MISSION 700 Classic Loudspeakers with Stands (Walnut Pearl, PAIR)

Description

MISSION 700 – SOLD AS A PAIR WITH STANDS

Revisited as a sister model to the eagerly anticipated
reintroduction of the Mission 770 – a model which heralded the return to UK
manufacturing for the Mission brand; the Mission 700 takes what was referred to
as an ‘industry benchmark, in the original 700 model, but utilizes Mission’s 45
years of evolution and development in loudspeaker design.

Led by Mission’s Director of Acoustic Design, Peter Comeau,
the new Mission 700 bears a striking aesthetic resemblance to the original.
However, there are many complex innovations and improvements that bring this
revered model bang up to date.

Emphasis on Design

As with the flagship 770, Mission has developed a new
polypropylene bass/midrange driver and model-specific motor system. This
transducer not only upgrades the loudspeaker’s integral design to take account
of modern power handling and dynamic requirements, but it also maintains the
extended response and low coloration of the original model with all the
hallmarks and distinction of a class-leading loudspeaker. From the rigid, cast
chassis to low-density surround, every aspect has been revisited to offer a
driver with improved rigidity and precision-controlled cone-termination for
dynamic performances and offer tight, fast, energetic output.

The distinctive reflex port has been carefully profiled both
internally and externally to achieve very low distortion and extension to below
38Hz in-room – quite an achievement from a cabinet of this size!

Employing a new lightweight, coated microfiber dome for the
high-frequency driver, the Mission 700 replicates the flagship 770 with a
specially damped rear chamber that offers super smooth treble performance,
largely thanks to the resonance control offered by such a design.

Inverted Driver Geometry

The Mission 700 was a precursor for what would become a
Mission standard in an unconventional driver array, something Mission refers to
as ‘Inverted Driver Geometry’. Not just a design statement, IDG is a staple of
Misson loudspeaker design from the 700 onwards. By positioning the treble unit
below the bass/midrange driver, the length of the path is equalized so the
sound waves coincide at the listener’s head height. This principle improves
‘time alignment’. Such design requires more than just inverting the speaker
cabinet. Every aspect of the industrial and mechanical design requires a
precision calculation to ensure the positioning, spacing and alignment aids the
objective of optimum ‘time alignment’. This is perfected by an artisan-level
crossover design.

The Crossover

Part of the Mission design process includes advanced
software-based crossover mapping and simulation to accurately equalize the
balance of the drivers for seamless integration into the overall loudspeaker
performance. Not breaking with tradition or protocol, the efficiency of the
software-based development is matched in equal part with 1000s of hours of
listening tests. The resulting crossover design brings a musical character with
thrilling detail and musicality not just matching but superseding the acclaimed
level of performance set by the original Mission 700.

As it was in the beginning with the original, the new
Mission 700 packs technology and know-how into a benchmark loudspeaker design
that is never short in bass definition, frequency response; lack of coloration;
imaging; transient attack; depth and perspective; accuracy and linearity; speed
and dynamic range. And as you’d expect from a model with such nostalgia and
history, the emotion in the musical performance is never short in supply!

The Cabinet

Form factor remains true to the original, wherever possible.
This includes hand-applied, rich rose-tinted walnut or black real wood veneers
and a luxurious laminated white-front baffle. However, as spoken of in the
original design, the Mission 700 makes use of less visible innovations
incorporated into the design. The new 700 cabinet uses a sandwich construction of
differing woods bonded by a layer of damping adhesive. Internal bracing adds
further strength and support while a mixture of foam and long hair fiber
provides internal resonance and reflection absorption..

Mission 700 Stand

Perfected to a fraction of a millimeter, the Mission 700
Stand is precision manufactured.

The base plate and structure are perfectly stable and offer critical damping
from unwanted vibrations, ensuring you hear the Mission 700 perform as it was
intended!