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Musicraft is pleased to announce that on February 8th 2016 we received Hegel Music Systems UK Dealer of The Year 2015 Award which we proudly accepted on behalf of our clients. We and Hegel Music Systems thank our clients for helping establish and achieving great success with Hegel Music Systems in the UK.
Musicraft is Hegel Music Systems UK Dealer of The Year 2015
At the Sound & Vision The Bristol Show 2016 we mentioned to Hegel Music Systems that they should try what we feel might be the ultimate bass track - Emika's Professional Loving. Our recommendation was taken on and here is a picture showing Hegel Music Systems R&D Engineer Magnus Holhjem listening to Emika's Professional Loving.
Magnus is listening to this track at Hegel Labs in Oslo, Norway using -
Tidal
iPod
Airplay
Hegel HD30 (Reference DAC/Pre Amp/Streamer)
Hegel P30 (Reference Pre Amplifier)
Hegel H30 (Reference Mono/Stereo Power Amplifier)
Magico S5 (Loudspeakers)
The Hegel zone. Presented by Musicraft. The UK's leading Hegel Music Systems specialist dealer.
HEGEL IN A NUTSHELL - Each thing can be found in other amps, but NEVER all three together. This is thanks to our patented SoundEngine technology -
1. Damping factor - is basically a description for bass control. The higher the damping factor, the better the bass control. Modern amplifiers typically have lower bass control than they used to have 20 years ago. The reason is that the tools you use to increase damping factor will also increase distortion (next - 2). Not so in a Hegel amplifier. Industry average: 60-80, A really good amp: 100-150, 20 years ago: +/-150, Hegel: 1000-4000 Meaning: Hegel can boogie
2. Distortion - is a description of the level of extra sound that is generated in the amplifier. Meaning sound that is not part of the recording. Distortion usually makes an amplifier sound either muffled or harsh. It will mask the finer details. Modern amps usually have fairly low distortion, and obtain this by sacrificing bass-control (previous - 1). Hegel have among the lowest distortion on the market, and it has it in combination with extremely high bass control. Meaning - it will sound incredibly dynamic, detailed AND smooth.
3. Power consumption - The third benefit of the Sound Engine technology is low power consumption in idle. We are actually using up to 60% less power. Preventing the amplifier of running too hot, and it is good for the environment. The technical term is low bias.
Hegel's new HD30 Digital Control Center in Silver finish
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/680-hegel-music-systems-hd30-dac-review/
Computer Audiophile reviews Hegel new HD30 Digital Control Centre
"The Hegel Music Systems HD30 DAC is highly recommended for those who'd like to remove the barriers between good and great sound"
http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index...usic-systems-hd30-digital-to-analog-converter
SoundStage Hi-Fi Recommended Reference Component: Hegel Music Systems HD30 Digital-to-Analogue Converter
http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/927
SoundStage Hi-Fi Products of the Year 2015 - DIGITAL SOURCE is Hegel's new HD30 Digital Control Center
http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/923-hegel-music-systems-hd30-digital-to-analog-converter
SoundStage Hi-Fi reviews Hegel's new HD30 Digital Control Center
"The HD30’s big selling point is its sound -- and what a sound it is: Its world-class resolution, extreme clarity, and superb refinement let you listen very deeply into recordings, to hear precisely what the musicians and engineers laid down there" "To my ears, the HD30 is one of the best-sounding DACs you can buy today"
http://www.hegel.com/images/reviews/HD30hifinewsuk.pdf
Hi-Fi News Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center review
High Fidelity (Poland) Best Product of 2015 is Hegel's HD30 Digital Control Center
http://www.stereolifemagazine.com/reviews/item/1144-hegel-hd30
Stereolife Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPo-zkWpSto
RAVE Publications at CEDIA 2015 YouTube video showing Hegel's HD30 Digital Control Center
Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center in Black finish
Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center in Silver finish
Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center in Silver finish
Rear panel of Hegel HD30 Digital Control Center in Silver finish
The HD30 is the ultimate digital control center. It does everything you can dream of, and does so with world-class quality. There is an abundance of inputs, ranging from balanced AES/EBU and BNC connectors, to Network and USB connections - with the latter also accepting DSD signals. The built-in volume attenuator allows you to connect directly to a power amplifier or a pair of active loudspeakers. Highly advanced power supplies and careful lay-out brings the noise floor down towards a mind blowing -150dB. In short... Do you even dare to try it?
