If your room acoustics are so-so but you listened to a pair of speakers in a dealer in an ideal acoustic environment, maybe you need to think about room treatment?
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@bigmac1963 - 3 questions. What kind of music are you listening to? Can you or do you have a sub-woofer? And what is your room setup like? (big, small, speakers on long wall or short wall, lots of windows, hardwood floors or carpet, have you used acoustic treatments, etc.)? The question about the room setup is the big one. You room may have more impact on the sound than any equipment will. |
Always start with the goal. More dynamics and bass is a good goal but you should be more descriptive. Dynamics … a broad term … are you simply looking for more slam (macro dynamics), more subtitle micro dynamic detail that gives nuances like decay and ambience. Bass … are you looking to have better extension into the sub bass region, or more tuneful bass detail that lets you differentiate between the character of different bass instruments and players. If you like your system your first start is placement and room treatment. Bass detail and dynamics can snap into focus with minor changes. Speaker vibration isolation also gave my system better performance in these areas and can be tried. These two areas are low cost solutions you can experiment with. Other than that, I do not think anyone else but you can say which change will have the most impact in your environment for both your current equipment and desired equipment is published to perform well. In general with upgrades … speakers, room treatment, front end, amplification, and wiring is my preferred sequence for change. Demo and let your ears choose, not anyone else’s ears. |
@bigmac1963 - If the seller has a trial period or will let you take the Hegel home, it would be worth it. But more importantly, you are looking at a shift in preamp/amp technology, tube to solid state. Will it be better?. That is a difficult question to answer, but it WILL be different. So, if you can't demo the Hegel at home, do you have a friend, relative, local dealer, etc. that has something similar to the H400 that you could borrow just to see how a solid state system will affect the sound? - just my 2 cents... |
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