Designed as a true all-in-one solution, the H150 offers outstanding audio performance and ease of use—without breaking the bank. It shares the same advanced streaming platform and control app as their flagship H400 and H600 models, and includes a highly capable built-in MM phono stage.
Hegel have added a USB Drive input, allowing you to connect a solid-state or traditional hard drive directly to the amplifier. Above all, it’s the performance that stands out. The H150 delivers a level of power, scale, and musicality that continues to surprise.
The Prodigy
The H150 Streaming Amplifier is Hegel's most impressive value proposition to date. Nicknamed it the Prodigy because, while being entry level in their range, the H150 displays a level of performance and versatility usually reserved for far more expensive models, showing talent well beyond its price point.
Hegel H150 draws inspiration from the Hegel reference products, but also adds to the user experience with its own unique solutions. With a wealth of connectivity options and a powerful, articulate amplifier section, the H150 is a true all-in-one music solution. It fits seamlessly into a wide variety of spaces and can confidently drive almost any loudspeaker.
Design & Build
While the H150 is a full-width amplifier designed to match standard hi-fi components, its depth of just 35 cm makes it easy to place on or into most shelves and media cabinets. Available in both black and white, the H150's clean, understated design complements any interior. Its robust construction includes a thick, precision-milled aluminium front panel and control knobs, with a steel top cover perforated with heat vents, adding to its compact, modern look. A central OLED display provides clear readouts from a distance and can be dimmed or turned off entirely to suit your environment.
Amplifier Performance
The H150's 2 x 75 W power rating might seem humble, but don't be fooled. This is no ordinary amplifier.
The H150 features a custom class AB amplifier design with Hegel's patented SoundEngine 2 technology, ensuring a class-leading damping factor of 2000 and stable operation down to 2-ohm loads. SoundEngine 2 preserves musical detail and dynamics with stunning clarity, offering an engaging and lifelike listening experience. Powered by a large, ultra-low-noise toroidal transformer and high-speed capacitors, supplying instantaneous current, giving the H150 the grip and punch to control all but the most demanding loudspeakers with ease.
Built in DAC
Inside the H150 is a competent, custom-designed, four-layered digital-to-analog converter (DAC). Inspired by the acclaimed Viking CD player, it leverages Hegel's latest digital advancements to extract rich, detailed sound from both connected digital sources and the internal streaming section.
Streaming Made Simple
Out of the box, the H150 supports an extensive range of streaming options: Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, Qobuz Connect, Google Cast™ Apple AirPlay, and UPnP are all built-in, offering seamless access to your favorite services. The list is ever expanding, and automatic firmware updates keep you at the cutting edge as new services appear. The H150 is a modern performer that effortlessly stays ahead of the curve.
Digital Connectivity
The H150 lets you easily connect your external digital sources. Two optical inputs (one TV-optimised), one coaxial input, a USB-B, and a network port accommodate everything from TVs, streamers, and game consoles to laptops and network nodes.
A USB-A socket lets you connect a flash drive or powered hard disk (and even charge a phone or laptop), with library browsing handled by the Hegel Control app. A coaxial digital output can forward signals from the digital inputs to active speakers, a second system, or an external DAC in a DAC-loop mode, upgrading the digital stage without losing the H150's functionality. It's a level of flexibility that's rare in amplifiers at this level.
Analog Connectivity
The H150 isn't just great with digital sources. Nothing is left to chance on the analog side either. An unbalanced analog RCA input and a true electronically balanced XLR analog input. Most notably, the H150 has a high-quality Moving Magnet phono input that will complement any good MM-based turntable with details and dynamics that are usually reserved for dedicated phono preamps. The amplifier also has a good headphone output and a variable line level output, making it easy to add subwoofers or external power amps.
Everyday Ease of Use
This unit is designed to be as easy to use as possible. Input-sensing on digital inputs and streaming wakes the amp and selects the correct source automatically, while the adjustable auto-standby saves energy after you finish listening. Popular TV-remote codes are pre-loaded for seamless volume and power control with your TV remote.
Any input can be fixed at a high output level, allowing you to control the volume with any connected device, such as your home cinema receiver or multi-room streamer. Multi-room is of course also offered directly in the amplifier, either via AirPlay, Google Cast, or Roon, and voice commands via Google Home or Apple Home are just a phrase away. Control is also available from the elegant aluminium remote or the free Hegel Control app, which offers full input and volume management, plus built-in internet radio and podcasts powered by airable.
The result is an amplifier that makes sophisticated performance accessible to all users.
Talent Beyond its Size
The Hegel H150 Streaming Amplifier proves that greatness doesn't only come in large or expensive packages. It's a compact performer whose talent, versatility and musicality stand out far beyond its peers - a true prodigy.
About Hegel Music Systems
Hegel's story began in 1988. Bent Holter, then a student at the Technical University in Trondheim, Norway decided to do a thesis under the original design of the transistor used in amplifiers, that would cure the problems of traditional hi-fi systems.
The early 90s were a period of initial prosperity for the brand. First, they ensured the patented solution known today as SoundEngine. Later a DAC was developed (1994) and the first CD Player came (1996). Over the next eight years, the company steadily improved its product range and generated more profit year on year. When the financial crisis came, most companies immediately took a defensive strategy which meant cutting costs. Hegel played differently. He hired new engineers to design devices. Sometime later, brand new D/A converters were born.
Today Hegel is one of the best-established brands in the hi-fi market, producing integrated, pre and power amplifiers as well as some of the most modern and sophisticated DACs. The company has dealers in 53 countries and its products are sold all over the world. Awards and press reviews speak for themselves.
Technical Specifications
Power output 2x75W into 8 Ohms @ 1kHz 1% THD , 100/120/230V AC
Minimum load 2 Ω
Analog Inputs 1x Balanced (XLR) 1x Unbalanced (RCA)
Phono input 1 x Unbalanced (RCA) for Moving Magnet (MM)
Digital outputs 1x Coaxial S/PDIF - 24/192
Digital Inputs 1x Coaxial (RCA) S/PDIF - 24/192 2x Optical S/PDIF - 24/96 1x USB B- 24/192 1x USB A 2.0 - USB Drives 1x Network - 24/192
Line level Output 1 x unbalanced variable (RCA)
Streaming Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, Qobuz Connect, Apple Air- Play, Google Cast, airable Internet Radio and Podcast, UPnP (Roon Ready pending certification)
