Purchased these in 2006/7 and enjoyed them ever since. These speakers need a good amp so I started with an Audiolab 8000s and Marantz CD-63Ki-Sig using a musical fidelity X-10d line conditioner. Wide open soundstage sweet treble and clear mid-range. Then I added an 8000SX power amp and biamped the setup. WOW, power, extension and dynamics of a high order. In fact the system does not sound loud when you turn the volume up - only more dynamics and powerful bass!

The original mid-range units fail after a while. But if you replace them with Audax HM130Z0 or Z12 you will restore the sound to better-than-original

The 782 is top notch. It has better midrange definition than my other harbeth shl5+. The highs from its tweeter is silky, very detailed. Low Bass note is exemplary comparable to my other floorstanders twice its size! I have yet to find another pair of speakers that could play all genre of music well like the 782 could , that could be the reason why it stayed with me for the last 15yrs

none, the wood exterior and drivers are perfect even till this day!

Biliiant Speakers They can go up against speakers costing 5 or 6 times as much. The original desing was to be used with AUDAX aerogel, but a change to keraform as a supplier created a quality problem. They seem equal to the audax, but they will all fail in time. My opinion, buy them cheap, already failed and then invest the same amount of money in the mid-range drivers form audax. Use my guide and repair them (just google 782 repair and you will find my post). You need to weare the new drivers in for 40 to 50 hours, and also properly place and tilt the speakers to your room. The side firing bass NEEDS to use your walls as relfextion... so you will need to play with them for a bit until you get them right. Then enjoy and smile while others are spending 5k on speakers with a similar experience :)

The original keraform midrange HAS TO GO and be replaced by AUDAX drivers.

I've been reading most reviews here... All are important as bit by bit they all make quite a story.
Truth is that these are excellent speakers... way better sounding than their price range.
Are they perfect? NO
Can you make them perfect? That's the good news... you can!

David Tudor: the original Woofer is Nomex made so it will endure abuse but require some serious push to show it's brilliance... as Huyoo claims, you need a good A class with some serious gut to make them work. My Denon 4306 for instance is just enough not to overdrive nor under-drive.

PhilNZ: Spot on on the bass/positioning of the speakers.. that is because both the bass driving and bass reflex exit the speaker sideways on the same side... not sure why mission did it like that but will dig into it whenever i have the time.
Almost there... regarding the problems these speakers have...the drivers did not burn... they corroded the soldering to death! Check by article on how to solve that for good.

Turist: yup the mid drivers have a design flaw. That is why they all fail and that is why you can buy these speakers cheap and with 162gbp and 3 hours of work you can make them into masterpieces... check my article on that.

Bigsound50 : positioning is the key.

Northener, Ervin: the excessive bass and treble is sounding more and more like the mid's are failing or failed unbalancing the package. Also, direct bass on a small room is not what i would do with the 782... try facing the woofers to the wall at 20 to 30cm distance... but get those mid drivers fixed first.

gokhan senturk : you need to read my article. Been there!

The article I created about how to repair the 782's http://totaltechtalks.blogspot.pt/2016/02/mission-782-repair.html

Whilst i have had to change the woofers and tweeters I think the items I've replaced them with are much better quality than the originals and look as if they last.

I mention this because even though I've had to replace them, the sound they produce outweighs the faff of doing so.

I only run them from a really naff mini hi-fi amp and they still sound pretty darn good to me.

Now that I have 2 kids I can't really justify the cost of an £800 amp but I'm looking forward to the day when i do so that I can listen to how these guys can really perform....and I know they can because i heard them coupled with some serious kit when I bought them.

My aim is to bi-wire with the Roksan Kandy.....that'll do nicely thank you.

I brought the speaker for around $650 for a second hand
I would say this speakers sounded PERFECT and i would say it would really worth more then $2500.
I have read some of the review here and others site as well stating the drivers have problem or the mid is a bit thin and the bass is out of control but please look carefully this is a monitor series speakers. If u drive it with a under power amp all the above problem will come. The min power to drive this speakers should be at least 150w pure class A then it will surely sing like a bird n i would say this speakers are power hungry anything less then that this speaker won't sound good at all.
my equipment:
Mission 782
Denon AVR 3802
Threshold T200
Denon DCD 2800
KEF C90
KEF 30B
Spendor 2/2
Ven Den Hul The Second
Audioquest Midnight 3 Hyperlizts

I bought my 782's second hand in London, after getting some Mission 780 bookshelf speakers at a Hi Fi show in Bristol. I loved the sound of the 780's and wanted to expand the set to become my Home Cinema / Listening room setup.

The 782's have been awesome and despite their size, fill my room quite nicely for sound and movies. I dont have a Sub - but have never really needed one.

The positioning is tricky, and the bass can be a bit dissapointing if setup incorrectly. My primary bugbear is that the MidRange drivers stopped working for no good reason. So I replaced them both only to have my wonderful children knock one damn speaker over and smash the magnet off the driver. So now I'm onto my Third set. I think I need to make a wider base as thats the second hole in the wall created by the speaker falling over (they're heavy and make a big hole).

I've found that the 780's suffer the same problem, and the voice coils in the main driver have blown on these twice now too. Its getting annoying. You'd think the replacement drivers would have addressed the weaknesses in the design. I'm thinking of repairing these and trading them for something a little more robust.

Aesthetically the 782 speakers are very pleasing on the eye, and had you asked me before I'd had to have so many repairs, I would have said - they are the "ones". Now however I would think twice before buying them.

