Mirage M-90i

thefragger

thefragger

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I just bought a pair of Mirage M-90i from the local thrift. The cabs are in beat condition but they work beautifully-- way better than the Aiwa's they replaced.

I picked these up keeping in mind that on Criagslist a guy in my area has the white variety (I have the 'ash-black' set) in pretty good condition for $125. My plans are to go to the 'local' Ikea and get some quantity of their castoff particle board and rebuild the cabs altogether, trying to match the original colour.

They sound really good-- I've played Wish You Were Here Album by Pink Floyd in its entirity, and I'm running through Dark Side of the Moon.

I'm very happy with the way the sound. I haven't opened them up yet (literally got home with them 1h ago and I have to get to class in an hour). I've pushed with my Kenwood and nothing broke, so I guess that's a good sign (?).

If anyone has any more info, I'd be more than happy to hear from you.


Cheers!
 
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I'm reading this out of the owners manual. Has all the specs from the 90 to the 990.
M-90i 1/2 inch dome tweet and a 5 1/2 inch woofy
60-20khz +/- 3 db
6 ohm and 86db 1 watt/ 1 meter
rec amp power 30 to 80 watts
max power 80 watts
7 lbs

I have the M-190 is. They are very nice for their size. I always thought Mirage made some very good speeks.
 
Brilliant! Thanks for the information! So far they've been great performers.

One thing I noticed; the x-over has some unpopulated areas, and I was thinking that maybe it's a generic circuit board that gets populated differently per model. If so, would it be possible to find the missing parts and make the speakers 'better' ?


Cheers.
 
thefragger said:
Brilliant! Thanks for the information! So far they've been great performers.

One thing I noticed; the x-over has some unpopulated areas, and I was thinking that maybe it's a generic circuit board that gets populated differently per model. If so, would it be possible to find the missing parts and make the speakers 'better' ?


Cheers.
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If you populate the x-over with other parts, you will alter the sound of the speaker, and my guess is most likely for the worst, unless you know a heck of a lot about speaker crossover design- at least as much as the guys who built the Mirages to sound as they do, if not more. My thoughts is adding parts from other speakers is going to really do a number on the sound, and not in a good way.

I'd just rebuild them with nicer caps, if you have the desire, and maybe try some silver wire and see how it sounds, before I'd venture into modifying the crossover with additional parts.




As for the cabinets, a bit of wood putty in the bad areas, as well as some sanding, then a re-cover in either the high-quality vinyl laminates that come in sliver, black textured, black ash, beech, cherry, teak, and red maple for $14 to $19 a roll, or the Melamine, available in black, grey, white and walnut, $25 for a big roll, both from Parts Express, will save you lots of time and effort.

Just a suggestion.
 
I picked up a pair of M-190is at my local Salvation Army for $20 a couple of years ago. They pair nicely with my Sansui G-4700 (despite being manufactured 14 years apart).

Not bad. Dynamic, it seems to me, at the expense of accuracy. But certainly listenable.
 
Those were indeed good years for Mirage. Entry level speaker but good quality. IMO $125 for that other pair is way to much however.

I agree with the others, do not mess with the x-overs. The empty places are probably for other models using different drivers in different cabinets. Putting those parts in your speakers would just mess them up.
 
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