Hegel H590


New to audiogon and first post. I'm planning on preordering the Hegel H590 soon. They'll be driving my KEF Reference 2's which should be a huge upgrade from my Denon AVR.

Anyone heard this integrated yet?
Anyone heard an official ship date?

Thanks,
Hugh Jahsol
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https://www.hegel.com/products/integrated/h590

Do not understand why Hegel does not make this a ROON endpoint. Especially, considering they wrote their own OS for it.
Perhaps it's because they wrote their own software / OS.

From Anders Ertzied / Hegel:  "We don't run Linux: we've written our own proprietary operating system."

Perhaps someone can comment on whether they can (if they are using software outside of the types Roon supports)?

https://www.stereophile.com/content/hegel-launches-new-amp-white-plains-ny-event#uhHBvYjuMcjmzU0D.99
I work in software in Silicon Valley with the best programmers in the world. I can’t see why any reasonable engineer would make their own OS anymore. It’s so easy to customize Linux or Android, which are stable platforms and actively being improved, not to mention security updates. 
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