The H190 is overkill for the room - but if you ever plan to move the system to a larger space it would be the smarter purchase. Looking at a couple of sites - the used H190 sells for $600 to $1000 more than the H120. There are many more H190s available. I would spend an extra $6 to $700 to get the H190 now. I wouldn't spend $1000 more, however. Put that towards your CM1 replacements. If you want a small room system now, I'd get the H95 or H120 and a pair of used canton reference 9k, dynaudio specials or even larger fyne F502's I saw online for sale. Good luck !
Hegel H120 or H190
Hello!
I’m considering getting an Hegel integrated amplifier. I like their sound, they are in my budget range and they feature the functions I will use. Because of my budget, I’m considering a H120 or a H190, used or new. H390 and H400 are out of my budget I think.
After several tests, I would say the H190 sounds slightly better (wider soundstage, more precision) but it’s not day and night though so I am still wondering what to do because it is also much more expensive, whether used or new.
I’d like to know your thoughts about that, if any of you had the two and used them over the course of several weeks or months.
Speakers are B&W CM1 (bookshelf); I’ll probably upgrade them within 2 or 3 years. I rarely listen to my music above 80 db and the room is about 17 square meters.
Thank you very much for your ideas!