I run them with a Harman-Kardon HK3480 receiver and they match very well. I've grown to know them and cherish them. Early on they doubled as theater mains in a 5.1 setup and they excelled in that role as well.Īs mentioned before I've had these for a LONG time. There's a little bump in the bass but not too much and placed correctly in a room they're not boomy at all and play back all sorts of music beautifully. Since I was a loyal customer at Kief's Audio in Lawrence they dropped the price a little and I was able to get them for about $550 for the pair if I remember correctly.Īs a musician and an audio engineer I value accuracy very highly but I also didn't want a sterile midrange monster. I auditioned for about three weeks and kept coming back to the Missions. I went to all the high-end showrooms in and around Kansas City and Lawrence, KS and though there were some that came as close to my preference as the 703s did, they were all more expensive than the 703s. I was using some pretty nice Klipsches before but their horns were ultimately fatiguing for me. I auditioned many, many speakers back when I chose these. This is very much a retrospective review as I've now been listening to these speakers for over 16 years! I think that qualifies as a satisfactory break-in period. They are worth every single cent I paid for them at the time, and much like Brad I love my set so much that most days you will find me playing something through them.Ī perfect example of a speaker that got it right the first time…
Throughout the, just realised its been 17 years these speakers have remained rock solid and managed to reproduce every piece of music and sound track that my OPPO 203 Blu ray can throw at them with clean and precise accuracy, in particular since the Denon has been hooked up to them, the Missions have stepped up another notch or 2. They were matted initially with my old Technics AA class amp which I replaced with a HK AVR2000 until about a year or so ago when I bought the Denon 4200W. I could have not picked a better product if I tried to be honest. I bought my pair of 703 floor and 700 bookshelf units way back in 2000 I believe it was, to replace my old pair of Technics loudspeakers, and put together a nice 5.1chnl system and double up as stereo audio pair as well. As Brad had already said this is retrospective view as well.