When designing a digital-to-analog converter of world class, you are essentially making a masterpiece. One for others to try and copy. It is not enough to select the best components on the market and lay them out cleverly. When creating a masterpiece, you must question if you can make it better than the best. The HD30 was just such a masterpiece project. To reach goals that, up until now, was seen as unobtainable, we needed to tweak the world’s best measuring equipment available. Just to be able to fine-tune our clock crystals and power supplies. We designed master clocks from the ground up and went to great lengths to design ultra low noise power supplies and shielding from outside interference. The results are stunning. The musicality of the HD30 is at a level never before heard. You can experience instruments and virtually feel the room they play in. You feel the smile widening in your face and the hair rising on your arms when the HD30 begins to play. The finger touching the string, a millisecond before the guitar starts to sound. The singer drawing that breath of anticipation right before he starts playing in front of a live crowd.
Whether you choose to use Apple AirPlay, a CD-player, a computer or any other device. The HD30 will bring all the music and enthusiasm that exists in the recording.
HD30 Technical Details
DAC resolution: Dual mono 32 bit/192 kHz multilevel sigma-delta DAC
Line output: 2.6 VRMS
Digital inputs: 1 coaxial, 3 optical, 1 USB, 1 ethernet, 1 BNC, 1 AES/EBU
Analog outputs: 1 fixed line level (RCA), 1 fixed line level (Balanced XLR)
Distortion: Typical 0.0005%
Frequency response: 0 Hz - 50 kHz
Noise floor: Typically -150 dB
Power supply: Separate torodial transformers for analog/digital 54,000 uF capacitors
Output impedance: 22 ohms unbalanced and 44 ohms balanced
Control input: 1 IR-direct mini-jack
Dimensions/weight: 8cm (10cm w/feet) x 43cm x 31cm (HxWxD), 6,5 Kg
Dimensions/weight US: 3.14" (3.93" w/feet) x 16.93" x 12.20" (HxBxD), weight 14.3lbs
HD30 RRP £3200
Hegel P30 Reference pre amplifier
Hegel P30 and H30 Reference pre/power amplifiers
The P30 is the best preamplifier ever developed by Hegel. With its patented technology and hand matched components, the P30 is a confident contender in the race towards being the best pre amplifier in the world. Regardless of price. Despite what many hi-fi enthusiasts believe, pre amplifiers are actually one of the most difficult audio components to develop. At the same time it is one of the most important components in a well sounding system. The reason is that the signal strength is very low when entering the pre amplifier, and is therefore very susceptible high frequency noise and distortion elements. The most critical phase in the pre amplifier is the volume regulation, and in the P30 this is a master piece in it self. The physical volume control knob is only used to describe the desired volume output level to the array of Gigahertz MOS-transistors. These direct the music signal through a network of high quality resistors that reduce the signal level.
After the volume control circuit the signal is directed through the amplification circuit. For the first time ever we are using the patented SoundEngine technology in the pre amplifier. Combined with Hegel's use of hand matched FET transistors, this results in unsurpassed levels of musical distortion and noise. In total, the music signal will only pass through 2 transistors and between 1 to 3 resistors on its way through the P30. The sound you hear from the P30 can only be described as organic and very natural. To quote a journalist: "The Hegel sounds so much more natural than my previous reference. And it does so without flashing itself with gold and diamonds".
The Hegel P30 has 2 pairs of balanced inputs (XLR) and 3 regular unbalanced (RCA). In addition to this it has a Home Theatre input that allow you to integrate it in a Home Theatre system. The P30 also has a 3,5 mm IR-direct input and a 12V trigger output connector. The Hegel P30 is available in both silver and black finish, so it can be matched with the H30, H4SE and H20 power amplifiers.
P30 Technical Details
Remote control: Volume, source and mute controlled by Hegel RC2
Inputs: 2 x XLR balanced, 3 x RCA unbalanced and Home Theatre inputs
Outputs: 1 x XLR balanced and 2 x RCA unbalanced outputs
Other connections: 3,5mm IR-direct jack, 3,5 mm jack 12V trigger output
Signal to noise ratio: More than 130 dB balanced mode
Crosstalk: Less than -100 dB
Distortion: Less than 0.005 %
Intermodulation: Less than 0.01% (19kHz+20kHz)
Dimensions/weight: 8cm x 43cm x 30cm (HxWxD), 10kg
Dimensions/weight US: 3,2" x 17" x 12" (HxBxD), 22 lbs
P30 RRP £5000
Hegel H30 Reference mono/stereo power amplifier - RRP £11000/each
Hegel P30 and H30 Reference pre/power amplifiers
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/hegel-h30-reference-power-amplifier-tas-223/
The Absolute Sound Hegel H30 review
"The Hegel H30 is not just a great-sounding amplifier, it’s also a tremendous bargain. I know I’ll get letters complaining that a $15k power amplifier by definition can’t be a bargain. But what else can you call a $15,000 amplifier with massive output power, unflappable stability, and a gorgeous musical presentation that vaults it into a select league of world-class power amplifiers?"
