By its very nature, speaker design is about balancing variables and finding the best possible compromise. At entry-level price points, where the cost of production is most constrained by the need to hit a specific retail price, the necessity of compromise is at its greatest. But does one have to accept that a ‘budget’ speaker will always deliver a ‘budget’ performance? Mission’s designers are not the easily accepting kind. They push for greatness in design, whereas most would be happy to stop at ‘good’.
What makes a great loudspeaker? What makes it sing? For Mission, the answer is simple: in a well-matched system, the speakers have to allow the performance of the music to shine through. It’s not a group of notes; it’s a performance. It’s not all about frequency response, impedance, sensitivity and directivity, although they all play a part. To paraphrase a famous expression, it’s the music, the whole music and nothing but the music – and that, in a nutshell, is Mission’s philosophy.
For the LX Series, the speakers’ design has been stripped design back to its fundamentals to produce a range of speakers that Mission can be proud of in engineering terms, but even more so in terms of the enjoyment the speakers’ owners will experience.
General description |
Centre channel |
Enclosure type |
Closed box |
Transducer complement |
2-way |
Midrange driver |
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Bass driver |
2 x 100mm advanced fibre |
Treble driver |
25mm microfibre dome |
AV magnetically shielded |
Yes |
Sensitivity (1W @ 1m) |
87.5dB |
Recommended amplifier power |
20-100w |
Nominal impedance |
6 Ohms |
Minimum impedance |
5.0 Ohms |
Frequency response (+/-3dB) |
80-30kHz |
Crossover frequency |
2.1kHz |
Dimensions (mm) |
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Height (on plinth & spikes) |
160mm |
Width |
400mm |
Depth (with grille) |
200+10mm |
Carton size |
500 x 310 x 280mm |
Net weight |
5.8kg |
Gross weight |
7.0kg/carton |
Finish |
Black wood /Walnut /White |