For any of you Mirage fans out there, I have been doing some research. Thought I would share some of my findings with Y'all.
Well, it turns out that Mirage was founded by, among others, the great Kevin Voecks, formerly of Snell and now director of technology at Harman Specialty group. He followed in the footsteps of Floyd Toole, and did lots of research at the Canadian National Research Council in Ottawa.
From what I can see so far, he originally designed the SM line, and then followed with the 200-750, which were updates of the earlier speakers. The hallmark for all these speakers was great imaging and accurate sound. He did a lot of work both in the crossovers, and in the boxes (using foam around drivers, for instance) to control stray radiation.
API bought out Mirage in the late mid 80's, eliminating their own lines, and making Mirage totally a producer of bipolar speakers, with Voecks producing the first version of the Mirage M1 (which was later finished by John Tchilinguirian and Ian Paisley, of API and Energy fame.
I must say that the Mirage 750 still stands the test of time very well. An amazingly good sounding speaker for it's age, it images like no regular box speaker should and makes all kinds of MUSIC!
It is, as The Absolute Sounds wrote way back when "a true High-End product"
Thanks for reading!
Erik
BTW, I am looking at putting a website together for pre-API Mirage info. Would truly appreciate any info anyone could share.
Well, it turns out that Mirage was founded by, among others, the great Kevin Voecks, formerly of Snell and now director of technology at Harman Specialty group. He followed in the footsteps of Floyd Toole, and did lots of research at the Canadian National Research Council in Ottawa.
From what I can see so far, he originally designed the SM line, and then followed with the 200-750, which were updates of the earlier speakers. The hallmark for all these speakers was great imaging and accurate sound. He did a lot of work both in the crossovers, and in the boxes (using foam around drivers, for instance) to control stray radiation.
API bought out Mirage in the late mid 80's, eliminating their own lines, and making Mirage totally a producer of bipolar speakers, with Voecks producing the first version of the Mirage M1 (which was later finished by John Tchilinguirian and Ian Paisley, of API and Energy fame.
I must say that the Mirage 750 still stands the test of time very well. An amazingly good sounding speaker for it's age, it images like no regular box speaker should and makes all kinds of MUSIC!
It is, as The Absolute Sounds wrote way back when "a true High-End product"
Thanks for reading!
Erik
BTW, I am looking at putting a website together for pre-API Mirage info. Would truly appreciate any info anyone could share.
