Hegel H95 vs Arcam SA30 - sound comparison

If you like these videos and would like to see more, consider buying me a coffee :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/georgedomse Read the description carefully. SORRY FOR THE MESS in the SA30 recording - I was quite in a hurry and my son is a Lego fanatic... :) Let's audition Hegels entry level H95 against Arcam's almost-top-of-the line integrated the SA30. The SA30 did not have Dirac enabled (I went through the tidious process of measuring and setting up but the result was way worse - less pleasing, hard- so I simply turned it off. Dirac is not my cup of tea.) I have a favourite of the two that may surprise you - but what do you think? Associated equipment: Tidal though built-in streamers of the amps (w/ mconnect) Viablue power cable HiDiamond D3 speaker cables KEF LS50 Meta Vibra-R absorbers Norstone Stylum Stands Contents: 0:00 Intro 0:05 H95 Acoustic 1:10 SA30 Acoustic 2:17 H95 Bass/Dynamics 2:54 SA30 Bass/Dynamics 3:24 H95 Female vocals 4:37 SA30 Female vocals 5:48 H95 Imaging 6:54 SA30 Imaging 7:45 H95 Male vocals 8:43 SA30 Male vocals 9:32 H95 Power/transients 10:40 SA30 Power/transients Songs in order: Nils Lofgren - Keith Don't Go Brian Bromberg - Elephants on Ice Skates Maria Mena - I Was Made For Loving You markusphilippe - Pink Panther Hans Theessink - Feel Like Going Home Dream Theater - Invisible Monster