Two month ago I replaced my KEF Coda 7 with a pair of Mission 751 speakers. Before this change I searched for this replacement reading different audio magazines and websites. I understood that for my small room I need compact speakers to put them on the stands for my system consisted of Marants 63 MKII & NAD 304 and the price of these speakers must be around $600. I tested MS 10i Classic, B&W 601, Castle Tay and didn’t like them because of different reasons. At first I liked Ìission 751 for their specifications and performance but when I listened to them in hi-fi shops I was disappointed because of lifeless, boring sound without any imaging and space. It looked so before I took a pair of them home for test. By the way, the problem is that in my city St.-Petersburg (the 2-nd in Russia, about 5 million people) there is only 5 or 6 audio shops based on hi-fi technics and only 1 allows you to take the components home for test for 1 day. Others ask you to pay for it about 3-5% of its price. There I fixed them on Atacama SE 24 stands and connected using quality bi-wired speaker cable Mission Quartet with amp and listened to them. During playing the first CD I heard everything what I wanted to get from classical music – it separated musicians in space and very flat, ascetic sound which reproduces true soul of music. That day I played different music and was always glad to listen to it. It seemed like I heard my jazz and classic collection it for the first time! The same was with an old good rock. The rhythm of music was always excellent. There is only one problem – one may say that it needs more bass but you can compensate it using your active subwoofer. I am using Cervin-Vega! HT12PRW subwoofer and like it. So you can’t get 100% perfect sound but I am proud to say that with Mission 751 I got about 95%!

A follow-up on my earlier review below (a'la Stereophile). After living with the Magnepalanar SMGcs/REL for some time, I ended up liking my old
setup, modified Mission 751/REL combination. Still the best in terms of
bass quality! The SMGc/REL had powerful, tight bass but when it came to distinctness and slam, they're glaringly lacking. And the Mission/REL
matched the transients of the Maggies (planars are know for excellent transients), their transparency, imaging, soundstage (height equal, Maggies
only slightly deeper), and the Mission/REL has a BIG sound & very dynamic. Another great speaker is the Moratori Julia bookshelves, which is similar
to the modified 751's quality, but with a smoother presentation, and a
more powerful bass ...

I listened and researched for two months before choosing the 751's. They were easily the best speaker in their price range.If you like percussion, look no further. These little speakers give the tightest, fastest, most accurate representation of percussion I have ever heard. The sound is very clear and accurate.
Here is a BIG hint: You MUST bi-wire these. Mission even strongly suggests it and for good reason. The midrange clears up which, in turn, vastly improves the imaging and soundstage, not to mention the clarity of vocals (no lie - I know many laugh at the whole idea of biwiring but let your own ears decide). The woofer even seems to struggle less (which is one of the only downsides to this small speaker as others have pointed out) and the harsh s's clear up.
I highly recommend the 751's for ALL types of listening except hard driving trash rock (like Guns & Roses, White Zombie, etc.) because they just don't reproduce that ripping rythym guitar very well as the lead guitar gets overpowering (I'll listen to that kind of music mainly in my car anyways). Also, they will expose poor recordings rather unmercifully so keep those for the car too!

I had these speakers for more than 2 years and I just wanna say thatthese are excellent speakers, but not on their own. Coupled with the
REL Strata, they just sound superb with great transients, dynamics,
excellent bass, good vocals. Over the years, I tweaked them by replacing
the lousy internal wires with Kimber 8TC for the woofer, Goertz MI1 for the
tweeters, put Partington Topper cones under them (Mission 751s don't like
the Black Diamond Racing Cones), and Teknasonik Vibration Absorbers behind.
End-Result was a sound 80% as good as the Magneplanar SMGcs/REL Strata, but
with better bass close to the Proac Response 4's. Caveat is that they have
a bright treble, unless you drive them with Tube amps ...

Simply excellent, fab image and presence...Just taste the music in the best way.

I've been living with a pair of 751's for a year now. Source is a Marantz CD-63IIKI and amplification is an old Pioneer A400-X. Here's a good example of how NOT to assemble a system. They may be respectable components individually, but don't quite work together as a system. Bass is thin and there's a peaky upper midrange that gets really bad on some vocal tracks. Treble is tizzy rather than silky and open, and there's a hole in the upper-bass/lower-midrange. Granted, it can sound rather good with nicely recorded discs. Imaging is fair. I think the whole combination sounds rather contrived -- it just doesn't let the music flow as it should. I have tried replacing the Pioneer with an Arcam Alpha 8 (borrowed) and it helps somewhat, but it still not entirely satisfactory.