I'm going to give mine one more chance (if they didn't look and sound so good they'd be out the door yesterday).

I have owned these speakers from new for atleast 5 years. I have when the speakers where working liked the sound they produced. I have not over powered these speakers either by amp species 100wpc or have I listened to them too hard, the truth of the matter is. The midrange speakers DO have a FAULT, I also noticed another reviewer noted the same issue. I have replaced multiple sets at my own expense. Now, at the moment with them not working once again I have no choice but to consider replacing the speaker units for another brand. The anoying thing is that these speakers came highly recommended but if I had to evaluate my listening pleasure for my buck, these speakers are I feel greatly over priced. Also after being told by a supplier that the midrange speakers do have a fault I emailed the new Australian importer with my issues, after resending the message twice got a email back saying that they can supply replacement midrange speakers at the standard cost, YES very helpful. I am not one to write reviews on items that have not impressed me, actually this is my first. But in this case I felt an obligation to fellow users of these types of reviews to assess whether or not they should buy these speakers and my advice for you is simple " BUY THESE SPEAKERS AT YOUR OWN RISK"
I must add that I have had all these faulty speakers tested and the report identified the cause of the damage not to be due to running them at extreme levels. To be honest upon inspection of all the failed speakers I noticed what looked like "the best way to describe it" a very noticable coffee spill stain on the voice coil material, which the speakers still working didnt have. I believe this to have something to do with the speaker failure.

Strengths;
Compact
Looks
Bass
Clear & Precise Vocals

Weakness:
Midrange speaker constant failure - as noted above
Lack of after sales support- "Australia " may differ in other countries.

beautiful spkr and great mid range .superb clarity in acustics and vocals.

the bass units are to low to the floor, and dont like pure class a amps with a lot of current to spare.

i agree to an extent with northerner,, the 782's are a bit bassy!.especially as im driving them with a mf 1000a which as i've found out dont like low positioned bass speakers. nore need them. in fact it was more controlled with my tannoy e11's although they could not keep up. ive decided to move to a pair of quad 21l's. which having heard on a rotel amp which was very modern and light felt a little weak on bass. i'm hoping the mix will be a 'proper job'.by the way, the musical fidelity 1000a is amazing.no many amps can destroy missions, but these do.probably the best amp ever built bar none.the 782 spkrs are very good though, i tried them with a mates quad amp and they sounded much better.

Build Quality
Design
Looks
Diminutive size

Tonal cohesion
Flat mids (totally opposite to the 780's!!!)
Sharp, splashy trebble
Too much bass, ploddy and slow
Need serious amplification (then maybe I'm totally wrong on all accounts...doubt it)
Positioning
Need room

I was looking for a sonic upgrade to my trust-worthy KEF Q35.2's, which have served me well over the last 6 years. My system comprises of a CYRUS III Amp, Marantz CD63 MKII KI SIG CD player hooked up with QED Biwire. I was looking for an advancement in soundstage, bass response, treble quality and overall musicality. I've been wanting some Miission 780se's for a while now and when I saw a pair of 782's in perfect condition for the same price (320 Euros), I took a leap of faith. Having heard the 780's and been mightily impressed with their weight and scale, I thought I'd be getting more of the same only with maybe a dollop of low end extention. I got more than I bargained for.

Now, my room is not tiny, at 5x7m and the KEF's sound fine, with no real trouble with bass distortion or booming. Attatching the already burned in 782's was really a shock. A tight compressed sound all round, splashy treble and flat mids. Bass extention was extensive and tight but at the expense of cohesion with the mid and upper levels. I experimented with all kinds of positions, trying to find a sweet spot for the low mounted bass woofer, facing to the wall, facing in, but to no avail. A couple of hours in, and I couldn't listen to them anymore. Maybe I'm impacient (although it took me all of 15 mins to fall in love with the KEF'S 6 years ago), but after switching back to my KEF'S, heaven retuned and I was greeted with what I now describe as a broad soundstage, total tonal cohesion, no sweet spot problems and a level of 3d realism that cannot be compared. The proverbial "chalk and cheese" sonic experiance.

Now, I'm not bashing these speakers. The build quality is excellent, they have a weighty, solid feel to them and look pretty cool. I think what it comes down to is what works best for you. There are many reviews here that say these speakers are fantastic. I believe them, just in my room, with my set up, they simple don't work.
My amplifier is also (probably) not powerful enough to reign in the bass drivers and keep them under contro, or to deliver and kind of midrange or topend lovelinessl. In my opinion you need at least 100 Watts RMS into 8Ohms to run these puppies. I got a spankin 50-60 and it aint enough. A PSX-R upgrade might help out, or a smartpower, but I can't see the difference being that substantial. It came down to the room more than anything.

My advice is not to rely on reviews and reviews alone. Trust your own ears, and try before you buy! What you like and what somebody else like are two different things. A bargain may seem like a bargain at the time only to realise you just wasted a lot of time and money. I listened to the Quad 11L's recently. Rave reviews everywhere. My opinion, the KEF Q1's or the Wharfdale Diamond 9.1's are better at half the price. Can you feel the slight bitterness in my tone >;O)

The search for pure sonic nirvana for me is over for now. My stereo sounds bloody good as it is. So for now, all the missions can do is sit back and weep while my KEF's blurt out music the way it should be done. I'll upgrade the next time I have three grand to spare...or when I move into a smal,l disused, city hall.

Similar Products Used:

KEF Q35.2 (Sighhh...)
Magnepan Flatpannels Various
Mission 760's (corkers)
Accapellas