HEGEL 190, 390-400, 590-600


What would make the 600 sound better than the 400 and better than the 190. Is it the higher power? Better parts? - Considering only Preamp and Amp section (ignoring the DAC) and assuming not crazily inefficient or large speaker - for argument sake a Harbeth 7 XD .... would one be able to A/B/C correctly and crown the 600 over 400 and 400 over the 190? I always wondered about it - never had the pleasure to audition the upper level - would love to hear real life experience. -Thx

ahal1

@alexbpm, In other words, Overall, while LLMs are powerful tools for generating text and providing information, their limitations highlight the importance of human oversight and critical evaluation when using them for decision-making or expert analysis. 

But Perplexity in particular is for exactly this type of comparison. It’s an LLM enabled search product. 
 

if he came here and said Claude put this together, I’d have concerns. But as a daily user of this technology having a knee jerk reaction and subsequent analysis using vague terms means we’ll be blindsided by the tech when it is the standard. I recall when Wikipedia was thought to be garbage. 

Never fear. AI is here.

The right engine can be very useful for summarizing published information about products succinctly. Like any powerful tool it can be used or abused.

I use Poe Web quite often to help me sort through the noise regarding hifi products and various other current topics. But do take caution….it’s very good but not perfect.

 

The fire at the factory that produced AKM dac chips used in the H390 impelled Hegel to switch to Sabre chips for the H600 and the new replacement for the H390 . . the H400? How this impacts the sonics I can’t say. I’d never depend upon an AI for buying advice, though!