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Heed's Audio Thesis
It was established in as a distribution company offering British brands. In , they prepared their first product, StandArt speakers. Since , they have been also offering electronic devices packed in chassis of unusual, as for today, dimensions.
Today, the company is known for something else - integrated amplifiers. The first one was the Obelisk, prepared together with Mr.
Richard Hayem, designer of Nytech and later also of Ion Systems. Huszti and Hayem together designed a small amplifier based on the design developed in the 80s by Richard. This is how the amplifier was developed, and its next version is still manufactured by Heed Audio today. A characteristic feature of the Obelisk - and other products of this company - are the dimensions - the front is half the width of the standard "rack size".
Professional devices are mounted in so-called racks of different heights, but always with the same width: 19" When we take the so-called "wings", i. Heed's devices were smaller than most product, in which they resembled devices of another British manufacturer - Cyrus as well as some Rega products.
The adopted format is excellent because such products do not take up much space, are mechanically compact, and the signal path is very short. Heed benefited from this decision because their amplifiers often sounded as if they were two or even three times bigger. In the case of amplifiers, this means that if we want to stick to a classic power amplifier operating in AB class and do not want to use a switching power supply, and still want to offer w high output - the amplifier must be large.
There is also a second aspect of the "small is beautiful" approach. Looking at the Obelisk amplifier and seeing its price, people who are not experts in audio see not representatives of high quality audio products, but a small, black amplifier with limited functionality. What's more, it costs two or even three times more than a stereo receiver featuring digital inputs, Bluetooth, radio, and sometimes even a file player streamer. Which is also much bigger. The advantages of small devices are still there, these are still very cool devices and they are the core of Heed's lineup.
Its name is a tribute to the French mathematician and astronomer of Italian origin Joseph Louis Lagrange , who worked in France and for twenty years in Berlin for the Prussian king Frederick II. He is known for Lagrange's theorem, or one of several theorems regarding the average value in differential calculus finite increment theorem. Design The amplifier is the most advanced in terms of external design product of this Hungarian manufacturer.
The front is made of black acrylic framed in matte silver aluminum, and - as we read in the company materials - "symmetrically arranged knobs with front milling and a two-element air outlet on the top panel that complete the industrial, but extremely exclusive and consistent style. It benefits from the Transcap proprietary technology , i. RC coupling with the output capacity responsible for the storage and releasing of the energy of the musical signal.
Lagrange offers four line inputs, one phono MM , as well as pre-out and line-out and so-called "HT", and input allowing user to integrate this amplifier with home theater system. The device also has a built-in Bluetooth receiver. One of the advantages of the Obelisk amplifier was the possibility of adding modules to it - a phono preamplifier, and a DAC. The situation here is similar - there is a phono preamplifier permanently built-in, and one can buy a digital-to-analog converter module.
One has to unscrew a small cap on the back of the device and slide the DAC module board in its place, connecting it via a multi-pin connector.
The module costs PLN Operation The device is heavy, compact and well made. Operating the knobs has a nice feel to it - a selected input is indicated on a small display with a blue-ish color, and the volume level by a white LED installed in the knob.
However, the LED does not shine forward, but to the side, which is a much more comfortable solution for user. To control the device one can also use a remote control. It is a plastic unit, not very nice, but it gets the job done. It can be used also to operate Heed's CD transport.
It was powered using the Siltech Triple Crown cable. It was connected with speakers using the Triple Crown cables from the same company. This is amazingly transparent amplifier!
Listening to it and remembering other great devices that I listened to in my system - say SPEC RSA-V10 , which was featured on our cover last month - I was amazed by the fact of how differently music can be presented while following the same direction.
Lagrange follows the path of transparency, selectivity and dynamics. Its sound is incredibly open, but it is not bright. If someone thinks that tube amplifiers sound "muddy", if they thinks that new Accuphase devices sound too dark, and SPEC amplifiers - sweet, the new Heed device will be just for them.
Not because those devices do it wrong, but because Lagrange does it differently. The tested amplifier compared to them seems as if someone had opened a window in front of us.
By refraining from boosting the lower midrange and enriching the upper bass, we get great selectivity. The new Agnes Obel album titled Myopia begins with muffled piano sounds. The instrument sounds as if the sound came from under the water. Anyway, on Myopia there is an intro presented in such a oneiric, muffled way, with a dominant midrange. But right after that in the foreground enters, spaced very widely in both channels, vocals of the singer with a lot of treble.
It's a difficult combination, but the Heed amplifier had no problem with it. For one, it perfectly differentiated these two layers - both in terms of timbre and space. For two - without brightening the vocals, it perfectly "spread" it strongly and broadly, which is what the producer of the album probably wanted. The other end of the band is extremely dynamic and the amplifier goes very low.
At the very bottom it is not as taut as large devices, and yet it lacks nothing. I would even say that it seems to better hit the "point", push the attack harder than the otherwise excellent Accuphase devices. On this last album I again paid attention to the clarity and precision of the treble. If it were a product of any other company, it could end badly. But Heed has accustomed us to natural, not sterile sound.
Thanks to the greater possibilities offered by the Lagrange format, as well as due to its higher price, giving the designers a greater range of possibilities, the company went even further, opening the treble without sharpening it.
The sound is not so aggressive, it is not even bright. It's simply - open. These are digitally remastered recordings and cut from files. They have a slightly shifted tonal balance towards the treble, and the first song has slightly distorted vocals in some moments. Heed showed it like it is, it didn't hide it behind the midrange - it is not a device that could hide anything. However, it did not get to the place where the sound would become annoying.
