Hegel adds V10 Phono Stage

Hegel Music System from Oslo, Norway, has announced the launch of their first ever phono stage – the V10.

Despite not ever having taken the plunge on Turntable components, and saying they never would, the reverse is now true.

The V10 ships in Mid February, it uses a half width case, in difference to the standard Hegel full width integrated amplifiers.

Last year I reviewed the H120 & H390 Integrated’s and Mohican CD Player and I am a convert to Scandinavian minimalist, well designed, well made, high quality audio. Their amps are known for taking apart the competition of brands like Naim, at lesser prices and majoring on dynamics, low distortion, grunt and power. Personally I ended up buying an H390, as regular viewers/readers will know.

Despite not being a vinyl person, based on my experiences of Hegel products, this product is undoubtedly one to check out, if you are.

This is what Hegel Have to say;

“The V10 is designed with fully discrete input stages using some very special hand matched pairs of FET transistors. Both for the MC and afterwards the MC stages. This ensures very low noise and zero DC feedback to the pick up. After the FET stages a new bipolar op-amp stage takes over for optimal amplification.
Further, the V10 is 100% a dual mono design. It uses an external AC power supply that is specially designed by Hegel for the V10. This power supply has two connectors. One for each channel feeding into the V10. The main features here is a very low noise floor and optimal channel separation. The internal power supplies are also shielded heavily from the gain stages.”

Price

€1,395 / $1,500 / £1,350

Specifications

Amplifier Typology : Ultra low noise discrete JFET transistor input stage for both MC and MM
Gain XLR Out MM: 40dB / 45dB / 50dB / 52dB, MC: 60dB / 65dB / 70dB / 72dB
Gain RCA Out MM: 34dB / 39dB / 44dB / 46dB, MC: 54dB / 59dB / 64dB / 66dB
MC Load Impedance :Freely adjustable between 33 and 550 ohm / 47 kohm
MM Load Capacitance : 100pF / 147pF / 220pF / 247pF / 320pF / 420pF / 467pF @ 47 kohm
Subsonic Filter : Switchable on / off, -3dB at 20Hz, -18dB octave
RIAA Accuracy : +/- 0,2dB / 20Hz – 20kHz
Output Noise : -84dB/MM (“A” weighted ref: 0dBV), -81dB/MC (“A” weighted ref: 0dBV)
Output Impedance : XLR / RCA: 200 ohm
Channel Crosstalk : -84dB @1kHz 0dBV
Frequency Response : 2Hz-20kHz Distortion (THD) MM: < 0.005%, MC: < 0.009% @1kHz 0dBV
Inputs : 1unbalanced (RCA) MM, 1 unbalanced (RCA) MC
Outputs : 1unbalanced fixed (RCA), 1 balanced fixed (XLR)
Power Adapter : Hegel Power Adapter M30103
Dimensions with Feet : 6cm x 21cm x 28cm, 2.4” x 8,3” x 11” (H x W x D)
Weight : 2,2kg/ 4,9lbs unit weight