Gazzip said:
jonathanRD said:
If you do a quick search you will find previous threads regarding the Mission 780se's.
Both the se's and normal 780's were both circa £300 in their day. And they were WHF award winners back at the begining of the noughties. So I suggest you home demo the LX2's if you can.
I have a pair of 780's (now boxed up as spares) and I would not consider selling them. I assumed, rightly or wrongly that they are the equivalent of £500 speakers in today's prices.
I also had a pair of 780SE's and they were fine sounding speakers. I built myself a pair of their (very) big cousin the 753's back in 1995. Believe it or not I purchased all eight mid/low frequency drivers, two high frequency drivers and a pair of crossovers (direct from Mission I might add!) for £85. Just goes to show that components don't have to cost a fortune for a speaker to sound great!
If we are talking about 1995 they are not the same speakers.
If these speakers came from the early 2000's they are a big step up from what you are talking about and look nothing like the old 780se. If I rememeber correct the early 2000's 780se retailed £350-400 direct competitor to the B&W 685 at the time. Also I think they were the last range of Mission's with the words made in England.