Mission 717 Speakers

Always a soft spot for early Farad Azima and brother Henry Azima Mission speakers.

This pair of white faced Mission 717 came up locally and I could not resist buying these beauties. The white faced with the Mission logo are my favorite generation of Missions.

This matched pair was in exceptionally good condition and just needed a light sanding to the cabinet and a coating of really nice wood oil.

The drivers for this pair are made with Franch Saire woofers and Audex tweeters. The woofers will never need to be re foamed.

There is a great article at audio4maniacs on the history of these white baffled Missions and it is worth reading to see what Henry and Farad where shooting for in the development of this speaker line.

I have had two other pairs of the white baffled Mission 700 speakers and I like these much better due to the French drivers.

Here is the original brochure form the 80's on these speakers.

At 92db sensitivity these are good for the tube amp.

I like early Mission loudspeakers and have had many over the years. They are very alive and musical with great dynamic range.

I have had a lot of speakers over the years and Missions are one of my favorites, there is something about them and I love having them.

Mission 700 speakers finished

Finally got to the finish line today with this my second pair of original Mission 700 speakers.

I opted to re foam not in the inverted method as original as the foam angle did not match the original. No harm done just a different aesthetic . I noticed that one of the original tweeters had been replaced with another Vifa T-D19.

The cabinets are pretty mint on this pair and I love the look of the white baffle with the Mission logo.

These sound pretty sweet on the tube amp with great imaging side to side and front to back. the bass is not as deep as others in the collection right now but the mid range and highs are sweet and luscious.

Here is a link to how these arrived.

With solid state amps I always found the Vifa T-D19 to be shrill and fatiguing, with the tube amp it is way smoother, what a joy.