benefit in spending the extra $100.00 for the Three’s. |
[Feb 27, 2002]
Jim
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Good range, hard to tell any short commings due to the fact that I use them as surrounds and not mains.
Weakness:
Not that I can tell I bought these speakers as a rear surround to go along with my 7''s and Mirage Center. I bought them because they were actualy cheaper $100 cheaper than the Mirage surround''s. Dispite the fact that I have never listed the the surrounds I know they can''t sound that much better than these bookshelves do. the sounds for movies are crisp and even with a sub I can hear good base comming from them. Nice speakers, nice sound. Similar Products Used: My first surround speakers |
[Aug 10, 2000]
Brian Chambers
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Good bass extension, crystal clear highs
Weakness:
None so far These speakers produce some of the cleanest sound of any speaker I've heard for this price. I listened to the Paradigm's and thought they were a tad bright for my tastes. Similar Products Used: Paradigm Atom, Paradigm Titan |
[Oct 19, 2000]
Peter Jörgensen
Audiophile
Strength:
High and midrange.
Weakness:
Hard and heavy music, but I don´t think a "Hardrocker" would look at them at all. Mirage FRX serie. Similar Products Used: Sonab, Mirch. Don´t bye any of them. |
[Aug 20, 2001]
Nate
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
These are very smooth speakers, and image quite well. They lack the brightness I encountered in the Klipsch speakers, and were more refined than the Bostons in the same price bracket.
Weakness:
Rather homely- come in black ash or walnut (still good for only about $200 retail, though). Not particularly well-suited for listeners of rock, hip-hop, or bass heavy electronic music unles high passed and used with a subwoofer- in which case there will not be a problem. I am using these speakers with an Adcom GFA1 (200 wpc), an AMC 1100 preamp, XLO original reference speaker cables, Monster interconnects, and a Denon DCM370 cd player. Similar Products Used: Boston Acoustics CR6, Klipsch SB1 |
[Mar 07, 1999]
MarkO
an Audio Enthusiast
I just purchased these 2 Weeks ago and am very impresed with the great soundstage these speakers project into my living room. With A modest sub these would make alot of people very happy :) |
[Feb 24, 2001]
Jan Levicek
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
dynamic sound, mids and highs... good bass for a small speaker
Weakness:
none come to mind these frx1 speakers act as my rears in my HT setup which include frx5 mains, yamaha sw360 sub, and jbl center, all run by a yamaha rx-v596. Similar Products Used: frx5's, audio research, bose. |
[Jul 12, 2000]
Neil
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great soundstage and imaging. Pleasant highs and mids.
Weakness:
None so far. Bought these speakers 2 weeks ago. I listened to many sets of similar speakers before buying (Boston System 9000, Mirage FRx-Three and AVS-200, Klipsch Synergy bookshelves, Paradigm Atoms, etc.) The Mirage FRx-One's just sounded better to me for main speakers. Similar Products Used: Bose AM-5. Others listened to below. |