We are incredibly proud and honored to receive another EISA award, this time for the D50. With this product, we set out to accomplish one clear goal: to handle the digital signal with the utmost care in order to reproduce music as faithfully as possible.

Since Hegel is perhaps best known for our all-in-one streaming amplifiers, it's especially rewarding to be recognized for a product focused on doing just one thing, and doing it exceptionally well. The competition in this category is intense, which makes this recognition even more meaningful.

This marks our 9th EISA award in just 10 years. Here's what the EISA jury had to say about the D50: "Nicknamed the 'Raven', Hegel's D50 is a welcome addition to the standalone DAC segment and well equipped with inputs, including AES/EBU, USB-B, and a BNC connection supporting the DAC-Loop function of its integrated amplifiers. Hegel has, in the past, provided superb DAC stages across its hi-fi hardware, adding its own 'twist' to familiar designs, but here it's leveraged in-house expertise to further refine the technology, with a focus on signal purity. The result is a D/A converter that prioritises a naturalistic, musical sound above obvious embellishment. It's a performance reflected in the unit's unobtrusive black casework, stressing that the Raven is about what you hear, not what you see. This might just be a Nordic classic in the making..."

Another great award to our credit! The prestigious The Absolute Sound magazine has named the H600 its 2025 Solid State Integrated Amplifier of the Year. "The Hegel H600 integrated amplifier is a virtual Swiss Army knife of features with incredible digital flexibility, including integral network streaming. Its aluminum enclosure is elegant, simple, rigid, and well designed. Inside is a dual-mono Class AB MOSFET amplifier producing 300Wpc into 8 ohms with a damping factor of 4000, doubling to 600Wpc into 4 ohms, and stable into a 2-ohm load. The preamp section utilizes several technologies from Hegel's reference P30A preamplifier, and the amp section is based on principles implemented in Hegel's well-regarded H30A reference amplifier. The built-in ESS 9038Q2M D/A converter is a bit-perfect design fed by an internal server with built-in Spotify, Tidal Connect, UPnP, Qobuz Connect, Chromecast, and Apple AirPlay. It is also Roon Ready. The H600 is clean, pleasant, and engaging in a way that most other equipment in this price range simply isn't. The Hegel sound is neutral, airy, and refined without being overly dense or viscous. Staging and imaging are wide, deep, high, and well-focused. The H600 is a superstar at keeping you engaged in listening and delivering a performance that keeps you invested and intrigued. Never overbearing or overexuberant, the H600 delivers a sense of power under control, like drinking from a water fountain fed directly by the Hoover Dam. The Hegel H600 represents a terrific value, making it an easy choice for our Integrated Amplifier of the Year Award." Read the full article here.

We are pleased to announce that our D50 DAC received SoundStage HiFi's prestigious Recommended Reference Component award. "Hegel Music Systems has taken what some might see as a step back with its D50, eschewing streaming, digital signal processing (DSP), and preamplifier functionality to produce a bare-bones digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of the highest performance. A 'racehorse DAC', company representatives have dubbed it. Earlier this month, George de Sa wrote most favorably about the D50, concluding his review with the assessment that, for some, the Hegel D50 could be an 'endgame DAC'."

"In his conclusion George states that the Hegel D50 'delivers utterly quiet, incredibly smooth, and composed performances with astonishing dynamic presence...It steps out of the way of the music, delivering resolution and detail in a nonchalant manner.' He acknowledges that at $4900 the D50 'can't be called affordable', but points out that 'given its level of refinement', compared to the prices of other high-end reference DACs, 'it could be considered a bargain'. George's praise for the D50's performance and value earned it a Reviewers' Choice award when his review was published. The D50 is now recognized as the latest winner of our Recommended Reference Component award for its performance." Read the full article here.

We are so very proud and humbled to once again win an EISA award for one of our products. This is the 8th EISA award we have won in 9 years. We are especially proud of winning in what is arguably the most difficult category in HiFi. Making an amplifier that has a great built-in DAC and a very capable streaming section that also sounds incredible is not easy, and the competition in this category is fierce. Winning this EISA award is proof that all our hard work and dedication is appreciated and spurs us on to continue developing great-sounding products!

This is what the EISA jury said about the H400: "This beautifully engineered amplifier takes its cues from Hegel's earlier H390, making improvements to its streaming platform, DAC and preamp stages - plus introducing app control - to deliver a streaming amp of undeniable appeal. As we've come to expect from the Norwegian marque, the H400's power output proves prodigious, making this an accomplished driver of 'hungry' loudspeakers, while its natural, transparent sound signature brings your music to life with ease. No genre is off limits, and with streaming options including Tidal Connect, Google Cast, UPnP and Airable radio/podcasts (plus the H400's range of wired inputs) you'll have no difficulty finding something to play."

At Hegel, we not only strive for excellent sound but also for ease of use. Our goal is to be the best possible endpoint for the music and audio services people use in their daily lives. With H600 we are closer to reaching that goal than ever. The streaming platform in H600 is the most powerful of any Hegel product to date. That means it is also highly upgradeable and future-proof, with new features and services being added as they become available.

