Energy EX:L's VS Mission M70 series. (1 Viewer)

[JeffreyH]

Ok, as I mentioned in an earlier post I am upgrading my Energy Take 5's. I wanted to jump up to the Ex:L series, most likely the 16's and Ex:l-C. My local Energy dealer went under earlier this year, so I went for a drive today to the next nearest Energy dealer to find out they stopped carrying them!!

It's very high-end shop and the salesmans reason was that Mission had speakers that out-performed the Energy 5.2 and EX:L lineup for the same or less money.

In the end 8 out of 10 customers would buy the competing Mission's!

So I asked him what he'd suggest instead of the Ex:l 16's and he pointed me towards the Mission M71's and matching center. A good deal less cash while outperforming the 16's!

$300/pr and $199 for the center, Canadian prices.

They're also very nice looking speakers, with the exception of the center, which looks as cheap as it is.

So I didn't get to compare them to the Energy's.

Although he mentioned the Ex:l's to be too bright.

I do think I'll be going with these, that's two salesman I've had lead me away from the Energy's.

I trust this shop, and they gave up Energy's line-up willingly, saying that the Take 5.2's not being able to stand next to Mission's competing model was the beginning of the end for Energy at their shop.

 

[Kris McLaughlin]

Jeffrey,
I have to agree with you. A couple of months ago I went into a local shop and was demoing both the Energy E:XL16 and the Mission m71.
At first I quite liked the sound of the Energys, it seemed fairly accurate and "energetic". Then, on the salesman's advice, we hooked up the Missions. The sound seemed a little bit more mellow, quite pleasing really. After an hour or so of A/B comparisons, I decided that I actually liked the Missions better.
This was all well and good until I saw & heard the center channel and stopped dead in my tracks. "cheap as can be" is the perfect description. My 2nd-hand old-skool Kenwood center channel looks better than that plastic monstrosity, and I didn't think it matched the quality of the m71s at all.
So here I sit, waiting with bated breath for Mission to release a more competent (and nicer looking!) matched center channel...
Good luck in your quest!