the power delivery is too conservative unless you're using very efficient speakers. Decent balanced sound but overpriced for what you get @gano
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@gano yes you can |
@gano I had it for 2 years in my small space before getting my own place. I listen at a reasonably farfield location, so they didn't have the voltage swing necessary to keep cranking the SPL needed to get reference level volume at my seating distance and I also got new mains for my system last year as my old speakers were very old and one had a dented tweeter. T hat was a mistake by me, and I won't make that mistake again prioritizing anything other than speaker/room synergy made me chase my tail. Basically saying that you can do better for $2300 imo and if you say you have average sensitivity rated speakers I'd assume 85dB@2.83V/1m sensitivity. That is fine but will mean more headroom needed the farther you sit and this one doesn't have the headroom unless your speaker is a 2-ohm minimum impedance load speaker, then you can get transient power levels of nearly 200W @ 2 Ohm |
@gano well cos they can use a lot of marketing fluff well and we all get suckered one way or another. I've grown beyond that now so I rarely get taken in by marketing speak lol but yeah they're not the only one and there are even more egregious examples. The H190 I've heard in a friend's space and yes they have pretty good transducer control because of their high damping factor which is very important... Also I think 150W into 8 ohm and 250W into 4 Ohms.
Should work excellently with your speakers. You didn't mention the speakers you use though? |
The Hegel should work with either then. Is it the Vandersteen Treo CT or something else? @gano |
@gano the Hegel should be perfect for it |