Hegel is proud to announce that the first of these upgrades is Chromecast built-in™. Because Chromecast built-in fits perfectly with our philosophy of great sound and ease of use. With Chromecast built-in on Hegel H600, your phone becomes your remote. Simply tap the Cast button from apps you already know and love. No new logins or downloads are required. Use your phone to search, play, pause, and turn up the volume from anywhere in the home. While you're streaming, you can keep using your phone for other things - scroll through social media, send a text, and even accept calls. You can even enjoy music throughout your house when you use multi-room casting with Chromecast-enabled speakers. Chromecast built-in works with hundreds of apps and new apps are being added all the time.

To start using Chromecast built-in, a short setup procedure is required. Just download the Hegel Setup app on Google Play or Apple® App Store® and follow the instructions in the app.

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We are incredibly proud to announce that two products Hegel is launching in its 25th year are lauded with the prestigious EISA award. H600 received the award for Best High-End Streaming Amplifier. "Benefiting from an upgraded digital stage built around a new DAC chip and network board, Hegel's H600 is a worthy successor to the spectacular H590 streaming amplifier. The company's bespoke SoundEngine 2 error-cancelling technology is on hand to deliver a sound with abundant detail and control, aided by a comprehensively redesigned preamp stage that guarantees an organic, honest and compelling performance. All flavours of loudspeaker are welcome, thanks to the H600's hugely powerful '2x303W' output. Generous connectivity, in addition to its LAN port, includes digital inputs on USB-B (384kHz/32-bit; DSD256), three on optical and two via coaxial sockets. Aesthetically pleasing and easy to use, this flagship integrated is a tour de force." - wrote the EISA committee about the H600.

We are incredibly proud to announce that two products Hegel is launching in its 25th year are lauded with the prestigious EISA award. Viking received the award for Best High-End CD Player. "This player from the Norwegian marque takes an unapologetically purist approach, focused on extracting every last drop of performance from your CD collection. To that end, Hegel has engineered a high-quality AKM-based DAC stage and fully balanced analogue output, each fed by separate power supplies, while its proprietary SoundEngine technology also works to suppress digital jitter. An aesthetic match for Hegel's latest pre/power amplifier designs, the Viking's premium-grade sound has to be heard: articulate, three-dimensional and faithful to the source, it makes long listening sessions an absolute pleasure. Excellent build quality and supreme ease-of-use only heighten this CD spinner's appeal." - wrote the EISA committee about the H600.

Great news for everyone connecting their TV to their amplifier. All of Hegel's current integrated amplifiers can now be controlled by the TV remotes of most major TV brands. The TV remote functionality even wakes the Hegel amplifier from standby and switches to the right input. All you have to do is press the volume button on your TV remote. Check out this video for a more detailed description. Make sure to update your device in the Device Menu to get started. This feature works with most Samsung, Sony, LG, and Philips infrared (IR) and Smart TV remotes. It can even be made to work with your Apple TV Siri remote. For setup instructions, please check out support.hegel.com.

Hegel is proud to announce that the H390 and H590 integrated amplifiers have received Roon Ready certification from Roon Labs. Following the Roon Ready update for H120 and H190 in March, Hegel now has a full lineup of Roon Ready integrated amplifiers. Both the H390 and the H590 have received high remarks from hi-fi reviewers and users alike, in part because the products are so complete. Yes, they are both very good sounding amplifiers, but they also come with a very capable DAC and many different streaming options. With Roon Ready, these amplifiers have become even more versatile.

"Hegel is a small Norwegian audio company with a big reputation. In just a few years, the brand has gone from 'wasn't he a philosopher?' to one of the keenest choices for the discerning audiophile seeking out high-performance audio electronics. A good deal of the reason why Hegel has proved so remarkably successful comes down to the innovative circuits designed by Bent Holter, the technical brains behind the brand, who first published papers on audio distortion in 1988. That thesis formed the backbone of Hegel's SoundEngine technology, the first of seven original technical solutions to audio problems that Hegel uses in its audio electronics. The company has been building high-performance digital audio and amplification since the early 1990s, and recently finally responded to almost everyone's requests - the company produced its first-ever phono stage."

Hegel has taken its time adding a dedicated phono stage to its acclaimed series of amplifiers, but it's been worth the wait. The V10 is designed to service a wide range of moving-coil and moving-magnet cartridges, aided by its highly flexible gain, loading and subsonic filter settings that are selected via a matrix of DIP switches underneath the black case. Indeed, the elegant but functional Norwegian styling belies the scope of this vinyl-loving preamp. So it's worth taking the time to dial-up the optimum settings and realise a sound that's both smooth and gloriously insightful, and clearly 'voiced' to partner Hegel's other electronics.

Reviewers across the world are falling in love with the V10, Hegel’s first phono preamplifier. "Effortlessly smooth, gloriously insightful and impeccably voiced for a crystal-clear performance, the V10 is an absolute triumph." - HiFi Choice (UK). See all the reviews by going to the V10's product page.

We are pleased to announce our new integrated amplifier. In fact, the H95 is not just an amplifier, but also a complete streaming solution. Its built-in software is upgradeable over the air, ensuring that improved functionalities and new features are delivered directly to your amplifier, with no hassle, and cost free.

"Sure, your speakers will probably sound better than they've ever sounded before, but this is incredible quality control rather than sheer brute force. £9,000 is a tidy sum for an integrated amplifier, but if I was told it was double this figure I wouldn't have questioned it."

"The Hegel H190 needs a loudspeaker with smooth treble and good bass extension, but the fact that it has so much control over the low end makes the range of options wider than average. Strongly recommended."