Hegel Rost - a good buy at 2K?


You can find this now for 2,000 USD down from 3k. Is it a good buy at that price, especially considering that DAC is supposed to be solid? 

Trying to read between the lines on reviews it sounds like it might be a bit bright, sterile and not dynamic, but I could be reaching. There's a ton of them on the used market too which doesn't seem like a good sign.

Has anyone here owned one or heard it extensively?
stuff_jones
@stuffjones
I have the same question for any owners out there.

I’ve had the H160 & H190 and both were fantastic. Probably should have kept one of them. The DAC section in the H190 was a smidge better, but they were both mostly similar in my system.

The h190 is newer than the H160, and implements the SoundEngine 2 technology. So does the Rost.

Don’t need that much power, so that’s why the Rost is interesting me now.