Mission 778X Integrated Amplifier (Black)

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The built-in DAC, powered by the ES9018K2M chipset and 32-bit HyperStream architecture with Time Domain Jitter Eliminator, provides immersive audio with sampling rates of up to 384kHz (PCM) and DSD256. Joe has been writing about tech for 17 years, first on staff at T3 magazine, then in a freelance capacity for Stuff, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Men's Health, GQ, The Mirror, Trusted Reviews, TechRadar and many more (including What Hi-Fi? The convenience of streaming music from smart devices, such as phones, tablets or PCs have never sounded so good! As such, after a brief thirty odd year interlude, Mission is back in the amplifier game and we need to decide if this is the affordable integrated amplifier you need in your life.

Its sound is free-flowing and fleet of foot, smoothly controlled yet fully engaging the listener in their music of choice. International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, and language of product, labeling or instructions. is delivered with real attack and urgency but never to the point that the fairly brittle presentation becomes a problem. The only thing was, wished there was a way to keep the cubes uniform and still stick an amplifier inside the shelves.Enjoying Penguin Café’s Rain After Seven on the Mission, straight after listening to it on rather more expensive gear isn’t a jarring experience; the 778X captures the gorgeous soundscapes in a way that draws you in and has you wanting to keep listening. I used it for a long time due to its excellent phono stage, I sold it a few years ago when I went fully Naim amplification. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Thus, the Mission 778X is a revisit of a classic Mission amplifier concept that was the Mission 778 – an affordable integrated amplifier that offered simplicity in operation but over-performed in the driving of loudspeakers. Illuminating LEDs provide a visual indication of current settings, enhancing the overall user interface for a seamless audio control experience. Much effort has gone into the physical layout of the 778X’s circuitry, protecting the sensitive preamp section from noise interference. It’s a handsome, well made amp that has a socket for pretty much any occasion and that sounds extremely good across all of them. PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH.The added bonus being it has a bluetooth setting, so I can listen to any music off my laptop when not using my turntable. Where a number of other affordable designs tap the main output to power their outputs, the Mission has a small but respectable headphone amp to run its socket. The front of the amp sports a pair of rotary controls – one for source selection, the other for volume – surrounded by white LEDs to show current status. The front of the amp sports a pair of smooth-acting rotary controls –one for source selection, the other for volume –surrounded by white LEDs to show current settings. An Oppo Find X5 Pro has been used as a Bluetooth source and the headphone socket was tested with the Focal Clear MG cans.

Also included is a high quality MM Phono stage, Analogue Inputs and a Pre Out for connecting a Subwoofer, or a power amp. There was also, somewhat improbably, a tonearm as well which I am assured by some of my… experienced… colleagues was rather good too. With an engineering-led approach to product development that has resulted in some of the most popular and iconic hi-fi products, Mission is one of Britain’s best-loved audio brands. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Audio Emotion Ltd acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal Credit. This cookie can only be read from the domain they are set on and will not track any data while browsing through other sites.

With our commitment to competitive pricing, you can rest assured that you’re getting the best deal possible on top-of-the-line audio and home cinema equipment. The casework is solid and well damped, the controls are nicely tactile and the connections at the back are solidly bolted in place. The digital board is impressively transparent in how it reproduces content from the Roon Nucleus or indeed the Oppo connected up via OTG cable and playing the same Qobuz files. Unique Driver Layout: Features Mission's exclusive DiaDrive bass/midrange drivers for precise sound control. My own quibble with the amplifier is, mine came preset so the amp turned itself off every 15-20 minutes.