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| Another Hegel H390 vs H590 Thread I just upgraded from the H390 to the H590. The H390 is an amazing integrated, in it's own right, but when I purchased very large, inefficient speakers, I needed even more power then what the H390 had to offer, so I decided to upgraded to the H590... | |
| Hegel H590 with BW 800D I have the notoriously inefficient and hard to drive Revel Salon 2 speakers. After needing to move from my much larger room to a very moderately size room, I decided to downsize and go from separates to an integrated. My first amp was the Hegel... | |
| Another Hegel H390 vs H590 Thread I have a very moderately size room that I currently use an Hegel H390 to drive a pair of, not so efficient, Revel Salon 2 speakers. The H390 does a great job of driving my speakers and also sounds outstanding paired with my Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twe... | |
| Has anyone herd the Hegel h390 I own the Hegel H390, and I can tell you that it is an incredible sounding unit. I us it as an amp/ preamp only. It's not overtly warm, nor is it overtly neutral, either. The H390 is extremely powerful with an extremely high damping factor so i... | |
| Streaming with the Hegel H390 Generally, based on my extensive experience, stand alone DACs always seem to out perform integrated DACs. I use an Ayre Acoustic QX-5 Twenty DAC with my Hegel H390 with stunning results. Using the internal DAC that came with a component is usual... | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! I've see the KMD speakers on-line on Youtube and they are very impressive looking and sounding through my computer speakers. Very impressive. I'd love to hear them in person. KMD was a no-show at T.H.E. Show last month. Hopefully, KMD with hav... | |
| Dynaudio Evoke 50 vs Revel f226Be There's a reason way the Revel Salon 2 speakers are still, after all these years, 2022 Stereophile Recommended Components Class A . The Salons are an absolute phenomenal speaker system, and have withstood the test of time. It's nothing for curre... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? I forgot to mention that my Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty DAC is a streaming DAC. I use the DAC as a streamer My DAC along with my Roon Nucleus Plus renders amazing and marvelous results. I am overwhelmingly pleased with this combination. Before... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? I have a Roon Nucleus Plus, with an Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty DAC, Pakedge switch, top end shunyata ethernet cables, Audioquest power cables, JPS Labs speaker cables, Revel Salon 2 speakers, powered by an Hegel H390 integrated and an Audioquest N... | |
| From separate streamer and DAC to al-in-one suggestion I run an Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty streaming DAC with Roon Nucleus Plus with astonishing results!!! | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media At first, I was one of the biggest sceptics of streaming music. I was totally convinced that the steaming SQ was inferior to that of an high end cd player. But, during the course of time, after many positive listening session with streamed mus... | |
| Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets. I haven't tried any of the other less expensive filters options mentioned here, but I'm assuming that they all are most certainly effective to some degree, as is the Bybee product. If you find a less expensive solution, good for you, go for it!!!... | |
| Hegel Music Systems H390 Integrated Amp The Luxman is an outstanding integrated as well. I use the H390 as an amp/preamp only. I have an outstanding stand alone DAC, and in conjunction with the H390, produces some of the best sound I've been able to achieve in over 25 years in high en... | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! I've heard both the Magico A3 and the A5's. Both speakers sound great to me. Though I wouldn't trade my incredible Revel Salon 2 speakers for either pair. There's a multitude of wonderful sounding speakers out there, by a multitude of different... | |
| Luxman L505uXii or Hegel H390 No contest......I would go with the Hegel H390. First: with the Hegel, you get a supremely powerful and high current/damping factor unit (that's built like a tank) that will even drive my power hungry, highly inefficient Revel Salon 2 speakers to... |