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Hegel H590

New to audiogon and first post. I'm planning on preordering the Hegel H590 soon. They'll be driving my KEF Reference 2's which should be a huge upgrade from my Denon AVR.

Anyone heard this integrated yet?
Anyone heard an official ship date?

Thanks,
Hugh Jahsol
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yyzsantabarbara
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https://www.hegel.com/products/integrated/h590

Do not understand why Hegel does not make this a ROON endpoint. Especially, considering they wrote their own OS for it.
yyzsantabarbara
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This is the 2nd company that I heard is doing a custom OS, ROON and Hegel.

When I heard that PS Audio is writing their own version of ROON I decided to not go for the DS DAC.

I am a software guy myself and cannot see an audio company doing software well. Though  I think the ROON guys/gals can pull it off since they are a software company.
yyzsantabarbara
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A few reviews on the H590 post on the Hegel web site.

yyzsantabarbara
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https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/95-leaked/1220-hegel-music-systems-h590-integrated-amplifie...
yyzsantabarbara
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I contacted Hegel about hearing this in S. Cal but none of their dealers have bought one yet. I do know that the Suncoast dealer in Florida has the Hegel and a ton of other integrateds. You may want to give him a call and talk to him about it relative to the other great units he sells.

https://suncoastaudio.com/product-category/integrated/

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