First of all, I think that "audiophile" has become a somewhat derogatory term, used these days to refer to those chaps who would rather spend their $$$$ on expensive cables rather than where it makes the most difference - on the speakers! So I've labelled myself an "audio enthusiast" for this review.
I live in Grenada, and use my trips overseas to purchase audio equipment. For shipping reasons, my speaker purchases are limited to those that can fit under my arms (:-)), and I fill in the missing low end with a home-built subwoofer.

I bought the Mission 751 based on the results of a two day long trek up and down London listening to the all the small monitors I could find. None of them stacked up to the Mission's performance - particularly with tracks like Metallica's "Leper Messiah", which sounds like mush on many small monitors.

Years later, I'm still love my Missions. Right now they're hooked up to a Technics SA-EX700 receiver (an "interim" purchase while I wait on DD prices to come down) and it's not a really good match. I got much better results when they were paired with my Denon PMA250-II amplifier, and I intend to return to this setup once we move to our new house.

Mate these puppies with a good amplifier, fill in the low end with a good subwoofer, and you certainly won't be sorry.

After having Mission 780 speakers for about eight years I decided that time has come to look for new speakers. I did enjoy the 780 very much but during the years I felt their weak points, their inability the transfer a full orchestra sound and to deliver the high notes of violin. The Mission 780 are small speakers and were sitting on the shelf near the wall, but this location was perfect in my small working room. Obviously I looked for similar small size speakers.
I listened to Tannoy M1, Tannoy M2, Kef Q15, Mordaunt-Short MS10, mordaunt-short MS20 and than I came to the three mission small Speakers 771, 750LE and 751f.
I had some hard time to eliminate the Mission speakers. First I dropped the Mission 771 because it looked to be of a lower class. Now the new model 771e has biwiring option. Than I compared the 750LE and 751f to my 780. My conclusion was definite, the 751f is the best speaker from all the group.
The Mission 750LE is a very nice speaker but it tends to sweeten the music, I did not like the piano and the bass on the 750LE, I had the feeling that it was not very accurate. The 751f delivered the low piano notes very correct, it also pronounced the violin very vivid and lucid. Vocals also sounded excellent. Like the 780 I can listen to the 751f it for a long time without getting any fatigue
I think that the Mission 751f is a true small audiophile speaker for a limited space. I have now the Mission 751f four months and I enjoy them more and more.
My audio gear:
Thorens TD160 turntable
Marantz CD63SE
NAD 7000 Monitor receiver (used as pre)
NAD 214 power amplifier
Mission 751f speakers
Monster and QED cables

Imaging,presence, sweet, clear mid-range and treble, superb reproduction of vocals.

limited bass weight, new ones hard to find

I bought the freedomised Mission 751's about 6 months ago at an end-of-line discounted price. These speakers represent a true bargain, giving such fine sound quality for the price. They are fed by an Arcam Alpha 1 CD player and NAD 3240pe amplifier; older, budget source components that nevertheless give me a smooth, well-focused and satisfyingly sweet and detailed sound when matched with these Missions. Although bass has less presence than I'd like, mid-range frequencies are superbly reproduced and treble sounds much sweeter and more open than my previous speakers (Mission 761). Particularly good for jazz recordings, where saxophone and trumpet sound so clear and convincing. Vocals sound marvellous, having such presence and lifelike clarity. If you are in the market for quality bookshelf speakers and find a pair of these speakers still for sale (discontinued a while back), please audition them, as I think they offer so much for so little.

Having stubbornly held on to a pair of twenty-year-old JR 149's until they wereliterally falling apart, I bit the bullet and bought a new pair of high-quality small
speakers - Mission Cyrus 751's. They are beautifully put together, with a nice
Rosewood finish, and have two sets of gold-plated binding posts for purposes
of bi-wiring, or bi-amping. Although the hoity-toity English publications sniff and
say that they are best-suited for classical music, I find that they can play very
loudly without strain, and combined with a good sub, will rock with the best of them. They image very well indeed(a trait at which the JR's excelled), and I am constantly surprised to find sounds floating well out into the room, breaking free of the speakers.

For about $700.00 a pair, one can choose from many high-quality small speakers. However, after careful auditioning over a period of several months, the accuracy and the imaging qualities of the Missions won me over.