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..."
