Hegel H390 Integrated Amplifier

I've had several IA over the years and this one, hands down, is the best I've heard and owned. Unfortunately due to new home circumstances I need to unload. It is in perfect operation conditions and performs flawlessly. Cosmetically perfect and will ship in factory box with factory packing.

From Hegel Website:'

The H390 offers the performance of our Reference products, albeit at a
lower price. It is a A REBEL in that in one integrated product it offers
the same as others do in two or three. A REBEL that provides
world-class sound, jaw-dropping power and comes packed with convenient
services.

Nicknaming the H390 "Robin Hood" is a bit bold, you may think.
After all, it isn't pocket money and we are not giving it away to the
poor. But it is a rebellion against the established. It is a rebellion
because it offers extraordinary resolution and musical quality,
typically found only in the most esoteric products, but at a reasonable
price.

It is a rebellion against the establishment of "forcing"
consumers into a user interface defined by the amplifier/streamer
manufacturer. The H390 is very much at the tip of the spear in Hegel's
pursuit of making mainstream sources sound their very best. Meaning the
H390 is not just for the Audiophile. It is a product for the entire
family to enjoy.

At the heart of the H390 is Hegel's patented SoundEngine 2
amplifier section. The SoundEngine 2, in many ways, works like a noise
canceling headphone. A computer inside will sample what comes into the
amplifier and compares it to what comes out. The computer subtracts the
difference (distortion) and then add it into the music but in reverse
phase. The result being that, without any time delay, the SoundEngine
cancels out almost all errors made by the amplifier. Leaving you with
the most musical and natural sound you ever have experienced.

Then there is digital. If not using a turntable, you are probably
using digital connections. Hegel designs both the analog and digital
sections from, the ground up and in house. The digital section in the
H390 is unique in that regardless of the signal type or input, the music
signal remains unchanged and untampered with in the H390. We call it a
"bit perfect" DA-Converter. This is digital in its purest form. For
those interested in deep tech, we even design digital clocks that will
follow the sampling frequency in the music and "down-clock" when
receiving a low-resolution file. For the non-techie, the result is a far
more natural and "analog" sound as well as an unbelievable soundstage
and realism.

Finally, let's talk about connectivity. The H390 has Apple
Airplay and UPnP streaming. We offer free updates with services like
Spotify Connect, IP Control, and Control4. It supports most audio
formats like DSD and MQA. All inputs are configurable for volume bypass,
so you can integrate in a home theater or with a Bluesound or Sonos.
Almost whatever you want, you can do it with the H390.

The H390 is a complete product. Great care has been taken in
every step of the design. From carefully selecting and matching
components to using the best measurement equipment in the world, in
combination with our own ears. Real people gave us input on how they
would want to use a stereo system. You can connect virtually anything
you like. We call it Robin Hood because it takes strengths from our
reference products and offers at a lower price.

Technical Specifications

Power output: 2 x 250 W into 8 Ω, Dual Mono

Minimum load: 2 Ω

Analog Inputs: 1 x balanced (XLR), 2 x unbalanced (RCA)

Digital Outputs: 1 x coaxial (BNC)

Digital Inputs: 1 x coaxial (BNC), 1 x coaxial (RCA), 3 x optical, 1 x USB, 1 x Network

Line level Output: 1 x unbalanced fixed (RCA), 1 x unbalanced variable (RCA)

MQA supported inputs: USB, BNC, Optical and Coaxial

Frequency response: 5 Hz - 180 kHz

Signal-to-noise ratio: More than 100 dB

Crosstalk: Less than -100 dB

Distortion: Less than 0.005% @ 50 W/8 Ω/1 kHz

Intermodulation: Less than 0.01% (19 kHz + 20 kHz)

Damping factor: More than 4000 (main power output stage)

Dimensions incl feet: 14,5 cm x 43 cm x 44 cm (HxWxD), 20 kg unit weight

Dimensions (US): 5.71" x 16.93" x 17.32" (HxWxD), 44 lbs unit weight

Special features: Set Startup volume | Set max volume | Software upgradable | Configure all inputs as fixed level inputs | IP control

2 x 250 W/8 Ω

Dual Mono

SoundEngine 2

Bit-Perfect DAC

Apple AirPlay

Spotify Connect

Control4 Ready

UPnP Streaming

from Soundstage HiFe:

After living with the Hegel H390, I think it’s a worthy successor
to their H360 -- not only for its smoother, cleaner, more resolving
sound, but also because its combination of price, power, and sound
quality make it the sweet spot of Hegel’s current line of integrated
amplifier-DACs. If I were in the market to buy a Hegel integrated-DAC --
regardless of how much I had to spend -- the H390 would be my first
choice.

From IBtech reviews

"I’m left with the impression that the H390 has almost everything
I liked about its big brother, the H590. That’s saying something,
because I’ve barely ever heard a better amplifier for under 10,000 euro.
It wiped the floor with the McIntosh MA7000 that we still have in the
testing studio. I dare say that the H390 would too. There’s something
special about the dynamics and the power, combined with the vivid
mid-range where the singing voices stand out from it all. The
SoundEngine 2 technology they both share, which acts as a kind of active
noise cancellation for the amplifier circuits, must be awarded much of
the credit."