Speakers for Hegel H95 that could use its full potential.


Hello Guys,

I’m in a search for a new set of speakers that could give me the full potential from my system.

My current system consists of Hegel H95 and mostly plays the music via Airplay to Bluesound Node 2i and Coax out (Viard Audio Premium HD) to the Hegel H95 and NHT Classic 2.

Currently I’m deciding between 3 speakers :
1) Sonus faber Lumina I
2) Sonus faber Sonetto I
3) Kef LS50 meta

Due to the pandemic, the audition before purchase is out of the question now. I’m not sure whether my H95 with 60Watts into 8ohm would be able to appropriately drive the Sonetto I and shows it full potential or should I go with a smaller speaker with Lumina I instead.

I really want to pick the Sonetto I because from what I read the reviews, this could match with my taste as a more relaxed, warm and laid back sound. Most of the time the volume set at about 30-40 out of 99 in Hegel, never more than 50.

What would be your choice, does anyone have experience with any of the mentioned models?

Many Thanks,

 

 

jakk

Harbeth should be another speaker you should add to your list!!

FWIW, Harbeth designer Alan Shaw has a high regard for Hegel. H360 and H390 are among the amps he uses in his lab, and he has used Hegel to demo Harbeth at audio shows.

I should have mentioned @jakk, my comments above assume you’re using the BluOS app to stream.  

Seeing a lot of hegel and kef pairings at shows and I think I read somewhere Magico uses hegel in their listening room.