Mission 778X Integrated Amplifier (Black)

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There’s no part of the specification where you go ‘ooh, that’s innovative’ and there are two reasons for this. Internally, the layout is tidy and there’s a small but respectably chunky toroidal PSU set towards the front. Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G - a beautifully crafted bookshelf speaker that’s a leap beyond the ordinary. This is followed by 2x 15,000uF reservoir capacity (30,000uF in total) while the amp’s output from its gold-plated speaker terminals is rated at 45W into 8ohm and 65W into 4 ohm.

It can be accessed by a range of digital inputs: USB, coaxial, 2 x TOSLINK and AAC/aptX-enabled Bluetooth. Before that, I had owned various ghetto blasters and all-in-one-dual-cassette-deck-cd combos that while great—and fostered my love for music— had nothing on my Mission 32is. Mission is promoting two package deals that combine the 778X with popular standmount models from its range, forming great-value, high-quality audio systems. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Audio Emotion Ltd acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal Credit. 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.The 778X’s power amp stage is a Class AB design incorporating a low-noise 200VA toroidal transformer. We do provide installation options for built-in appliances providing it is simply a case of fitting the appliance and furniture doors. Any purchase made through any other selling platforms will be subject to the Standard Warranty Period only. There was also, somewhat improbably, a tonearm as well which I am assured by some of my… experienced… colleagues was rather good too.

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. compatibility ensures convenient streaming from platforms like Spotify and Apple Music on smart devices. The amp comes in silver or black, while the speakers are available in matt black, matt white or walnut.Personally, I have owned many iterations: Expedit, Bonde, and now Kallax… I have even hacked my current versions. For that reason, the 778 has remained the only integrated amp ever branded solely as a Mission product. It’s built around JFET (junction-gate field-effect transistor) devices and is quite a racy thing to be lurking in an affordable amp. Its sound is free-flowing and fleet of foot, smoothly controlled yet fully engaging the listener in their music of choice. 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.