Ah, I see that there is a spot marked out back for a ground terminal as well.Optional but there will be a plug-in module apparently.
Will this be made in the UK?
Not sure but Creek made a big thing with their recent i20 amp that they were no longer manufacturing in China. The i20 is made in Eastern Europe.
That amplifier is £4'500 though
If you download the user manual from here, there is a line drawing of the remote handset on pg 5.Has any-one got one yet? I'm wondering what the remote looks like. And the inside for that matter...
A quick look at the DCD50 manual indicates that it features an S/PDIF co-ax socket out back, as does the Mission. As such, you could use one side of your existing RCA leads to give the Mission a go at doing the digital conversion.I'm assuming by using the analogue RCA interconnects with the Denon, that the active DAC is the Burr-Brown in the Denon, not the DAC in the 778X. I read that both offer pretty good performance, albeit with slightly different 'character'. I cannot compare with anything though - only what I read.
I bought one last month along with Rega Planar 2, Elac B6.2's and a BNIB Denon DCD50 for a bargain price off the bay. Chord C-Line analogue interconnect + QED XT25 speaker cables. I've not ever had anything that sounds as good as this system. Even AAC over Bluetooth sounds great. It's very clean, spacious sound, with stunningly good mid-range, and decent bass from the 6.2's altogether very well-balanced I think. My friend has the Elac 5.2's with a Marantz 6007 and they don't have nearly such punchy bass. I love it. It sounds fantastic. Nout wrong with Chinese manufacture if the QA processes are in place. I speak as a UK designer at UK-based electronics company dealing with China-sourced product. Get it right and it's as good as anything made anywhere else in the world. And it can also be really bad but that is usually the case when the bean-counters insist on overly cost-engineering things. I'm assuming by using the analogue RCA interconnects with the Denon, that the active DAC is the Burr-Brown in the Denon, not the DAC in the 778X. I read that both offer pretty good performance, albeit with slightly different 'character'. I cannot compare with anything though - only what I read. I did think about the Audiolab 6000A too (same core amp design) but with tone/balance control. But where do you stop eh? I stuck to my budget in the end.
Yes, like what MacDonald's are calling donuts these days.That Mission trafo looks tiny, Vena/Leak looks larger
These appear to be chip amps so having linear power supplies (with generously spec'd reservoir capacitors, mind) likely classifies them as a 'cost up' products. At least when compared to the cheap as chips chip amp brigade.Clearly a cost down product