I used to be a mission fanatic about 12 to 13 years ago. I think mission had sort of fallen from grace somewhat, as sales and distributorship had fallen off in the U.S. Now they have definitely come back strong, although I don't think their speaker lines are as good or maybe I want to say, unique as they once were. They are a little more mass market now. The 770 series speakers are excellent all rounders, geared more to home theatre, while still being accurate for music. They don't produce gobbs of bass(Missions never did), but enough to satisfy most. In a home theatre setup you should be using a sub anyway. In the $1,000 price range their are alot of great speakers. Check out PSB Stratus Gold Series, Paradigm Reference Series, B&W DM Series, Kef Q Series and some of the models from NHT. All of these offer high value at low cost and will provide good comparison to the Mission product line. Mission does make a good product though and would not be afraid to buy their product line if it fit my needs.
