Mission DAD-7000
The Mission DAD-7000 was an advanced third-generation CD player. Audio called it the first of its kind from a quality specialist manufacturer. Mission Electronics held back on purpose while the fundamentals of CD technology were still being debated. It waited until its own extensive research programme had produced what the magazine described as a player promising to be the world's most advanced (Audio, September 1986, p.24).
An Audio equipment profile a year earlier (Audio, December 1985, p.72) listed the manufacturer's claimed specifications:
- Frequency response: 2 Hz–20 kHz ±0.3 dB
- THD: 0.003% at 1 kHz
- Dynamic range: 96 dB
- S/N ratio: 96 dB
- Channel separation: 94 dB at 1 kHz
- Programmable selections: 20
Beyond that, the documented record on the DAD-7000 is thin. Production years, original price and circuit details don't survive in the sources at hand. The period press does make clear that Mission intended this as a serious, research-driven entry into digital audio rather than a rushed me-too product.
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