TWOCHANNEL REFERENCE BUILD
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Classical, jazz, chamber music, and voices receive a clear, spacious presentation from streamed music. The Revel speakers and Hegel amplifier give orchestral changes enough scale while keeping small ensembles intelligible. Setup matters, and the system gives up the softer glow of tubes and the option to play vinyl, but it keeps daily listening straightforward.
STREAMER
Cambridge Audio CXN100$1,209.50
INTEGRATED AMP
Hegel H190v$4,600
SPEAKERS
Revel PerformaBe F228Be$5,500
Traits and placement
Read from the component list, not from listening.
- Tagged Musical-Truth — the components read as leaning Neutral
Price$11,310
$2,769$127,475
Bass extension27 Hz
47 Hz18 Hz
Lowest frequency response across the system’s components. Approximate — a component is excluded only when it declares an amplifier wattage without also declaring a sensitivity figure, so an amplifier that happens to report a sensitivity slips through and can pull the reading down.
Drive difficulty90.0 dB/W
99.0 dB/W85.0 dB/W
Speaker sensitivity normalised to 8 ohms. Approximate — we do not record whether a figure was quoted per watt or per 2.83 volts, so a non-8-ohm speaker can be out by up to 3 dB.
System Components
Signal Chain
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Signal chain complete — source to speakers
Accessories
Sources
Processing
Control
Amplification
Outputs
Cartridge
Tonearm
Turntable
Tuner
Music Server
Streamer
CH
CD PlayerTransport + DAC
Digital Audio PlayerPortable Source + DAC
C
Phono Preamp
H
DAC
Surround Processor
Preamp
Stereo ReceiverTuner + Amp
AV ReceiverProcessor + Amp
Power Amp
Multichannel Amp
Integrated AmpPreamp + Power Amp
H
Headphone Amp
H
Floorstanding
P
Bookshelf
Subwoofer
Center / Surround
Atmos
In-Wall / Ceiling
Powered SpeakerAmp + Speaker
Over-Ear
On-Ear
In-Ear
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Built September 2026 · Updated 20 days ago · v1