The Hegel H600 is an integrated amplifier and the successor to the H590. It delivers 303 watts into 8 ohms, has a damping factor of 4000, and can drive 2-ohm loads. It uses a dual mono design and a preamplifier with the volume attenuator from Hegel's reference P30A amplifier. SoundEngine2 correction technology is built in, and all circuitry is designed in-house.
The built-in D/A converter is a bit-perfect design with no resampling or upsampling. It has a large dedicated power supply and is shielded by a thick steel plate to keep out interference from other electronics. The chassis is aluminum, with a solid bottom, a top cover with vents milled in two layers, and large aluminum feet with an anti-scratch design. The large control knobs have touch control.
The H600 streams over UPnP, Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2, Tidal Connect and Chromecast built-in. Roon Ready is pending. All digital inputs except USB have signal sense, so a connected device can wake the amplifier and select the right input. Maximum volume can be limited. The amplifier can be programmed to respond to common TV remotes. Most inputs can be set as a fixed high-level Home Theater input. Firmware updates are free and install automatically.
- Type
- Integrated amplifier
- Power
- 303 W into 8 ohms
- Damping factor
- 4000
- Drive capability
- 2 ohms
- Design
- Dual mono
- Chassis
- Aluminum
- Analog inputs
- 2 pairs True Balanced XLR, 2 pairs RCA
- Digital inputs
- LAN network port, USB 32-bit/384 kHz (supports DSD256/DoP), 3 x optical, 1 x coaxial, 1 x BNC true 75-ohm
- Analog outputs
- 1 pair RCA fixed-level, 1 pair RCA variable-level
- Digital output