Mission 770 - Standmount Speakers - Optional Stands

The Mission 770 standmount speakers heralds the return of UK-based manufacturing for the Mission brand, where a 25,000 square foot production facility has been purpose-built in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

The Mission 770 has always been manufactured according to the Mission principles of quality and value for money. New Mission 770 further exemplifies these two edicts; balancing fine craftsmanship, natural sound quality, and affordability inside a beautifully proportioned loudspeaker that has been bought in its millions right across the globe through its various incarnations.

The original 770 was well known for its warm, rich and natural sounding character and the new Mission 770 retains that standing but imbues it with an open, detailed performance that will entice you to explore your whole music collection, once more.

Emphasis on Design

The emphasis for the design of the new Mission 770 is, indeed, that combination of polypropylene cone and resonance controlled cabinet. Accordingly, Mission has developed a new polypropylene driver, mimicking the extended response and low colouration of the original, while upgrading the motor system to take account of modern power handling and dynamic requirements.

Naturally, like the original, the driver is built onto an 8-inch die-cast chassis with larger rear ‘windows’ to reduce early reflections back through the cone. Special care has been taken to marry a low-density nitrile surround to the cone to match its impedance and reduce reflections from the cone edge.

New Drivers

A new 20cm polypropylene mid/bass driver was developed for the re-engineered 770, mimicking the extended response and low coloration of the original, while upgrading the motor system to take account of modern power handling and dynamic requirements.

Like the original, the driver is built onto a die-cast chassis with large rear ‘windows’ to reduce early reflections back through the cone. Special care has been taken to marry a low-density nitrile surround to the cone, to match its impedance and reduce reflections from the cone edge.

The new polypropylene cone is loaded with minerals to make it stiffer than the original, yielding fast, tight bass that enables the listener to hear exactly how bass instruments are being played. This is balanced by tuning the cabinet and reflex port to a very low frequency, avoiding the ‘one note bass’ that is typical of a lot of bass reflex systems. In addition, the port is strongly flared at both inlet and outlet to smooth airflow and eradicate distortion. Bass extends powerfully and cleanly to below 30Hz in room, which is remarkable for this size of speaker.

The Woven textile soft dome treble unit – true to form, with a high flux ferrite magnet, is engineered for smooth, detailed HF extension. This new treble unit uses a lightweight, damped microfibre dome with an ultra-smooth response, backed by a damped rear chamber that pushes the fundamental resonance well below the crossover region. The quality of this 28mm dome marries perfectly with the mid/bass driver to ensure evenness of character throughout the range of the whole speaker.

Treble Unit

Bass Unit

Technical Specifications

• Enclosure Type: Bass reflex
• Transducer Complement: 2-way
• Bass Driver: 8" (200mm) mineral loaded polypropylene cone
• Treble Driver: 1.25" (28mm) soft dome
• AV Shield: No
• Sensitivity (2.83V @1m): 88dB
• Recommended Amplifier Power: 25-200W
• Peak SPL: 117dB
• Nominal Impedance: 8
• Minimum Impedance: 6
• Frequency Response (+/-3dB): 42Hz - 20kHz
• Bass Extension (-6dB): 30Hz
• Crossover Frequency: 2.9kHz
• Cabinet Volume (in litres): 38.5L
• Height (on plinth): 590mm
• Width: 300mm
• Depth (with terminals): (300+22)mm
• Carton Size: 440 x 430 x 725mm
• Net Weight: 19.2kg/pcs

Further Information

Mission 770 Speakers - User Manual (PDF)