The Hegel is very good but not any more of a giant killer than a number of other really good integrated
Personally I would take a Devialet 120 to either of these. The Devialet is way more advanced in terms of technology and sounds amazing.
Or if I needed a lot of power to drive demanding speakers then a little known American Integrated from CODA the CS iB which is a 400 watt into 8 ohms, 800 watts into 4 ohms, and the first 5 watts is Class A. Rock solid build quality from the original Threshold engineers.
Personally I would take a Devialet 120 to either of these. The Devialet is way more advanced in terms of technology and sounds amazing.
Or if I needed a lot of power to drive demanding speakers then a little known American Integrated from CODA the CS iB which is a 400 watt into 8 ohms, 800 watts into 4 ohms, and the first 5 watts is Class A. Rock solid build quality from the original Threshold engineers.