By its very nature, speaker design is about balancing variables and finding the best possible compromise. At entry-level price points, where the cost of production is most constrained by the need to hit a specific retail price, the necessity of compromise is at its greatest. But does one have to accept that a ‘budget’ speaker will always deliver a ‘budget’ performance? Mission’s designers are not the easily accepting kind. They push for greatness in design, whereas most would be happy to stop at ‘good’. What makes a great loudspeaker? What makes it sing? For Mission, the answer is simple: in a well-matched system, the speakers have to allow the performance of the music to shine through. It’s not a group of notes; it’s a performance. It’s not all about frequency response, impedance, sensitivity and directivity, although they all play a part. To paraphrase a famous expression, it’s the music, the whole music and nothing but the music – and that, in a nutshell, is Mission’s philosophy. For the LX Series, the speakers’ design has been stripped design back to its fundamentals to produce a range of speakers that Mission can be proud of in engineering terms, but even more so in terms of the enjoyment the speakers’ owners will experience.
General description
Floor-standing
Enclosure type
Ported
Transducer complement
2-way
Midrange driver
Bass driver
2 x 165mm advanced fibre
Treble driver
25mm microfibre dome
AV magnetically shielded
No
Sensitivity (1W @ 1m)
90db
Recommended amplifier power
15-150w
Nominal impedance
6 Ohms
Minimum impedance
3.7 Ohms
Frequency response (+/-3dB)
40-30kHz
Crossover frequency
2.2kHz
Dimensions (mm)
Height (on plinth & spikes)
975+20mm
Width
214mm
Depth (with grille)
300+10mm
Carton size
440 x 340 x 1110mm
Net weight
25.5kg
Gross weight
29 kg/carton
Finish
Black wood /Walnut /White