Well I have to say I'm incredibly impressed with the sound of the 702e. Boomy bass can be a problem, but the simple answer is to move them further from the back wall, and especially further away from corners if possible. I found that even a movement of a cm made a big difference. Get them set up properly, and bass is tight and punchy, and treble is fairly good.
Treble can be a little scrambled or blurred, but this problem was alleviated when I bi-wired with some Gale XL189 cable. Immidiately treble is much sharper and detailed. Transparency is improved, as you can hear detail in the mid range, without messing up other frequancies.
The Bass extension is very impressive - when I tested them with some frequancy generating software, you could easily take them to 40Hz, if not 36Hz without noticing any appriciable "drop-off".
I have heard some say that they have had problems with a rattly baffle. After a month I had this problem, but I sent them back to mission and they had them fixed in 3 days - I was impressed with the speed of the service. Now I have no more rattles
- - - "Follow up", Spoken to Mission who say the rattly baffle problem is due to the water based glue they used in an attempt to be more environmentally friendly. If they must be fixed, they use 'proper' glue. - - -
Overall, these speakers produce a very strong sound, and when positioned correctly, bass is smoooth, there is ounces of transparency, and alot of detail. Nothing beats them for the price, my graphical equiliser has been made redundant.
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Helpful review, I tend to not buy seperate speakers at the moment though:) -Jon
morgjgriff 26.01.2004 19:41
I like to think I know a fair bit about hifi's, your terminology blinded me though! lol Can you explain "Baffle" and "Transparency" for me please? Good op! Ciao for now - J
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