Surrounds?

wingnut4772
wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
edited July 2008 in Speakers
OK Guys,
In my new place the HT set up will be in an open area meaning there will be no side walls to place my surrounds. I will have to place them on stands to either side of the listening area. I was looking at the Mirage Omnisat V2 because I like the multidirectional idea since they will be at either end of the sofa. I would like some diffusion.
Do you think that would work with my Von Schweikert front stage ok?

Omnisat
Sharp Elite 70
Anthem D2V 3D
Parasound 5250
Parasound HCA 1000 A
Parasound HCA 1000
Oppo BDP 95
Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
Totem Mask Surrounds X4
Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
Sony PS3
Squeezebox Touch

Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,094
    edited July 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    OK Guys,
    In my new place the HT set up will be in an open area meaning there will be no side walls to place my surrounds. I will have to place them on stands to either side of the listening area. I was looking at the Mirage Omnisat V2 because I like the multidirectional idea since they will be at either end of the sofa. I would like some diffusion.
    Do you think that would work with my Von Schweikert front stage ok?

    Omnisat

    If this is strictly for an HT application I pretty much think any speaker will work for the surrounds (I like the omnidirectional design myself). Now if you play a lot of multi channel music then you might run into a problem. Then again, maybe not. Crutchfieldd has a great 30 day return policy, give 'em a shot, & if you like them...great, if not send them back & try something else.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2008
    Thanks. Has anyone here heard the Omnisats?
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2008
    No other opinions?
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,241
    edited July 2008
    Go back to 2-channel. That's the real deal. Screw HT.......














    ........Well, you asked for my opinion. :p
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited July 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    No other opinions?

    I did a bit of research on them a while back, listened to them a couple times to.

    My experience mirrored the reviews. They sounded quite good, much bigger then they were and really cast a large soundfield. For imprecise sound like a crowd roaring they worked well, but imaging was poor so for precise sounds things fell apart. Any sound effects that fly over or travel around the room just don't sound right with them.

    For example the scene in Gladiator when the guy is swinging the ball+chain. With normal speakers you can hear it go from L->C->R->SR->SL->L...so on and so forth traveling completly around the room. With the omnisats the sound would break up, it would sound more like it was traveling above you and you couldn't pinpoint where it was at any moment, it would travel from the front to right to back to left to front again, but it just didn't sound right.

    Read some reviews and go check them out at your closest Magnolia to see what I am talking about.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2008
    I checked them out today at Magnolia but they didn't have a full set up. They just had them as fronts so it was hard to tell. They do seem built very well.
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited July 2008
    wing, Texas 42 has a pair for sale in the flea market. Might save you a little money.

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69609&highlight=omnisat

    Shawn
    Shawn
    AVR: Marantz SR-5011
    Center Channel: Polk LsiM706c
    Front: Polk LsiM703
    Rear: LSI fx
    Subwoofer: SVS 20-39pci
    Television: Samsung UN58NU7100FXZA
    DVD Player: Sony PS4
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2008
    Thanks. I don't think those are the V2s though...? I got a pair off the Gon . I may get another for the back two. It depends upon what my installer says.
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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