mission 775s w/774 arm...a forgotten jewel?

Dear Jaybo: I don't have any experience with the TT and a little with the tonearm, for what I can remember on this low mass tonearm it is a good tonearm but designed for low weight/high compliance cartridges, I think that there are a few models of the 774: the original and the SM, I'm not sure and I can't remember which one I heard.

Now, try to find The Mechanic: this Mission tonearm is a great quality performer ( better than the 774 ) and match in a better way today cartridges, recomended!

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

there is no suffix on the arm container, so i believe it to be a straight up 774 arm. i will probably keep this combo the way it is because it is literally like new and sounds great. i will look for a mechanic however for future use, given this combo's incredible performance.

I owned the arm,mounted on a Linn,way back when.I was very happy with performance.A nice product.BTW,the Mission cartridge,of that era was NOT up to the performance quality of the arm!
Best!

i had a 4 day shootout with my thorens 147 jubilee, and my friend's superb well tempered classic, and vpi hw3....it hung in with both tables even with a much cheaper cartridge than the other three.

IIRC, there is the 774 and the 774LC tonearms. Different from one another. 

The 774LC is like an early upgraded Jelco ST-250, the one that was at the end run of ST-250's. I believe it was pretty well identical to one of the Jelco sourced AudioQuest arms.

https://www.vinylengine.com/library/mission/774lc.shtml

I've got an unused 775 with a 774LC tucked away (literally unused since it was used in an audio review, when it was new).