LOUD!! (Mission m70 series)

Member Name: Pingu

Product:	Mission m70 series
Date:	28/06/01 (2889 review reads)
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Advantages: Superb sound

Disadvantages: None

I must admit I've never owned anything but Mission speakers - mainly cos my dad said they were the best back when I was buying my first Hi-Fi - so I'm not in much of a position to give a comparison with other brands. I do use other speakers as a music teacher, but the acoustic at school is completely different, so it would be unfair to pick on the perceived inadequacies of those speakers.

I recently decide I would go from a stereo system to a surround one, so I promptly swapped my old stereo amp for an AV amp...then realised I'd bought an amp with 9o watts per channel, whilst my trusty Mission 780SEs were only made to take 75. I was more than a little reluctant to part with them. They had been absolutely superb, and I was worried I wouldn't find another speaker I liked as much.

I needn't have worried at all though. I got 3 pairs of the Mission 701s (100watts) and plugged them in (well 5 of them anyway), and I've never looked back. They are absolutely fantastic. OK, as a supposed composer, I ought to be using near-field monitors or some such nonsense, but I'm darned if I can afford that, and, as far as I'm concerned, the Missions are the next best thing. They give a very uncoloured sound, and are equally good at low levels as they are for blowing the roof off the house.

Possibly the fact that I got them for £79 a pair (check out Richer Sounds), instead of the RRP of £169, coloured my appreciation of them slightly. But even if I'd had to pay RRP I think I would have done. They really are a superb buy. There are cheaper 100watt speakers around, but you're going to be living with your speakers for a while. Divided up over that time any saving would be negligable, but the difference in sound quality may be enormous. Give these some serious consideration.

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