Hello from Manchester

Those 752s look mint
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115727067498?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=VmgydqsBQIu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=L0qBoq_2RB2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Here's a sweet amp, Marantz pm66 ki signature amplifier, excellent condition £150
Also some speakers, all near you M41?
Well within budget.
www.hifiwigwam.com/threads/several-items.117103/

Lol, always a very popular speaker....

 

That's 2 missions on the list anymore I can look at? I'm in no rush but if I have a shortlist once I hit the magic number and if any come up I can pull the trigger quick
Mission 752 freedom
Mission 737

The 753's were the other popular Mission floorstander at that time too, they kind of competed in terms of some liking/choosing one or the other.

I didnt like the multi speaker thing, they looked more disco to me and gave the impression they could be driven to silly levels, truth is they weren't that type of speaker.

The 753, like the 752 was a good speaker from what I know, popular and well liked too.

Once I had my first 752 Freedoms, on recommendation from a guy I worked with, I had no desire to hear the 753 or anything else to be honest, I was just well chuffed with them and for the £150 I'd paid at the time, even more so, they sounded great to my ears, musical, punchy, detailed, balanced, and imaging was A1.

Btw- The first/original 752 and 753 had a metal dome tweeter which sat above the mid-bass driver.

I tried the original 752 and found that metal dome tweeter too bright and very unnaturally warm, still that Aerogel mid-bass driver, excellent. 

The Freedoms, were/are the revised version, where the metal dome tweeter was replaced with a silk soft dome tweeter, which sounded much more calmer and natural, and sits under/below the mid-bass driver.

Depends on what amp he has them with Oli, as you know, it isnt that simple.  

I had Technics SU VX800 with my 752 Freedom's, for years and some Sansui's and they sounded detailed and balanced, but I know what you mean if you paired them with an amp with a very even / flat presentation.  They have a slightly in the box sound, compared to the much brighter original, which I'd describe as sounding more the other way as in out of the box.

'veiled' would not put me off recommending the 752 Freedom, having lived with them for a good time, with and with out equalizer, tone controls and they were good. 

I listened to them closely, and I can't recall if it was using the Krell or the first 686 with SMPS in to be honest, but it could have been that one. Regardless, I don't do amps that can't double as arc welders...you know this 😂

It was a beefy amp anyway. Angus bought his minty pair up with him. In my opinion they were boxy, music stuck to the speaker like glue and it was all very veiled. Intrusively so.

When we put Mordaunt Short Performance 880 back in, even though we drowned in bass, there was a massive uptake in transparency.

I can't recommend the 753 because I thought they were pretty poor to be honest.

The 752 may be better, but those ones I linked to will be better again. They are greatly underappreciated and undervalued in the HiFi world.

Mission made next to nothing on them, seriously....the driver material was so exoentat the time that they nearly bankrupted Mission due to how many they sold. There is a big writeup on the original 770 somewhere and the then owner of Mission says that getting the drivers made very nearly put them out of business.

So the 737R is the one to get

You don't have to take my recommendation. I am not the only one here with a great amount of listening experience. I just share what i learned and thats up to anyone if they take it on board

Awesome, looks really cozy and I'll bet it's pretty good acoustically now.

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So are there any bookshelf speakers i can look at ?

My own actual choice for a system with a financial budget like yours are a refurbished pair of B&O CX100.

As well as my main system (with speakers that cost me £13k - not showing off, just saying) I also have a 2nd system about 75 miles away.

I'm almost as fussy about the sound of my 2nd system as I am about the sound of my main system. It has to sound very good.
I don't feel short changed with the B&O speakers - they have a clarity and presence which is more than a bit surprising. I think their well braced aluminium cabinet has a lot to do with shifting nasty resonances away from the critical midrange.

Anyhow, they are often available on ebay for £200-300.
That's my choice.

Here's the system ...




The room is the other way around to yours, wide rather than long, but I'm sure the little B&Os would work well.

I've tried quite a lot of speakers in that system including KEF R500 floorstanders, Usher X719 big stand mounts, Magneplanar 1.6qr panel speakers. Quite a few others, usually costing more than the B&O.
The B&O are staying.
You might also notice a small black box under the table - a Jamo SUB200 subwoofer. It's not essential, but nice to have. Cost me £75 on ebay.

…. And you have to say, the B&O’s look aesthetically terrific

Can anyone suggest were to place the acoustic tiles I have as were they are now I don't think there doing much I put some at the top of the apex as it's a bit of a corner angle I was just wondering if I should put a few in line with the first 2 sets of wall panels at the first reflection points but on the sloped celling any ideas 💡 ?