{"id":143279,"date":"2022-03-23T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T07:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=143279"},"modified":"2022-03-23T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T07:47:19","slug":"classic-1978-mission-770-2-ways-get-a-modern-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/classic-1978-mission-770-2-ways-get-a-modern-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic 1978 Mission 770 2-Ways Get a Modern Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mission 770, a speaker that came out a year after Farad Azima founded the Mission brand (07\/07\/1977),\u00a0will return\u00a0in a modern iteration.\u00a0A team of designers and project engineers led by Peter Comeau, Mission Acoustic Design Director, tried to keep the vintage style of the 70s, but in a modern way.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/207_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"975\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First of all, a new 20 cm polypropylene mid\/bass driver has been developed for the current 770s.\u00a044 years ago, a polypropylene diffuser was considered the main feature of the model.\u00a0The current version has received a mineral-enriched membrane and a nitrile external suspension.\u00a0The speaker works on the front port of a variable section bass reflex (which expands at the input and output) &#8211; as a result, the Mission 770 plays even at frequencies below 30 Hz (with a blockage of -6 dB).<\/p>\n<p>The tweeter is a 28mm microfiber dome with a well-damped rear chamber.\u00a0Its fundamental resonance is shifted far below the crossover frequency.\u00a0In general, with an unevenness of +\/-3 dB, the speakers win back the range of 42 Hz-20 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>As for the crossover, according to Mission, the developers have tested about 170 scheme options.\u00a0We settled on two boards, separate for high and low frequencies, with the shortest possible signal paths, polypropylene capacitors and air-core coils.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/208_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"823\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Natural wood cabinet measuring 59 x 30 x 30 cm is covered with natural walnut or ebony veneer.\u00a0The kit includes a pair of special custom floor stands with a metal frame and stainless steel spikes.\u00a0The novelty will go on sale before the end of March.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mission.co.uk\/770-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission 770s<\/a> with stands will cost \u00a33,500 in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mission 770, a speaker that came out a year after Farad Azima founded the Mission brand (07\/07\/1977),\u00a0will return\u00a0in a modern iteration.\u00a0A team of designers and project engineers led by Peter Comeau, Mission Acoustic Design Director, tried to keep the vintage style of the 70s, but in a modern way. First of all, a new [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/classic-1978-mission-770-2-ways-get-a-modern-version\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":143283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-143279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}