Mission Loudspeakers

British speaker maker founded in 1977, known for putting the tweeter below the mid-bass driver and for the 770 monitor.

Founded: 1977
Founder: Farad Azima
Headquarters: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Manufacturing: Designed in the UK, built in IAG facilities in China
Parent company: International Audio Group (IAG)
How to buy: Sold through specialist hi-fi dealers and online retailers
Known for: The inverted driver array with the tweeter below the woofer, and the 770 and 700 series

Currently, we have 29 Mission loudspeakers in our database. Below you can find the list of these speakers with their main specs and links to their review pages.

Mission Passive Bookshelf(12)
Mission Passive Floor-standing(9)
Mission Passive Center Channel(5)
Mission Powered Subwoofer(3)

Mission Passive Bookshelf Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
Mission 700	45-20,000 Hz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
Mission 750	48-20k Hz	86 dB	6Ω	1 x 5.25"
Mission 770	42-20,000 Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 8"
Mission LX-1 MKII	58-20k Hz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 4"
Mission LX-2 MKII	55-20k Hz	87 dB	8Ω	1 x 5"
Mission LX-3 MKII	45-20k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 6.5"
Mission LX-3D MKII	105-20k Hz	86 dB	8Ω	1 x 4"
Mission QX-1 MKII	55-24k Hz	87 dB	4Ω	1 x 5"
Mission QX-2 MKII	44-24k Hz	88 dB	4Ω	1 x 6.5"
Mission ZX-1	52-24k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.25"
Mission ZX-2	45-24k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	1 x 5.25"
Mission ZX-S	120-24k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	2 x 5.25"

Mission Passive Floor-standing Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
Mission LX-4 MKII	45-20k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
Mission LX-5 MKII	42-20k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
Mission LX-6 MKII	35-20k Hz	91 dB	8Ω	2 x 6.5"
Mission QX-3 MKII	42-24k Hz	88 dB	4Ω	2 x 5"
Mission QX-4 MKII	36-24k Hz	88 dB	4Ω	2 x 6.5"
Mission QX-5 MKII	32-24k Hz	90 dB	4Ω	1 x 12"
Mission ZX-3	42-24k Hz	90 dB	4Ω	1 x 5.25"
Mission ZX-4	40-24k Hz	90 dB	4Ω	2 x 5.25"
Mission ZX-5	36-24k Hz	91 dB	4Ω	2 x 6.5"

Mission Passive Center Channel Speakers

Model	Frequency	Sensitivity	Impedance	Woofer
Mission LX-C1 MKII	75-20k Hz	88 dB	8Ω	1 x 4"
Mission LX-C2 MKII	65-20k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 5"
Mission QX-C MKII	58-24k Hz	88 dB	4Ω	2 x 5"
Mission ZX-C1	48-24k Hz	89 dB	8Ω	2 x 5.25"
Mission ZX-C2	48-24k Hz	90 dB	8Ω	4 x 5.25"

Mission Powered Subwoofer Speakers

Model	Frequency	Amp Power	Woofer
Mission LX-10SUB MKII	40-200 Hz	200 watts	1 x 10"
Mission QX-12SUB MKII	35-120 Hz	300 watts	1 x 12"
Mission ZX-12 Sub	35-120 Hz	300 watts	1 x 12"

About Mission

Mission was founded in 1977 by Farad Azima and quickly became one of the most visible British speaker brands of the 1980s. Its signature was inverting the usual driver order, putting the tweeter under the woofer so that, with the speaker on a stand and the listener seated, the path lengths from the two drivers to the ear arrive better aligned. Mission also spawned Cyrus, its electronics arm, whose half-width Cyrus One amplifier became a classic in its own right. The 770 was reissued in 2023.

An Iranian-born engineer who later founded NXT, the flat-panel distributed-mode loudspeaker company.

Notable models: 770, 700, 780 Argonaut, Cyrus One amplifier, QX series.

Official Mission website

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