Hegel Amps with Thiels


Hi,

Has anyone listened to this combination?

I am home auditioning a Hegel H20 with Thiel CS5's, which dip down to one ohm, and am pleasantly surprised.

The H20 is rated at 200 watts into 8 ohms but does not double down into 4 ohms.

To my ears, the bass is just as good as a ML 533 or a Pass x350, which I recently auditioned. The H20 is also quite smooth with a lot of detail. Warmer than the ML but cooler than the Pass.

I think that Hegel may be on to something with their patented and laser trimmed SoundEngine modules design, which I am not sure I fully understand.

Dsper

dsper
Thanks! for starting this thread- dsper.
I am a Thiel owner myself and may be looking into an integrated amp.
I have spent much time w/ both Pass Labs + Mark Levinson, in fact, quite interested in the new ML integrated amp No. 585

Hopefully more Hegel users will chime in here.
As a Thiel CS5i owner, I found a tube preamp driven by krell KSA 250 matching well. Warm 
midrange  and solid low bass are nothing I heard from other speakers. The thiels are very 
accurate to the recordings.
Accurate indeed, skfy57. There are many Thiel lovers here on the 'Gon.
Happy Listening!