I wanted a new pair of speakers for my living room so I went down to my local Curry's store and found the fantastic Mission M73i set.
For around £100 you get two metre tall speakers with a wooden finish. While they look modern, apart from the speakers, they're like something off an old James ... Read review
...store and found the fantastic Mission M73i set.
For around £100 you get two metre tall speakers with a wooden finish. While they look modern, apart from the speakers, they're like something off an old James Bond film. They might have been cool back then but not now.
The sound quality is only average and is really nothing special. While I could hear them well I could have got made better use of my money by spending £50 ... ...Seen as there's no photo on Ciao I will try to describe the product related to an everyday item. Picture two tall cardboard boxes and add a speaker at the top of each of them.
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There's not really much more I can say about them. The sound quality is average and nothing to invite friends over about. The cost is out of this world at £100 for a set of two and the design is pretty poor. Why ... more
I wanted a new pair of speakers for my living room so I went down to my local Curry's store and found the fantastic Mission M73i set.
For around £100 you get two metre tall speakers with a wooden finish. While they look modern, apart from the speakers, they're like something off an old James Bond film. They might have been cool back then but not now.
The sound quality is only average and is really nothing special. While I could hear them well I could have got made better use of my money by spending £50 on a cheap set of six speakers.
Seen as there's no photo on Ciao I will try to describe the product related to an everyday item. Picture two tall cardboard boxes and add a speaker at the top of each of them.
- Review Dude's Final Thoughts -
There's not really much more I can say about them. The sound quality is average and nothing to invite friends over about. The cost is out of this world at £100 for a set of two and the design is pretty poor. Why not take your money and buy a cheap pair of speakers?
Advantages: Number of inputs Disadvantages: No remote or binding posts
so probably wouldn't notice the difference anyway! An additional speaker on/off switch allows you to use headphones at the same time as the speakers, or not.
Today I am using this amp to run a pair of MissionM73 floorstanding speakers, and it does the job well. The quoted 55 watts is adequate for a standard hifi set up and I have never had to drive the thing particulary hard.
As for the negatives...it does not come with a remote control. I didn't think this would bother me at first, but now that I can control CD player, tuner etc from my seat, I find it frustrating when I need to get up just to adjust the volume slightly. Maybe I am just very lazy...but just thought I would say!
The speaker connection points are also of the 'sping clip' type rather than binding posts. This makes it very difficult to wire up speakers with decent ...
03bintls 02.08.2006
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