Technics SU-7300 Integrated Amplifier

This nice little 41WPC Technics amplifier found its way to me today, a beautiful silver faced unit with a veneer wood case. A nice feature is the VU meters that have a low level and a high level. got to love the old analogue VU meters

A phono pre amp with a 78db signal to noise ratio make it very sensitive to the pick up on the phono cartridges.

These were built in the Golden Era of HiFi between 1976 and 1978.

More info can be found on the Stereonomono site.

This unit matches up nicely with the Mission 717 speakers.

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.