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Raven or Hegel?

I looked at old posts about Raven integrated amps and most are raving about their quality. Unfortunately, the posts are also dated. the latest thread is from 2017. Have things changed with Raven? I am also considering Hegel H360 used to run my B&W 805 D3s. Any recommendations and suggestions are welcome. thanks in advance!
petar3
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avanti1960
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Heard both extensively, bought two raven audio amplifiers.  ultra refined and as sweet and transparent as they come.  would be a very good match with your speakers.  
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sfar
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In addition to their superb build and sonics the support from Dave Thomson, the owner of Raven, is the best I've encountered. I've cycled through a lot of amps over the years, some more expensive and well known than my Raven Blackhawk and it's in a class by itself.
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millercarbon
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Its comments like these that have Raven at the top of my list for my next amp. Actually Raven is the list. 
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sfar
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A couple of other things that make the Raven amps attractive is the 45-day free home trial and that if you buy an amp and decide to trade up within the line during the first year you can get a full-credit trade-in on your amp.
djones51
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Hegel 360 or with those B&W's an Anthem STR. 
donjr
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Owned a Hegel H200 and i hated it. Very thin sounding with my Harbeth HL5 Pus, even with a REL B3. I didn't like the build quality and finish either. YMMV.

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twoleftears
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Raven and Hegel are almost polar opposites (no pun intended).  Have you considered something in the middle, like Luxman?
petar3 OP
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thanks for the suggestion. Raven and Hegel are around 3k which is a stretch already. Luxman around 6k which is way out of my price range, unfortunately. 
kren0006
1,859 posts
 
Two left ears, why do you say they’re polar opposites?  How so?  What exactly makes them so different?  I’m not very familiar with either
petar3 OP
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actually, there is a nice used Luxman for sale at Audiogone for around 3k -- I am thinking out loud here. thanks, twoleftears
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