Are there any good review of the Hegel with a complete set of measurements ?
I find thier data a bit strange and atypical ? Noise floor: Typically -145 dB Distortion: Typical 0,0006% This is not the typical signal to noise ratio figure used by other manufacturers and it's usually thd+n vs signal . What kind of distortion harmonic and or IM ? -145dB is frankly to good to be true it indicates >24 bit practical resolution in the analog domain ,not even the DAC chip manufacturers claims that this is possible currently .( or do they ?) . The usual response is that s/n below say the typically extremely good approximately ~120dB that some achieve demands cryogenic cooling due to thermal noise ? likely used in scientific lab equipment ? Would not a passive 100Ohm resistor have more noise than -145dB just by itself . And frequency response DC to 50kHz ( this is actually a good thing even with 192 or 384 kHz material ) . But it is good to see that Hegel tries to achieve technically solid results ! Instead of the all to common high end aproach to use some very unorthodox solution that's does not really work outside some beliefs system ( call it anti science voodoo etc ). I do like manufactures trying to push the boundaries of what's technically possible . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96457 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
