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Hegel H360 vs Accuphase E470

I currently have a Hegel H160, but am looking to upgrade to something with more authority to power my Vandersteen Treos.

With trade-in, the price between demo models on the Hegel H360 and Accuphase E470 are roughly comparable. However, only the Hegel offers the built in streaming DAC which is super handy when not listening to vinyl (my main source).

Would be interested to hear if people have experience with these two units. How do they stack up in your opinion?

Thanks in advance!
gritter2
fdpdk
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Interesting to hear what people think about this. I own Accuphase E-470 and are very pleased with its performance .
gritter2 OP
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@fdpdk Do you happen to have the DAC card for the E-470? If so, what do you think of the quality?
Thanks!
gritter2 OP
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In the end I found a sweet deal on a used Hegel H360 and went for it. So far, sounds pretty amazing, and a major improvement over the Hegel H160. The Treos perform much better now with the added power.

Am still interested to try out the Accuphase, but without US distribution it is a bit tricky.
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