Speaker review ! Poor man's Buchardt S400 & Dynaudio Special 40
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- Опубликовано: 26 окт 2020
- I've done many budget speaker reviews. But Mission QX-2 is a speaker that has a lot of resemblances to the buchardt s400 and dynaudio special 40. So having done the buchardt s400 review and dynaudio special 40 review, I decided to do a review for the Mission QX-2 which I believe in one of the best budget speaker that can compete with KEF, Tekton, Triangle speakers and so on in this price category.
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This is the first time I’ve seen your stuff ... You’re very, very good! I don’t know if I’ve ever heard descriptions as clear and coherent as yours.
Mission is owned by IAG, which also owns Wharfedale, Quad, Audiolab, and Castle, and their director of engineering is legendary speaker designer Peter Comeau, designer of many iconic speakers over the last several decades. One of his latest projects, after the great success of modern versions of the legendary Wharfedale Denton and Linton, is to do the same with the legendary Mission 770, and create a new modern version of that speaker.
Ι'm really very excited that you review this Mission speaker! I just bought last month the tower version of the series, the QX-4 at the same exact color! I was searching about 6 months to find my best choice. I listened to many tower speakers like Triangle BRO 7-8, KEF Q550, Klipsch, Audio Physic, Audio Vector, ELAC , FOCAL, S&B, all inside a budged of 800-1500eu (new and used or demo). All of them really great speakers but finally I ended up choosing the QX-4. There were no review in the youtube and I was very eager to find one and now I'm very happy that this comes especially from you. I said to myself let's see what Jay has to say . Were the things I listen to and choose the speaker for "true" or it was just a first impression of a rookie. And yes you just described what I listened too. Mid range clear, emotional with articulation, top end detailed, refined and a little smooth that makes the speaker forgiving to poor recordings and more musical. The soundstage is large and behind the speakers. Build quality is excellent! Let me add one more thing about the budget speaker issue that you said. The dealer told me that Mission's strategy to gain a higher market sear led the company to price this range of speaker lower than it's real price. In the near future they will raise the price (of the new series) to the normal standards for the quality.
I'm from the UK 🇬🇧 I remember mission as a true British company. Back in the 1980 my first real HiFi speakers were Mission 770's ... Amazing at the time, and even now would give a good few so called high end speakers a run for their money.
Hey, sir another awesome review on a good reasonable speaker. Enjoyed this thanx again. I've had a few experiences with earlier mission speakers I found second hand. I do remember seeing them around a bit more back in the day and were very respected. Good to see them still at it! Good work again 🙏🏾👍🏾👍🏾
You mention that it doesn't really get good until you put some volume into it. Would love to see a video on your favorite speakers for low level listen.
back in the day, missions were well known in the u.s. they had a very good reputation.
I'm from the UK and over the years have owned various Mission speakers. Up until a few years ago, Mission was on its A-Game but of recent somethi9ng has not been quite right. The QX-2 shows that they are back. Let me tell you one thing about Mission. When they make a really good speaker like the QX-2, they absolutely knock it out of the park. It will be head and shoulders above all contenders in its price category and above. I really hope that this is the case because I do like the Mission speaker philosophy and they should be right up there with KEF, Tannoy, and Monitor Audio as truly great British speaker manufacturers. Excellent review by the way!
Mission has always had a strong presence in the budget speaker segment in the UK and in Malaysia. They are good speakers. A lot of us started our hi-fi journey on Missions. They also produced a great little integrated amp called Cyrus shaped like a shoe box.
Those look cool, I would buy them. I have a pair of Mission 753 floorstanders in rosewood made in England from the 80’s. They were a hot item back then but they needed to be close to the wall. I bet these are much better in every way except maximum loudness. Great review.
Excellent review!!!! I was ready to invest on Dynaudio or b&w 706s2 and happened to demo the Mission…….oh hhhh my what a hidden gem!!!! What a built!!!! What a price!!!!!…….i used them with Rotel Ra 1520,Hegel h95 and Cambridge audio ca x81 and the sound was way over their price! Unbelievable!! So spot on review!!! I never thought about mission and i was totally wrong! Thanks
Bravo! more reviews like this of internationally available products (not just products limited to US/Canada)
Great review!!!Wharfedale,Mission and Quad are fabulous speakers!!!cheers from Argentina!!
My first proper hifi speaker was a mission designe, back in 1989, I've had many since then all have been excellent value for money and quality build and sound.
Jay, you have become the reviewer for non-technicians, consumer friendly, not science(analytics) obsessed.
Once again, an excellent review.
I have had Mission Speakers for nearly 15 years, I started with the MV range on an Onkyo TX SR309, it was my first home theatre system and it really blew peoples socks off despite being just over £1,000.
My first speakers were Missions - that was in 1989-90. They were great little budget speakers. In fact, my brother still uses them hooked to a computer.
Mission used to be well known back in the 80's and could be found in more home audio stores. Some of the older models were manufactured in Canada. I've always liked Mission and have enjoyed their 700 line for my home theatre.