Hegel Music System To Introduce The H390 Amplifier At CEDIA Expo 2019

August 15, 2019

Hegel Music System is officially launching a new product –– a product they call “Robin Hood” because it takes so much from the reference H590 and gives to the “poor”. The product replaces the H360, and the actual name will be H390.

PRICE
Pricing is the same as the H360, $6,000 retail.

AVAILABILITY
Products should begin shipping the last week of August

PRODUCT SUMMARY (may change)
- 2* 250 watt, with basically same size power supply as H360
- 1 BNC input
- 1 coaxial digital input
- 3 optical digital inputs
- USB input
- Network input
- 1 pair balanced input
- 2 pairs analog RCA inputs
- 1 BNC digital output (from digital inputs only)
- Fixed and variable analog outputs
- Supports MQA on all digital inputs
- Supports up to DSD256 on USB
- Supports up to DSD64 on other digital inputs
- Spotify Connect premium and free (pending certi/ication)
- Apple Legacy AirPlay
- IP Control
- Roon end-point (pending certi/ication)
- Control4 SDDP (pending certi/ication)
- DAC Loop

FEATURES
The H390 shares the new streaming platform with the H190 and H590. This is said to be much more stable than the old one and is also more powerful. Meaning we hope to be able to come with several functionality updates. Like Airplay 2, Roon (very soon), Control4 SDDP etc. Hegel also looks for updates that may further improve the sound quality over Ethernet, without going to further details just yet.
The DAC is very much based on the H590 but simpli/ied.

The H390 also supports internet updates, like the H590. Meaning you can update via the menu. (NOTE: this also becomes available in the H190 after you install update v.20)

All inputs are con/igurable to be either variable or /ixed level. Increased gain on Line-Out: As Hegel ampli/iers has high gain, some have found it
dif/icult to integrate with certain subwoofers. The H390 has higher gain on the pre-out compared to other Hegel ampli/iers.

USB Volume – via the menu, you can open for what Hegel calls USB volume. This means that the connected USB device will remote control the volume of the H390. This is also possible on the H590. Many media players today allow this feature.

Ability to see the IP address in the menu: As Mac has removed their Bonjour program Hegel has made it possible to see the ampli/iers IP address in the menu. That allows you to go
to the ampli/ier home page and customize settings.

SOUND
No circuit boards are the same as in the H360, meaning everything has been improved on the H390. The voicing is, as always, in the analog design and we have taken the H390 quite a bit further compared to H360. It sounds smoother and with more “authority”. Going in the direction of the H590, but just not quite there.

A new thing is that all digital inputs on H390 are routed through the USB’s DSP. This allows MQA and DSD support over Spdif and also further reduce jitter.

Furthermore, every time Hegel makes a new ampli/ier they discover new things. In the H390 the word is “down-clocking”. Meaning that we minimize noise, by reducing the system clock of certain circuits whenever possible. 

SOLD OUT H360
The H360 is now completely sold out. Hegel will keep it live on hegel.com for a few months
to ease sell out of stock.

Any Questions or thoughts please contact brad@hegel.com or phone 805 934 9409.