Mission 778X Integrated Amplifier (Black)

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Traditional Amplifiers are generally 17″ wide and just don’t fit into a Kallax shelf unless you cut one of the vertical shelves out and make room for the amp. The new 778X has much in common with the original, a compact, half-width design that delivers a sound that belies its diminutive footprint.

Our magazine, which began with the publication of the SECRETS Primer, is available exclusively on-line and offers to our readers an extensive information resource about home theater and high-end audio. 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. It’s a compact, '80s inspired integrated amplifier that is fully equipped to meet the demands of modern music lovers, from vinyl fans to digital streamers. I did find with the Focals that it was easier to provoke into sounding a little bright and hard edged but you did have to wind the volume on to achieve that. The Mission very effectively avoids any unwanted emphasis on the frequency response to deliver a presentation that is usefully neutral.The neighbouring internal DAC is built around an ESS ES9018K2M chip and with special attention reportedly paid to the post-DAC filter. Its digital come in optical and coaxial varieties, while pre-out sockets mean you can hook it up to an external power amplifier. There is a sweetness to its presentation as the duo powers its way through IN DREAM by Editors that works exceptionally well with the Rega and this is something you would use because it’s genuinely good and not because you didn’t feel you had a choice. Free warranties provided for TVs, are provided by the Manufacturer/Supplier, and are bound by their own individual terms and conditions. A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

The preamp section offers immersive sound with a low THD rating and a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz, catering to diverse music genres.It does nothing to dent Mission’s formidable run of form and will work brilliantly with a rather wider selection of speakers than simply the in house ones. On a normal shelf there simply isn’t room for a DJ setup and an amplifier unless you put two Kallaxes side by side or hack two Kallaxes together as I did. The performance of the 778X could be described as dynamic, accurate and provides a wonderful open soundstage. PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH.

Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a division of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.The Mission tends to place the stereo image between the speakers rather than extending beyond it but the result remains three dimensional and has a useful perception of depth to it. A year later, Mission launched the Cyrus brand –an offshoot for its amps and, eventually, other audio electronics –leaving Mission to focus solely on loudspeakers. The Mission 778x stands out with its Class-AB amplifier design, delivering effective sound quality with low distortion levels. Cayin pays attention to detail because they believe this is what it takes to reproduce music naturally. is delivered with real attack and urgency but never to the point that the fairly brittle presentation becomes a problem.