Mission 778X Integrated Amplifier (Black)

Very good amplifier,it replaced my Audiolab 8000a that I had had for 30 years.

Had the item for about 2 months used every day, excellent build quality & sound quality. The onboard Dac is superb am using my Marantz CD 5005 player ( purchased from Amazon in 2018) as a transport thru the coax input. Laptop for streaming Amazon music using usb connection also superb. Very happy with purchase and can highly recommend it

Excellent sound quality. I use the wiim ultra with pmsl pro. Fyne audio f302i. Excellent out of the box. Hopefully even better when it runs in a bit. It beats my old marantz pm6006.

Really good amp. Sounds great. Remote a bit small and not always responsive though

Paired this ( I thought temporally ) with an older pair of Tannoy M1 bookshelf speakers with the intention of buying some floorstanders soon. Now I may not bother. I never imagined this sound pouring out of these small bookshelf speakers. The weight of sound and clarity from this amp is amazing. From Massive Attack to Tori Amos, the sound is gorgeous. Highly recommend

It arrived a day later, but I am well pleased with the 778amp

I'll start by saying I didn't buy the Mission Amp from Amazon. They didn't have it in stock at the time. This really is a great little amplifier. The shoebox shape is ideal to stand alongside my Denon DCD50 cd player ( which I did buy from Amazon ) It's a well made unit, weighing just over 6 kilos. Lovely sound. Very good bluetooth facility. But for me it's the vinyl replay that is excellent. I have a Pro Ject turntable with its own phono stage preamp, but I switched to the Mission. It really does sound superb. Play any analogue recordings and this little beauty sings along delightfully. Has a very competent headphone amp too. I think you get a bargain for £549. Well I'm well pleased anyway. Cheers

Tough review to write. It looks nice, but the finish feels like it's going to scratch very easily. First worry was how light it felt, compared to the outgoing amp. Light just about sums this amp up. The sound isn't bad, but it's a bit weedy, somewhat lifeless. It replaces an amp I bought in 1999 (paid about £400 or thereabouts) and it's a lot less amp than I was expecting, I need to crack the volume 3/4 to get where I used to be at 1/4 on the old kit. I understand inflation, but am still surprised just how little you get for over £500 of amplifier. Once you get it cranked up, it's certainly loud enough for my needs, but I'm hearing bass distortion and muddy mids, where my old TEAC provided a well rounded bass thump and punchy delivery of clear midrange. I haven't compared the 778x to other current products in the price range, and am regretting not doing more research. I went with Mission based on my experience of their speakers which have been fantastic value for their performance (again, late 90s, mid 2000s) and the advice that (for the money) the 788x was a good bet due to not having many gimmicks so the money goes towards sound quality, over flashy features. Maybe I'm being unfair, perhaps this is just the state of things, these days. All I'd say is that if you're coming from an amp bought 20 years ago, be prepared to double or triple what you paid to get the same quality. I'd have expected to pay about £150 for this 'back in the day'.

I’m very pleased with this product, it is a huge improvement over my previous amps and DACs (AudioEngine N22 Gen 2 and Parasound ZDac/ZAmp). The sound quality is excellent, and the unit just feels solid. It drives my Bowers & Wilkins XT2s and REL T/5x effortlessly. Great with headphones, too. The half width form factor was very important to me; a full width integrated amp would just be too big to place on my computer desk. Highly recommended.

Fantastischer Verstärker im Retro Style der Mission Baureihe aus den 80iger Jahren. Der Verstärker ist sehr wertig gebaut. Haptik, Optik und Verarbeitung sind über jeden Zweifel erhaben. Alle Anschlussmöglichkeiten, die man heute von einem ordentlichen Verstärker erwartet sind gegeben. Der Mission 778 X klingt hervorragend, spielt flott und sauber auf. Eine breite Stereobühne wird geboten. Straffer Bass, sanfte Mitten und seidige Höhen machen Musik hören zum Genuss! Ich kann den Mission 778 X vorbehaltlos empfehlen.

Prodotto nuovo imballato benissimo

Ho identificato Mission 778x come un possibile candidato alla sostituzione di Rotel RA-940BX, ormai con segni di evidente invecchiamento, per un piccolo impianto con sorgenti PC (CD registrati flac), dac IFI Zen V2 e lettore BlueRay, riprodotti attraverso Dali Zensor 1 (adesso rimpiazzate dalle più performanti KEF Q3 Meta, vedi recensione). L'occasione per concretizzare è arrivata attraverso una promozione con un risparmio significativo. La presenza di differenti connessioni analogiche e digitali permette grande flessibilità di utilizzo, evita di dover ricorrere ad altre elettroniche di interfaccia. La dimensione più stretta consente il posizionamento entro uno scaffale ikea (35 x 35 x 35), aperto posteriormente per l'ingombro dei cavi. Il primo impatto fisico passando da Rotel a Mission è la temperatura in corrispondenza del trasformatore toroidale, molto più bassa nel secondo, ed il volume al contrario, la manopola ore 9 di Rotel corrisponde a poco più di ore 11 su Mission. Nella prova d'ascolto non risultano radicali differenze tranne una migliore capacità di Mission nel rendere la voce e l'accompagnamento, con corpo e presenza, in particolare sulle gamme medio alte risulta evidente la maggiore ricchezza di armoniche e la tonalità più coinvolgente. Giudizio finale molto positivo.

great integrated amp. Phono input is crystal clean and the bluetooth works without a hitch. Heavy duty styling and construction, yet pretty to look at. Waiting for their CD player to come out, which is in the works. Audiophile quality at an entry price point. Really happy with purchase.