Klipsch Mirage Nanosat 5.1 Speaker Review

It is safe to say that it looks like the home theater Mirage Nanosat 5.1 does not resemble any type of market scope subwoofer satellite combination. While the draft box front speakers, speakers Nanosat are designed to produce a ratio of 30 per cent directly and 70 percent of reflected sound. The head of the direct sound, direct to mobile phones, while the remaining 70 percent to hit the walls and ceiling before finally the listener. Mirage introduces this type of omni-directional technology - the company calls Omnipolar - in 2002 with the original speaker Omnisat. We have recently excited the other Mirage Omnipolar system, the MX 5.1 Home Theater System ($ 1,200), but the 5.1 new features Nanosat large satellites and a subwoofer wider. Incredibly, the larger system, with a price significantly below $ 800. Better yet, the system for 800 euros still seems better than $ 1200
Design and functionality
The Nanosat 5.1 system has five satellite speakers and a subwoofer. The system has no speakers dedicated center channel, but you get five identical satellites, which produce a better experience for a system with its facade surrounding the center and surround. Nanosat each speaker is 5.8 inches and weighs 2.9 kilograms.
Speakers conventional box should be the engine on their front speakers and projects sound mounted in the front. Titanium Nanosat 2.75 cm / polypropylene mid-woofer and tweeter Titanium 0.75 cm hybrids are subject to baffle speakers. Top of the House is not the only factor in the spread of the MX is omnidirectional, like the form OMNIGUIDE, which uses two bumpers, the function. A small curves of participation is above the tweeter, and the other half of the deflector driver low. Noise Project bumper directly into the phone, while creating a model of radiation from 360 degrees to reflect the sound of your room walls, ceilings and other surfaces.
The dome-shaped mesh speaker Nanosat perforated metal is covered with black cloth. Instead of nails or clips on the grid is magnetically to the speaker, click on the easy, if re-attached.
We believe that the pod-Nanosat a more refined look and feel like satellites black plastic found in the MX system. The case in matte black plastic and brushed aluminum design much more attractive. In view links Nanosat speakers with gold-plated connectors Binding Post, bananas, spades, pins or bare son accept stripped ends.
Each of the five satellites was met with a wall mount metal swivel. If mounted in the rear channel surround more than 6 feet above the ground, Mirage recommends the installation of speakers in the head. Thus, projecting the sound down and out. If you're not going to the wall or on a shelf, then the mountain, you can use the MS-STB-1 Mirage pedal.
If you have a 6.1 or 7.1 channels to use, are satellite speakers Nanosat additional approximately $ 125 available. If you already have a subwoofer, you can buy the package of five speakers Nanosat $ 550. Meanwhile, the five speakers Nanosat Prestige system includes a dedicated center speaker.
The subwoofer has a Mirage S8 shot 8-inch woofer and built 75-watt (300 watts peak) amplifier. The half-flight mobile is fairly simple, but gently rounded edges and are painted in black satin with a gesture. Connectivity is the only level inputs and stereo RCA line spring clip stereo connections limit level speaker.
The subwoofer is 11.7 centimeters high and 13.5 centimeters wide and 13.5 inches deep and weighs 20.1 kg. Very well built, but not the inert atmosphere in the sub-MM-6, which comes with much smaller MX 5.1 systems.
We recommend using the Nanosat 5.1-channel receiver, subwoofer settings are adjustable cup allows (some recipients of 80 or 100 Hartz solid). Mirage offers no option specifies that the cross, which allows us to 120 Hz
Performance
With the lights in the room to complete the system of five satellites, literally disappearing sound sources. Under traditional speakers, you can always tell where the sound, but this is not the case Nanosat speaker. I think his rebounding / technology creates a true immersion, which fills the room sound. CNET heard in the middle room, which would certainly not use a matrix to 7.1 channels in the front-to-back complete surround sound.
This means that some listeners in May found that the system does not focus the image. First, it is sweeter than the final Technology ProCinema 800 satellite / subwoofer - a unit capable of identifying the specific image.
Seeing the "From The Basement" DVD of music to find the sound quality well above average. When Sonic Youth played a few songs, not just hear the sound of instruments, but also of the band were really fill the store "on the application of the three channels in front of us produced a remarkable depth and dimension. This has become even more evident under conditions of low-Acoustic Music PJ Harvey.
It does not preclude action films of our joy with the system, such as noise and machinery for spinning, the antics of "King Kong" has been very dynamic. We wrote some of which the mixture of 5.1 points Nanosat system of satellites and a subwoofer. Not just once, we could hear the subwoofer as a separate audio source. Although the system of tonal balance is neutral on the warm side, easy to handle prevents the subtle and refreshing sound you have heard of some smaller systems in the past.
We enjoyed listening to the stereo, but as the smallest Mirage MX 5.1, speakers, stereo images may not be a good work place. Phantom Center is like a song you hear is rather vague. In other words, we handed in the search for the width of the stereo image larger than the current position of the front left and right. In addition, we found that the largest system Nanosat sounds better than the smaller system, MX, when you play at high volume.
Mirage Nanosat 5.1 system seems really surround sound performance. The way that creates a thrilling, enveloping sound image can be reproduced with box systems like good speaker. In addition, the Nanosat 5.1 has a soft sound so sophisticated, easy to listen long.
For the money, the 5.1 Mirage Nanosat one of the best lifestyles, "" satellite / subwoofer we've heard. Even if it is a roughly $ 800, steal, are small but a 5.1 sound systems must also consider the classical energy, which is available for $ 400. But do not expect to reproduce the omnidirectional Nanosat.