Farad Azima News Today

Mission’s resurrected 770 speakers are excellent alternatives to the established class leaders, even before any nostalgic appeal is considered.

Some audio experiences stick in your memory. For me, one such was in 1978, which I reminisced about in a 1987 review for Stereophile of the Mission PCM 7000 CD player, Mission 780 Argonaut loudspeaker, and Cyrus Two integrated amplifier. Mission founder Farad Azima (footnote 1) was a driving force in the UK audio scene in the late 1970s, when I was deputy editor of the English magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review.

We compare a pair of Mission 770 from 1980 with the current Award-winner to chart the progress of speaker design.

There are some brilliant British hi-fi brands making great British speakers, from affordable bookshelf speakers to stylish floorstanding speakers.

Mission’s resurrected 770 speakers are excellent alternatives to the established class leaders, even before any nostalgic appeal is considered.

There are some brilliant British hi-fi brands making great British speakers, from affordable bookshelf speakers to stylish floorstanding speakers.

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