Hegel is a Norwegian Company which exists since 1988. The products are developed and produced on the company-owned premises. During my visit to the High End in Munich in 2009 I discovered this manufacturer, I noticed the stand immediately because of the electrical parts which were suspended everywhere. I asked about the meaning of this parts. Anders Ertzeid explained to me that those electrical parts are an invention of Hegel, the so-called SoundEngine Technology.
The results of this technology are a clean music signal, a bigger dynamic range function and less distortions in comparison with traditional amplifiers. The SoundEngine Technology is used for output stages of preamplifiers and also for CD players.
I had the opportunity to test those products at my place and I found the pronounced musicality and the speed of the basses thanks to extremely high damping factors most remarkable!
The results of this technology are a clean music signal, a bigger dynamic range function and less distortions in comparison with traditional amplifiers. The SoundEngine Technology is used for output stages of preamplifiers and also for CD players.
I had the opportunity to test those products at my place and I found the pronounced musicality and the speed of the basses thanks to extremely high damping factors most remarkable!
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| Basic Spec | |||||
| Output Power ch/8ohm | 60 | 75 | 150 | 250 | 301 |
| Damping Factor | 2000 | 2000 | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 |
| SoundEngine 2 | • | • | • | • | • |
| OLED Display | • | • | • | – | • |
| Separate trasnformer for dac/pre | – | – | – | • | • |
| Connections | |||||
| Balanced inputs | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Analog inputs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Coaxial digital input | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Optica digital input | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| USB input up to 24/96 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| USB input up to DSD128 (256 on H590) | – | – | – | yes (Mac DSD64) | yes (Mac DSD64) |
| MQA Double unfold | – | – | – | – | • |
| Variable / Fixed level preout | •/– | •/– | •/• | •/• | •/• |
| Features | |||||
| Eco mode (low power mode) | • | • | • | – | • |
| Upnp streaming | • | • | • | • | • |
| AirPlay | • | • | • | • | • |
| Spotify Connect | – | – | • | – | • |
| Control | |||||
| IR Direct input | – | – | – | • | • |
| Control 4 SDDP | – | • | Q4-18 | – | Q4-18 |
| IP Control | – | • | • | – | • |
| Indivudually configurable inputs | • | • | • | – | • |
| HT-input | • | • | • | • | • |
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- 2018_01_06-H190_Stereopluss
- 2018_01_06-H190_hifimusik
- 2018_01_06-H190_hifinews
- 2018_01_06-H190_hifinews_highres
- 2018_01_06-H190_hvt
- 2018_01_06-H90_hifiplus
- 2018_01_06-H90_stereoplay
- 2018_01_06-Hegel-Röst-Product-of-the-year-2017-The-Ear
- 2018_01_06-Hegel-Röst-Product-of-the-year-2017-The-Ear
- 2018_09_01-H590_Hifiplus
- 2018_10_03-Hegel_H590_Lowbeats
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