Mission 775LC Turntable

775LC Turntable

While the compact disc points the way to the future of hi-fi, it will be some years before the analogue LP disc starts to disappear from the scene. The LP collection, like the photo album, is a source of personal memory and magic. This repository of decades of the world‘s great music will always be worth preserving and a good replay system will maximise the pleasure it can give. With much attention focussing upon the new CD medium, the fact that the art of LP reproduction has advanced steadily over the past decade is often overlooked.
In essence a record playing system is not dissimilar to a loudspeaker. Whereas the loudspeaker converts electrical into mechanical energy, the record playing system converts mechanical into electrical energy, and both require similarly subtle arts of engineering compromise to achieve the most satisfying musical results. The complexities involved in the design of a good replay system are often overlooked by mass producers of so-called hi-fi. The problem involved in converting the mechanical modulations of the groove into an electrical signal, is the enormously disproportionate size of the groove modulation as compared to the mechanical implements constituting the replay system. The stylus has to track the record modulations accurately under the total mechanical equilibrium. This leaves no place for tolerance and imposes rigid constraints on the design and construction of the turntable, arm and cartridge.
The most important component in the analogue from end is the turntable, with the role of providing the arm and cartridge with a stable platform, isolated from all types of vibration and interference from within and without, while rotating the disc at a constant speed free from wow and flutter. Missions patented and unique Sorbothane, together with a constraint-layer-damped plinth design gets around the first problem in the most elegant manner. The Sorbothane with its remarkable properties of energy absorption, decoupling and isolation is utilised as the support while the honeycomb MDF layered plinth construction helps isolate internal vibrations, preserving total rigidity at the same time. The belt-drive motor system using a precision Swiss made motor provides for a highly stable platter speed, free from wow and flutter, and the precision bearing assembly preserves lateral rigidity with minimal rumble noise. The result is the 775LC with unprecedented performance at an affordable price.

774LC Tonearm

Almost a decade ago, when other manufacturers were involved in unipivot and other decoupled bearing arrangements for tonearms, Mission designed the world‘s first direct-coupled low mass tone arm with exceptional structural integrity - the classic 774. Today, following years of development and refinement the company offers two models.
The 774LC is a low cost, quality product designed on similar principles to the original Mission arm, and enjoys wide acceptance by the audiophile and other manufacturers alike. This low-mass rigid structure can be found on the turntables of many British and European manufacturers as a standard product - an important tribute to Missions leadership in this area.

775LC Turntable

Type: Belt drive
Platter Mass: 2.2 kg
Speed Options: 33/45 rpm
Wow and Flutter: 0.1%
Rumble: - 78 dB
Start-Up Time: 1.5 seconds
Dimensions: 420 (W) x 330 (D) x 125 (H) mm
Weight: 5.5 kgs

774LC Tonearm

Type: Direct Coupled, Low Mass
Bearings: Alloy
Headshell Offset Angle: 23° 45’
Effective Length: 225 mm
Pivot To Spindle Length: 210 mm
Overhang: 18 mm
Effective Mass: 12 g
Acceptable Cartridge Weight: 3 - 10 g
Suggested Cartridge Compliance: 10 - 50 cu
Antiskating Adjustment Range: 0 - 3 g
Friction (Vertical Plane): 25 mg
Friction (Horizontal Plane): 25 mg
Mounting Pillar Diameter: 25 mm
Mounting Cutout Diameter: 35 mm
Overall Length: 288 mm
Weight: 0.4 kgs

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