Kategorie: Hi-Fi Amps/-speaker

Mission LX-2 arrived / (vs. 780/780 MK.II)/ Amazon Smart-Plug

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so folks ! 😉

“long time not heard” 😉 ,

unfortunately nothing new for the main-theme here ->”ES9038Q2M“-s..but i´ll maybe post more about in future”..

so, my long awaited “Mission LX-2” (first version, not the Mk.II) arrived here today..

first, overall impression: retains the “clarity” but with more “punch“; as said as the old Mission 780/780 MK.II were “too thin” (see these posts before->http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/?p=2797..)

absolutely more “room-filling“, and much more “controlled“, not so “vocal”-focussed” as before (what i miss a little bit (but they are just arrived, maybe i´ve heard it before a little bit wrong))

the slightly greater “volume” of the chassis has absolutely its sense..(i guess your amplifier needs btw. 10-20Watt more).

the agility is also greater..

2. Amazon Smart/Power Plug (12,99€)

itself nothing spectacular, works absolutely flawless with Alexa/FireCubeTV, but the interesting thing is that it works also as a great “AC/DC-noise-blocker“, de-“ripple-pickup” !! (thats why i mention it here.)

have some “uplighter” which causes this heavy “ground-loop”, tried millions of things before, different wall ac/dc outlets etc..was just before to buy a hifi-high-end-power-outlet-strip of about 50-60€, but put then amazon-power-plug between the uplighter and the ac/dc wall outlet et voilá : no more heavy noise/groundloop ! absolutely great !! 😉

so many greets for now, more to come.. 😉

SFB2

Hifi-Speaker test/review: Mission 780 MK.II vs Mission 780 / Mission LX-/QX-2 MK.II

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so, 😉

as i wanted to upgrade my hi-fi in general, i´ve bought 2 month ago some Mission 780 MK.II; they were two times “speaker of the year” and as i´ve tested my old 780 against  some Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 ->http://essabre-90xx-rpi.sfb2.com/?p=2137 and was absolutely disappointed (see the post) i thought i stuck with the “Mission-direction” (and okay, have to test some KEF, Dali Zensor, Monitor Audio etc.,etc.,etc.) but for the present i´ve ordered them with 2 not “original/Mission” bass-driver (these Mission 780 MK.II were extremly “rare” ->https://www.hifishark.com/model/mission-780 )

but in a very good condition + niciest wood-veneer and bought afterwards the missing 2 bass-driver also..

got them at home, replaced the driver and voilá: wonderful, lively, unbelievable, “roomy/airy/3D-ish” “Mission”-sound ! 😉

BUT: to thin ;-( ..no wonder, the overall “volume” of the speaker-cases is unsufficient (IMO)..) by that, the “old” 780er sounded really better/more hi-fi then the new ones (but absolutely not so lively/clear like the new-ones, MK.IIs)..

and so as i was unsatisfied with the case-volume of the MK.IIs i came across the much newer Mission LX-/QX-2 (MK.II) !!->399€->

(last 2. picture: Philip Thielen -> https://www.lite-magazin.de/2021/03/mission-lx-2-mkii-fuer-hohe-ansprueche-und-kleine-geldbeutel/)

and yes, as u see, they are much more voluminous, “bulgy”, thats what i also thought, want to have 😉 (in comparison to the 780 MK.IIs)

so, i guess that would be the next “goal” 😉 (and afterwards maybe some Monitor-Audios or KEFs or Dali or or or or 😉 )

in these sense, many greets for now 😉

Raspberry Pico is out !! 4$, 2xI2S, 2xSPI etc../ Twister OS for Pi4

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hi there ;-),

found by chance that a new “Raspberry Pico !! ” is out/available..

Cost is about 4$, software is micro-phyton or C/C++, has USB1.1, Dualcore ARM cortex 133mhz, looks like an ESP32-alternative..

some more technical specs->

Mikrocontroller RP2040
• 2 MB QSPI Flash-Speicher,• 256 KB RAM,• 2x 20 I/O Pinleiste (30x GPIO-Pins 3,3V),• ADC 12-Bit 500ksps,• 2x UART / 2x I2C / 2x SPI / 16x PWM
• RTC / Timer mit 4 Alarmen,• Pinabstand: 2,54 mm
• Micro-USB 1.1 für Strom und Datenübertragung

u can get it for example here-> https://www.rasppishop.de/Raspberry-Pi-Pico-RP2040-ARM-Cortex-SBC

and here´s a tutorial how getting started->https://pico.raspberrypi.org/getting-started/

by that, i´ve “discovered” “TWISTER-OS !!“->absolutely super great (for RPI-4s)..

https://twisteros.com/

absolutely super nice + top usable, + absolutely sleeky look, it has tons of software pre-installed (Kodi,VLC-Player,Retro Pie,Steam-client etc..) and the great advantage is still the phenomenal sound (over USB to a xmos-bridge->I2S->ES9038Q2M) because of the short electronical circuits on the board (as mentioned in the article before), absolutely great and for the first time a real good OS for the Raspberry Pi-4 !! (its based on the normal Raspberry OS)

fantastic, give it a try !! 😉

another thing is that i´ve bought now a third pair of speaker (Mission 760i (not SE)) this time and will tell u then more very interesting facts on these Mission-lines (760,780)..wanted originally make a new subsite for it (/mission-speaker) for it..

by that a very interesting site is also this: https://www.hifiengine.com/

https://www.hifishark.com/ (link also in a widget on the right) is a very good adress for “used” hifi-gear (crawler), cause this is also a “hi-fi website” 😉 (or is intented to be 😉 )..

more to come “in this fashion”,

greets for now !! 😉

Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 vs. Mission 760i/780 ->no comparison.. / ESP32-Cam

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So, first: sorry for lately not soo much posting here .. 😉

Second, and because this is also mainly a “hi-fi”-related website i´m very glad to be able to post here also some speaker-experiences..

I´ve just bought some “Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 (white)” to compare it with my old speakers (Mission 760i) and also to “upgrade” my hifi-gear in general..

and because this discussion “which sounds better ->Wharfedale 9.1 oder Missions (lastet Centuries 😉 ) ?”-> i have now the answer:

Absolutely no comparison !!! The missions have a so much greater “soundstage/room/hifi-sound..”with them, really “hi-fi” has just begun 😉 ..and because there´s always a “certain philosophie” (sound-wise) behind the speaker-manufactories i would say the “Wharfedale”-philosophie is not mine/direction ;-). (guess i have to buy some Dali Zensor, KEFs or monitor-audios next.. )

by that i´ve bought some ESP32-Cam-Board + Cam(5,99$)->will post some experiences with it later !!

many greets from here for now !! 😉