mission 774 original review from 1979

[karma67]

i found this underneath the foam in my 774 tonearm box.

https://s26.postimg.org/rzlnkjz9l/img059.jpg

[walpurgis]

I have that book! :)

[Bigman80]

Thanks for sharing ! Will read now. Hows the arm doing now ?

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[karma67]

I have that book! :)

intersting how the arm supplied had the solid counter weight


Thanks for sharing ! Will read now. Hows the arm doing now ?

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well its sounding rather nice now the silver wire is in and brians silver rca cable has been fitted.
its not fully run in yet but i like what i hear so far,the mission seems to have a better lower mid than the alphason now,the 2 are very close in the hf,airiness stakes.

im thinking now what would the alphason sound like with silver wire?? a job i wouldn't tackle,one for J7.

[Bigman80]

Lol, yes this is what I thought youd say.

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[karma67]

and they say wire doesn't make a difference eh!

[struth]

intersting how the arm supplied had the solid counter weight



well its sounding rather nice now the silver wire is in and brians silver rca cable has been fitted.
its not fully run in yet but i like what i hear so far,the mission seems to have a better lower mid than the alphason now,the 2 are very close in the hf,airiness stakes.

im thinking now what would the alphason sound like with silver wire?? a job i wouldn't tackle,one for J7.

But, But wire doesnt matter :D

[Bigman80]

and they say wire doesn't make a difference eh!


But, But wire doesnt matter :D
Yes, we must all be fools for hearing such things lol, RCA plugs sound different too. Utter madness !!!!!!

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[Martyn Miles]

i found this underneath the foam in my 774 tonearm box.

https://s26.postimg.org/rzlnkjz9l/img059.jpg

I have the exact same review.
My '774 is fitted with an Entre 1 MC cartridge, bought from Westwoods of Oxford, in 1978.

Expert Stylus Company have fitted many new styli over the years.
Wyndham Hodgson ( Expert's Prop. ) once told me it was his favourite MC cartridge.

Subjectively it suited my Spendor BC1s very well and, yes, I still use BC1s.

[Ali Tait]

Sounds better with the solid CW IMO.

[karma67]

if anyone's has the solid counter weight could they take a good photo please?

[mikeyb]

if anyone's has the solid counter weight could they take a good photo please?
I have one that has been fitted with a brass insert to add mass, quite a neat job been done on it too. Can't remember if it had been a sorbo one originally or not, I'll dig it out later and see.

I'll take some pics later to show it.

[mikeyb]

I have one that has been fitted with a brass insert to add mass, quite a neat job been done on it too. Can't remember if it had been a sorbo one originally or not, I'll dig it out later and see.

I'll take some pics later to show it.

[Ali Tait]

if anyone's has the solid counter weight could they take a good photo please?

Mine has one in original state. Not at home just now, will take one when I'm back.

[karma67]

nice one ta, :)