I just listened to this album as it sounds hearing its downsides but appreciating its qualities too. What's more - I listened to the music, not the sound. And something else - it had been a while since I enjoyed the tube sounding in the opening track so much. It had a great, low timbre and was simply clear - a thing that most amplifiers overlook. Every now and then there was also a light, but tangible!
And all of this served with unrestricted dynamics. That's probably why the space is so expansive here. There is no clear emphasis on the instruments and vocals bodies, this is not a device of this type. There is still something else - a momentum, breath.
Interestingly, it is similar to what I heard from the headphone output. I would, however, be looking for some warmer sounding design, say Audeze LCD-3, to complement the midrange a bit. I haven't heard such an open sound for a long time - not from the devices I tested.
It is also dynamic and there is a great bass. The sound seems to be unrestricted and free of compression. It resembled what I heard with the Swiss X-quisite ST cartridge, costing 10, Euros - this is a similar type of sound philosophy. Timbre differentiation is incredible here, which in combination with fantastic differentiation in sound layers results in a sound in which a lot happens, in which there is a lot of information. It is an amplifier for those who want to feel excitement, nerve, buzz, and do not like brightening of the sound.
If we get used to it, all other amplifiers will seem dimmed, almost broken. The amplifier fully deserves our RED Fingerprint. Front and rear The Heed Lagrange amplifier is a heavy device with an extremely compact mechanical structure. Its housing is made of thick, bent steel sheets.
From the front, an aluminum frame was screwed to them, with an acrylic, black plate placed under it. The white Heed logo shines through it, as well as the blue-ish display showing the selected input.
Knobs to select the inputs and for volume control are made of aluminum. On the rear panel one finds good quality, gold-plated RCA sockets with a Teflon dielectric. Next to the phono input there is also a ground clamp. Extremely on the left side there is a covered slot that can fit in an optional DAC module. Gold-plated speaker terminals of high quality come from WBT. The IEC power socket is integrated with the fuse and above there is a mechanical power switch; the device has no standby mode.
The amplifier features plastic feet. Inside The interior of the amplifier has been tightly filled.
Heed Audio Quasar Manual
Heed took the fundamental design principles, updated it inside and out and resurrected this classic for the 21st century. But there was more to come - freed from the cost constraints of the Obelisk, Heed set about developing the ultimate expression of their audio ideology. Thesis was introduced in as a new superclass of Heed electronics - cutting edge 21st century products, using only the highest quality components and unconventional but carefully designed circuitry installed into precision engineered, "retro futuristic" cases. Each Thesis unit is wrapped in thick powder coated steel casing and feel reassuringly heavy and robust, whilst the black glass fascia is framed with contrasting anodized aluminium for a sharp minimalist look. Compact but exuding quality, a Thesis system has a premium presence in any listening space. It is distinctively eye-catching in design yet discrete in function.
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He and his small team design and manufacture high-end products at reasonable prices. Becoming more and more attracted to the idea of manufacturing products to his own design, in Zsolt introduced his first creation, the StandART loudspeaker. Nearly 1, pairs of this floorstander were sold - an astonishing success on the small and underdeveloped Hungarian market. At that time we met Richard Hay, the legendary designer of Nytech, and later Ion Systems products, and this acquaintance proved to be very important in our activities. These two years of cooperation with Ion Systems were useful experience for us in hi-fi manufacturing, as well as an invaluable learning process in developing and realizing ideas well beyond the run-of-the-mill thinking disappointingly all too common today. Consequently, we have kept many of the unique ideas and technical principles of Richard Hay - use of balanced circuits, external power supplies, active crossovers, avoiding of DC coupling, and so on - even though Ion Systems were ultimately unable to overcome their financial troubles and went out of business. We decided to carry on the spirit of Ion, and formed Heed Audio. Whilst Ion's famous amplifier, the Obelisk, found a second life in our Heed Obelisk Pro, a new amp concept was also elaborated and realized alongside that. Although this exceptional product range - which has very little in common with solid-state amplifiers apart from the transistors generally used in both - is not in production currently, we strongly hope to revive it with a new finish and some minor changes in the foreseeable future.
Heed Audio Obelisk Integrated Amplifiers
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Heed Obelisk Si - Amplificateur intégré
Read more here ». The Obelisk 'pre' is the "command centre" of the Obelisk range, a thoroughbred analogue preamplifier with the option of using one or two of its inputs for digital-to-analogue conversion with add on DAC modules. It is a keenly priced design that more than holds its own against many class-leading but prohibitively expensive high-end competitors. The Obelisk 'pre' accommodates six inputs, one of which is exclusively dedicated to the digital domain and can be used with our optional Dactil 1. While supplied as standard with a generously sized on-board power supply based on a top-quality Noratel transformer and Mundorf capacitors, custom made to our own specifications, the performance can be further enhanced by adding the Obelisk 'px' power supply. Be the first to Write a Review for this item!
Heed Audio Obelisk PRE
JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Need Help? An amplifier or "amp" sits at the heart of your hi-fi system, accepting connections from your music sources such as hi-fi streamer , turntable , etc and amplifying these for connection to your speakers. A split pre and power amplifier set-up is arguably most desireable and offers the best sound quality, but the most popular hi-fi amp is the integrated amplifier , which combines these into one box and is often less expensive. Valve amplifiers offer a warmer sound, stereo receivers simply combines an integrated amplifier with DAB or FM tuner and headphone amplifiers are dedicated to giving you the best sound through headphones only. We also sell multi channel AV receivers for home cinema sound. We pride ourselves on good service and hi-fi is our specialty, so if you need any advice on amplifiers and speaker matching, please call or e-mail.
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