A new amp from Mission.

[Robert M]

It looks super and with lots of features, should rega be worried as its only £549.
https://www.mission.co.uk/778x/

 

[miktec]

It looks super and with lots of features, should rega be worried as its only £549.
https://www.mission.co.uk/778x/

Looks well tasty

Don't know about Rega but it has pretty much the identical feature set as a Quad Vena 2 - but about £200 cheaper!
(not a great fan of the LEDs around the volume knob - but the Vena is also blighted with those)

 

[sq225917]

Quite a bag full.of stuff In that box, should be a good seller.

 

[Subito]

Made in China.

 

[Weiss-Man]

Think it looks really good, well built and certainly well equipped.

 

[chartz]

At last an affordable bit of kit. Nice.

 

[booja30]

Where have I seen this before?

I much prefer (the look of) the shoebox Rega IO and Brio over any of these. Bunch of knobs!

 

[RoA]

Nice

 

[Alco]

I also prefer the look of the Rega IO over the Mission and Cyrus amp, but prefer the looks of all the above mentioned amps over the Brio.

Apart from the looks, I'm quite curious about the new Mission 778x sonic capabilities, and wonder how it compares to the good ol' classic Mission/Cyrus One/Two shoebox amps. (I have some very good memories of them)

In this price range this new Mission amp might be a winner.

 

[Neil P]

It looks super and with lots of features, should rega be worried as its only £549.
https://www.mission.co.uk/778x/

Oh my word... Small factor Integrated amp with usb input, binding posts, headphone socket. Exactly what I need for my desk system!

 

[RoA]

There is probably more than just a passing resemblance to the Quad Vena 2. The same 200 VA toroidal, 2 x 15000 uf filter capacitance, power rating etc.

Not surprising considering the parent company. As an Audiolab user and fan of recent IAG designs this should be good.

 

[dalryc]

I wonder if it will get 5 stars, by default, from What Hi-Fi.

 

[hifi-dog]

couldn't tell form the link is it class D or a/b?

 

[PerF]

Made in China.

Surely its mass-produced on large scale In Far East.

 

[RoA]

Surely its mass-produced on large scale In Far East.

In one of the probably most advanced facilities ...

 

[Rodrat]

I see they quote the power output into 4 ohms which is a bit sneaky.

 

[Allaboutmusic]

It looks great I think but I would be surprised if sonically better than a brio. Although more functionality so a neat solution

 

[RoA]

I see they quote the power output into 4 ohms which is a bit sneaky.

If you scroll down to specs on their website you see power in to 8ohm.

https://www.mission.co.uk/778x/

 

[Rodrat]

Thanks, didn’t scroll down far enough but I still maintain putting the 4 ohm as the headline figure in their advertising blurb is sneaky.

 

[TonyScarlett]

Would be nice if they made a CD Transport to go with it, there are lots of affordable shoebox size amps around, fewer CDPs & CD Transports to go with them particularly since the Apollo went out of production.

TS