"As adept the H30 is at all aspects of portraying the music, it’s the H30’s rendering of midrange and treble textures that makes this amplifier a standout. The Hegel coupled a warmth and lushness of timbre with tremendous clarity and resolution, a combination that is rare in an amplifier of any price. The sense of timbral realism and palpability was world-class by any measure. Moreover, it’s difficult to overstate just how greatly these qualities induced a sense of ease and deep musical involvement"
"If your amplifier budget is anywhere near $15k, the Hegel H30 should be on your short list of products to audition. You may find, as I did, that this unassuming and understated black box contains a Scandinavian surprise"
http://soundstagehifi.com/index.php...hegel-music-systems-h30-stereo-mono-amplifier
SoundStage Hi-Fi Hegel H30 review
"Don’t let Hegel Music Systems’ understated styling fool you -- the H30 is a formidable, versatile beast of an amplifier, all in good ways. In addition to its high power, tremendous bass control, and excellent compatibility with a wide variety of speakers, the H30 offers clear, incisive sound that’s as visceral as it is exciting. Other than Hegel’s lower-priced amplifiers, I’ve never encountered another amp that so well conveys a sense of immediacy -- it made me sit up and take notice -- yet is never so forward or so bold as to sound objectionable"
"Although the H30 is the biggest, most expensive product Hegel Music Systems makes, it nonetheless carries on the company’s tradition of high performance and high value -- not because it’s cheap, but because it can stand alongside the best amps made, even those costing much more"
With a power rating of more than 1,1 kW in 8 ohms it is on the verge of being easier to measure the H30 in horsepower. The massive H30 mono power amplifiers from Hegel will play any loudspeaker in the world with ease and authority. The H30 is our best power amplifier ever, and is definitely a combatant for being the best power amplifier in the world. The H30 is developed as a mono block, but there is also the possibility to use it as a stereo power amplifier to start with if you are on a budget. Progress is a one way street and so for our power amplifiers. The H30 is using a new and improved version of the patented Hegel SoundEngine amplifier technology. This further reduce all types of distortion. In addition to the improve SoundEngine we are also using the highest possible level of the Hegel FET-technology in the input stage and the voltage gain stage. This technology reduce a very specific type of distortion called Harmonic Distortion. This particular type of distortion causes what many people call "transistor sound", and this is therefore dramatically reduced in the H30. It will simply let the music reach you in a different way than what you have ever experienced before.
Normally, when you compare a less powerful amplifier with a more powerful amplifier, the most powerful will have a more potent bass, more attack and more "SLAM" than the less powerful one. This is how it works up to a certain point. The Hegel H30 is beyond this point, and all of a sudden the differences become different. The H30 will simply play with a completely undisputed control, regardless of the loudspeakers. The bass is tremendously deep, but not dominating. The level of detail in the high frequencies are unheard of, but never overbearing. Usually a demo of the H30 and P30 combination ends with clapping hands and a whispering wooooow...
So what sets the H30 apart from the H4SE? There are several technical differences. As a mono power amplifier, the H30 has a fully balanced output stage which reduces distortion and cancel out distortion. Further more, the H30 has a much more advanced input stage and voltage gain stage. Both the H4SE and the H30 uses hand matched transistors, but only the H30 uses the special combination of JFET and MOS-FET transistors. This further reduces higher order harmonic distortion in the H30. The third big difference between the two is H30's output transistors. These are of higher quality, with less distortion, than the ones in the H4SE. In addition to this, the use of dual transformers in the H30, reduces mechanical noise. The higher budget also allow the use of better parts throughout the H30.
H30 Technical Details
Output power: More than 1100 W in 8 ohms
Miniumum load impedance: 1 ohm load
Inputs: RCA unbalanced and XLR balanced
Speaker outputs: Two pairs of heavy duty gold plated terminals
Input impedance: Balanced 20kohm, unbalanced 10kohm
Signal to noise ratio: More than 100dB
Crosstalk: Less than -100dB
Distortion: Less than 0.003 % at 100W i 8 ohm
Intermodulation: Less than 0.01 % (19kHz + 20kHz)
Damping factor: More than 500
Power supply: 2000VA dual mono, 270 000uF capacitors
Output stage: 56 pcs 15A 200W high speed, Ultra low distortion bipolar transistors
Power consumption: 120W in idle mode, 30 watt in ECO mode
Dimensions/weight: 21cm x 43cm x 55cm (HxWxD), weight 45kg
Dimensions/weight US: 8.3" x 17" x 21.6" (HxWxD), weight 99 lbs
H30 RRP £11000/each
Hegel SoundEngine Technology
http://www.hegel.com/technology/soundengine
https://www.facebook.com/hegelmusic/videos/1557873347773276/?video_source=pages_finch_thumbnail_video
Hegel SoundEngine Technology video with Founder and technical director of Hegel, Bent Holter
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