I've considered the Hegel, but I'm old school and don't have time or interest in streaming and all the technology that goes with it. I wonder if the Hegel is a good option as I would not use all of its capacity.
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@larseand understood on the hegels including a dac which may not be used you can get a used hegel with last gen dac, and consider that aspect a throw-away... what is special about the hegels is the amp section - something brilliant going on there... i don't use the dac in any of my hegels (have 3) you have many good choices, none are bad |
Do your own research. Lots of good options. HiFinews magazine did a review of the Cambridge Audio Edge A ($6k msrp) and declared it to be about as good as a Hegel H590, at double the cost of the Edge A. Reprint of review here: https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/sites/default/files/revies/pdf/HiFi%20News%20Edge%20A%20Review_2018.p... Were it me, I’d go Luxman, especially if pairing with Focal. |
Since your speakers are pretty efficient you probably could use a lower powered class A amp. The luxman and pass labs are both excellent choices. It seems that a class A or strong bias in class A to A/B would be a good way to go with the focals. Mike at Suncoast Audio carries both and he is a really good source of information (no affiliation with him). |
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