Mission - 700 Bookshelf Loudspeakers (Pair)

Get Bass Definition, Big Dynamics, and Wide Soundstaging from a Custom Design: Mission 700 Bookshelf Loudspeakers Feature Inverted Driver Geometry, Multi-Layered Cabinetry, and Bold Looks

The Mission 700 bookshelf loudspeaker certainly looks like the original model that introduced the company's signature Inverted Driver Geometry to the word. Elegant real-wood veneers and a carefully laminated white front baffle both signal a multi-decade heritage and proclaim that this is not your by-the-numbers standmount. But Mission 700 is far more than a retro throwback to a bygone era. With a design spearheaded by renowned engineer Peter Comeau that extends to its multi-layer sandwich construction and internal bracing, this 20.08 x 10.24 x 11.50-inch (HWD) gem is built for today with innovative technology and top-grade parts.

A recently developed 6.5-inch mineral-loaded polypropylene bass/midrange driver and specific-to-700 motor system ensures it more than meets modern power handling and dynamic requirements while also demonstrating extended response and low coloration. Everything from rigid cast chassis to low-density surround is orchestrated to assist in playback marked by precision, speed, liveliness, and emotion. And the reflex port is internally and externally profiled to operate with low distortion and extension that dips beneath 38Hz in room, an almost unheard-of measurement from a speaker with this form factor.

Harboring Inverted Geometry Design — wherein the treble unit is placed below the bass/midrange driver, thereby balancing length of the sound path and producing sound waves that coincide with the height of your head — Mission 700 exhibits the kind of time alignment, coherence, and naturalism that pull you into recordings. On the subject of the tweeter, a lightweight 1.25-inch soft dome complete with felt damper, vented spacer, copper-wound glass-fiber voice coil, magnet, and sub-magnet operates with a specially damped rear chamber that pays dividends in the areas of resonance control, bandwidth, and smoothness. An audiophile-grade crossover developed after hundreds of hours of testing ties everything together.

All told, if you're seeking an attention-getting bookshelf model that prides itself on bass definition, transient attack, multi-layered depth, high linearity, wide soundstaging, and bold dynamics, not to mention one that looks like none other, the 28.22-pound Mission 700 should be part of your future.

To learn more about it or any of the Mission 700 Series, give us a shout at 312-433-0200.

"[It's] aimed at thrill-seeking music lovers who want a big bang for their buck, so to speak — and most likely enjoy rock, dance, soul and jazz rather than classical music. If you fit into the former category, you really should hear a pair."
—David Price, Stereonet, Applause Award