this cyrus amplifier if like the older ones sounds really good ,allthough at the time i had the speakers they built for the Mission Cyrus first amplifier the 761,
but had other model with a bigger box ,only the first 761 are extremelly well built, with a very good sound to 70 watts maximum power, but real ones ,
some think nominal power is the right measure but no, the reason why we should read well the soecifications before spending money on a device kniowing at least how it will sound ,more or less,
the 761 speakers are far better than the later released 760i at 6 ohms as the previous are 4ohms,not saying they sound bad but not as good as the older 761 maybe the best 4ohms speakers i ever had ,
as if any amplifier even with tone controls and loudness, if from the 70´s make`em release what some said, perfect clean sound,
has i conect them to a SA-608 from Pioneer released in 78, but with a cyrus amplifier it makes it sound very close to perfection with no tone controls,
this to say that if one has good sounding speakers it will reveal a detailed and clean sound ,this with direct sound.
What i think, it´s missing is the turntable like they released it when the first Mission Cyrus was released that was a very simple turntable like Rega or Pro-Ject built them today ,
only 1000 times better built with a so good sound not comparable ´till 4.000€ turntable, if not better as cartridges and stylus today are totally inferior to before 2000´s quality.
All this to say that i totally agree with the published avaliation of it , here on what hi-fi