Overall, this Amp shines with musicality and possesses a real refined quality to deliver both a gentleness and great power, which ever is required. Some 40+ years later, the new Mission 778X looks capable of having the same impact as its original product. the Mission 778X does not discriminate when it comes to expression and enjoyment of your music reproduction. Unlike Audiolab designs, there is no MQA support but… in the current climate, I am not sure how critical that’s going to be.

The front of the amp sports a pair of rotary controls – one for source selection, the other for volume – surrounded by white LEDs to show current status. Cayin pays attention to detail because they believe this is what it takes to reproduce music naturally.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

The 778X is also equipped with a high-performance ESS ES9018K2M Reference chip with ESS Technology’s 32-bit HyperStream architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator. So long as you use speakers that are not terminally insensitive, the performance is measured and enjoyable.

It took some digging to work out what I was thinking of and it finally dawned on me that I was thinking about the Leak Stereo 130 that I tested back in 2021. Above all, every part of its technical design is focused on delivering sonic excellence –a means to achieve a marvellous musical end. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more.