Hegel

Viking

The Hegel Viking is a dedicated 12 cm Redbook CD player designed for native 16/44.1 playback, using a dedicated laser and CD drive, a state-of-the-art DAC, and no upsampling or signal processing. Its drive and DAC are controlled by a discrete Hegel Master clock using a low-phase-noise quartz crystal and SoundEngine technology; the analog stage incorporates an analog low-pass filter and Line Driver technology. Outputs comprise one fixed balanced XLR pair, one fixed unbalanced RCA pair, and one BNC true 75-ohm digital output; specifications include 2.5 V RMS analog output, 0 Hz–22 kHz frequency response, distortion below 0.0015%, and dimensions of 9.9 × 43 × 30.5 cm at 7.3 kg.