King of damping factor Accuphase E-5000 vs defeated by hegel H390 integrated amplifier

HISTORY
A The model was released in honor of the 50th anniversary of the company.
H It’s the upgrade version of the Hegel H360 integrated amplifier. The original intention of the H360 is to be a power amplifier with an integrated DAC and network audio streaming function, Launched at the 2019 High End show in Munich

CONTINUOUS POWER OUTPUT
A 240W into 8 Ω, 320W 4 Ω
B 250W into 8 Ω,  490W 4 Ω, minimum load 2 Ω

POWER CONSUMPTION IDLE
A 98 Watts
H 67 Watts

TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION
A 570 Watts
B 830 Watts

DIMENSIONS
A 465x211xx505mm
B 430x150x380mm

WEIGHT
A 33.8kg
B 22kg

PRICE
A $6694,56 in Japan
H $5491,02

FREQUENCY RESPONSE
A 20Hz-20kHz
B 5Hz-180kHz

S/N RATIO
A 126dB input shorted
B 100dB

DAMPING FACTOR
A 1000
B 4000

CAPACITORS
A 40000 µF/100V  X  2 pcs total
B 10000 µF/80V  X  8 pcs total

OUTPUT TRANSISTORS
A 5 Pairs per channel A1943N  C5200N 15A
B 4 Pairs per channel C5949/A2121 15Amax

THD
A   0.05%  20 – 20kHz
B (20Hz-20kHz; 0dBW/–20dBFs) 0.0025–0.01%/0.0001–0.0005%
@ 50 W 8 Ohms 1 kHz

INTERMODULATION DISTORTION 
A 0.01%
H 0.01% 19kHz + 20kHz

OUTPUT CONNECTION
A MOSFET
H Relay

POWER PEAK METER
A . Yes
H.  No

PRE-AMPLIFIER
A .
H .

DAC Input
A Yes
H.Yes

SPEAKERS SWITCH AB
A. YES
H. NO

MINIMUM OUTPUT IMPEDANCE LOAD
A 4 Ohms
B 2 Ohms