Hegel Music Systems H190v Streaming Integrated Amplifier $4600 Review
April 6, 2025 Comments Off on Hegel Music Systems H190v Streaming Integrated Amplifier $4600 Review
These sonic traits were exemplified when I played “You Make Loving Fun,” from Fleetwood Mac’s classic Rumours on CD (Warner Bros. 3010-2), using the BDP-105. At first, I found the sound a bit too delicate and recessed using the RCA connections, but it jumped up a couple notches in emotion and realism when I used the balanced outputs of the Oppo connected to the Hegel’s balanced inputs. With the XLRs in action, I heard Mick Fleetwood’s hi-hats and Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar extend well beyond the outside edges of the speakers. With the H190v powering the Theva N°2s, the soundstage was centered at, or perhaps just slightly behind, the plane of the speakers, and the H190v highlighted the way certain instruments, like those hi-hats, seemed to shoot out into the room towards the listening position. Christine McVie’s vocals were rendered with power and a natural quality, and the same was true of the band’s massed vocals backing her. Overall, the amp seemed to leave vocals a bit recessed, hanging back a little further in the mix, but didn’t miss out on any sense of realism or detail.
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