HEGEL 190, 390-400, 590-600

@alexbpm, Give me a break. The info from the AI was interesting but I never said it was accurate or that you should 100% reply on its answer for all the reasons you mentioned above. Everyone on this forum knows that you have to listen to a component preferably in your own system in order to make a decision.

The same applies to product reviews. They are interesting to read, maybe gain some insight of what someone else thinks BUT you need to listen for yourself.

Obviously, no AI, or anyone else can make the decision of what component you should purchase.  You have to make that decision yourself.  

@alexbpm, In other words, Overall, while LLMs are powerful tools for generating text and providing information, their limitations highlight the importance of human oversight and critical evaluation when using them for decision-making or expert analysis. 

But Perplexity in particular is for exactly this type of comparison. It’s an LLM enabled search product. 
 

if he came here and said Claude put this together, I’d have concerns. But as a daily user of this technology having a knee jerk reaction and subsequent analysis using vague terms means we’ll be blindsided by the tech when it is the standard. I recall when Wikipedia was thought to be garbage. 

Never fear. AI is here.

The right engine can be very useful for summarizing published information about products succinctly. Like any powerful tool it can be used or abused.

I use Poe Web quite often to help me sort through the noise regarding hifi products and various other current topics. But do take caution….it’s very good but not perfect.

The fire at the factory that produced AKM dac chips used in the H390 impelled Hegel to switch to Sabre chips for the H600 and the new replacement for the H390 . . the H400? How this impacts the sonics I can’t say. I’d never depend upon an AI for buying advice, though!