Up for sale is my like new Hegel H120. Less than 7 months old integrated amplifier/streamer/DAC/headphone amp in excellent condition. Includes remote, AC cable, all original accessories and packaging.
Powerful, holographic, ultra-refined,, richly emotive sound as clear as a forest stream in a beautiful and luxuriously understated design with superb connectivity and ease of use. Can easily drive 4 ohm loads; 2 ohm stable. Simple and simply perfect.
MSRP: $3000
Asking: $2200 Sold
I will pay PayPal fees; $50 flat rate shipping in lower 48 from NYC.
GLOWING REVIEWS
“Once again, Hegel has done its magic. The H120 is a significant improvement over the already highly competent Röst design. While on paper there may appear to be cheaper alternatives, as with so much in life here is an example of getting what one pays for and, surely, sonic superiority is what we are seeking. With the Hegel H120 we get it. This is a winner in every respect.” – The Ear (Best Buy)
“It also presents a ‘giant-killer’ nature, where the H120 can be used with the sort of loudspeakers never normally associated with amps in its price band.” – Hi-Fi+
“As a long-term user and fan of Hegel’s entry-level H90 integrated (albeit with a few reservations about the built-in DAC) I’m intrigued to see what advantages the pricier H120 brings to the table. Cueing up Joni Mitchell’s original rendition of A Case Of You and relying on the respective amps’ on-board decoding, the outcome is predictably unkind to the H90, which – while sounding pleasantly smooth and warm – lacks the H120’s transparency, temporal precision and dynamic expression, making the track sound ever so slightly, muggy. The new amp more accurately captures the pure and sonorous quality of a young Mitchell’s voice and renders the accompanying steel-string guitars with greater bite and harmonic complexity. […] The versatile talent that was the Röst might appear to have left the building, but it hasn’t really. Its star quality lives on in the H120, upgraded and buffed for the digital delights of a new decade. It might sit in the lowly part of Hegel’s amplifier range, but the H120 delivers as much excellence as many will ever need.” – What Hi-Fi (5 Star Review!)
OUTSTANDING SPECS
Power output: 2 x 75 W into 8 Ω
Minimum load: 2 Ω
Analog Inputs: 1 x balanced (XLR), 2 x unbalanced (RCA)
Digital Inputs: 1 x coaxial (RCA), 3 x optical, 1 x USB, 1 x Network
Line level Output: 1 x unbalanced variable (RCA)
Frequency response: 5 Hz - 100 kHz
Signal-to-noise ratio: More than 100 dB
Crosstalk: Less than -100 dB
Distortion: Less than 0.01% @ 50 W/8 Ω/1 kHz
Intermodulation: Less than 0.01% (19 kHz + 20 kHz)
Damping factor: More than 2000 (main power output stage)
Dimensions incl feet: 10 cm x 43 cm x 31 cm (HxWxD), 12 kg shipping weight
Dimensions (US): 3.93" x 16.93" x 12.20" (HxWxD), 26.5 lbs shipping weight
