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How about the H390 or the H590? Or how about some of their lower powered amps? I'm sure we'd all love to know how they measure.
I would like to see one of these too. The way things work here is usually that someone has to buy the product and ship it in for testing. For big, heavy, expensive items like Hegel electronics, shipping costs would be significant and whoever sent it wouldn’t get to use it for a while. Then there’s the potential for the psychological trauma that comes from spending several thousand dollars on something you like and finding out it really isn’t very good. If I owned one, I wouldn’t want to know.
Aha! So that's how it works. I guess the manufacturers don't want the bad news either. Thanks for the heads up.
I think you’re right. I imagine most big companies know exactly how their products would perform on the suite of tests Amir does and don’t want to see their products ranked in an objective way against all others.Aha! So that's how it works. I guess the manufacturers don't want the bad news either. Thanks for the heads up.
What is bad is that as best amplifiers here are considered D class amps, because they are light and easy to send. Sooner or later and 20kg + amplifiers should be tested , otherwise it is bias towards 3 kg amplifiers. They are just so many DACs and D class that could take attention of members.
Fat shaming?What is bad is that as best amplifiers here are considered D class amps, because they are light and easy to send. Sooner or later and 20kg + amplifiers should be tested , otherwise it is bias towards 3 kg amplifiers. They are just so many DACs and D class that could take attention of members.
It is a special patented "feed forward" distortion correction circuit they have.Those Hegel amp measurements would suggest it uses relatively low feedback, yes?
... the amp designer has to do is put them in a case, hook them up properly (which many companies seem to have trouble with) and implement their own custom gain stage, so they can claim magical improvements while, hopefully, not making it measure much worse than the default op amp gain stage.
That is my problem with D class, when I see some of them it looks like something from kit of school electronics for 4th grade. I would not give few thousands for something like that. Maybe few hundredths.
And when I see something like this, it looks like amplifier:
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Maybe you would prefer the high-end style chassis and feet of the Merril Audio Element 118 class D monos (36k usd)?
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Their sound system? (if there is one?)Well, if I had matching villa and collection of Ferraris, maybe, but only if they are first measured on the site.
That looks more like a receiver than an amp.That is my problem with D class, when I see some of them it looks like something from kit of school electronics for 4th grade. I would not give few thousands for something like that. Maybe few hundredths.
And when I see something like this, it looks like amplifier:
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Saying that , I do not think that Hegel is good buy for 9000$, as it is just a brand, and manufacturing is done by OEM. If brand stop to exist, you have paper weight in case of malfunctions.