Integrated brand choice -- Simaudio, Hegel or Mark Levinson?

Are you sorry you asked? Lots of preaching about the mortal sins of various brands.  I will only say that I have a Hegel 390 driving a pair of ATC SM40’s and I could not be happier.  Very authoritative and soulful, IMO.  I auditioned both a class A and a class A/B Luxman, and a Naim Supernait 3 before I landed in the 390.  For my ears, in my system, in my room, the Hegel moved me in ways the others didn’t.  We all need to remember that this pursuit of ours is incredibly personal.  Buy the one that your gut tells you to and don’t look back!

👆🏼 Agree completely. My auditions were done in my home. Made all the difference in the world.

I would agree with bluorion, the 507UXii sounded beautiful when I auditioned it recently.  Smooth, powerful, and intoxicating.  It was a very hard decision when I went with the Hegel 390 instead, but I knew I would be super happy with either.