Heed's Core Value: Musicality Over Metrics
From Hungary, Heed Audio delivers sophisticated designs praised for their dynamic realism and exceptional musicality. Heed focuses on providing high-value, high-performance integrated amps and preamplifiers that prioritize the emotional connection to the music, making them a superb choice for discerning stereo equipment buyers. These Heed Audio integrated amplifiers are known for performing well above their price point.
Heed Integrated Amplifiers
Heed Elixir
The Elixir is a 50 watt per channel integrated amplifier that can make music, at a high level. It comes with a preamplifier with a dedicated output, a power amplifier with plenty of juice to drive anything reasonable, a phono preamplifier to re-discover those black discs, and an excellent headphone amplifier. The MM phono stage is based on the Questar’s circuit. The Elixir is rich and warm and provides great overall musicality and detail.
Specifications
Inputs: 4x line analogue / 1x MM phono
Outputs: 1x stereo speaker / 1x preamplifier out / 1x 6.35mm headphones out
Freq. response (spekers): 10 Hz – 110 kHz
Freq. response (preamp): 3.5 Hz – 300 kHz
Freq. response (headphones): 3.5 Hz – 320 kHz
Input impedance (line): 10 kΩ
Input impedance (MM): 47 kΩ / 100 pF
Input sensitivity: 135 mV
Power (8Ω): 50 W / channel (55 W peak / ch)
Power (4Ω): 65 W / channel (90 W peak / ch)
Max. consumption: 150 W
Idle consumption: 20 W
Weight: 6 kg
Dimensions (WxHxD): 22 x 8.5 x 36 cm
Heed LaGrange S
Being a Transcap amplifier, the Lagrange has all the benefits of the technology that can create this rich and organic sound. The level of detail, the pace, the rhythm, and the overall atmosphere of the music are all in lovely balance.
Heed’s first full size integrated amplifier offers an extended Heed experience. You can love it hysterically, or beat it with gothic metal on a moody day, it always delivers.
– 4 analogue, 1 HT bypass, 1 MM phono and BT wireless inputs
– optional DAC card with USB, coax and optical inputs
– class-A headphone amplifier
– Transcap – output capacitor technology
– discrete bipolar transistor architecture
Specifications
Inputs: 4x analogue / 1x MM phono / 1x HT bypass / BT wireless
Optional inputs: 1x USB / 1x RCA coaxial / 1x Toslink optical
Outputs: 1x stereo speaker / 1x Tape out / 1x Pre out / 1/4″ headphones
Input impedance: 10 kΩ
Power (8 / 4 Ω): min. 60 / 100 W / channel
Max. consumption: 600 W
Weight: 15 kg
Dimensions (WxHxD): 43 x 9 x 36 cm
Experience Heed Audio in Our NoHo Showroom
Hear the superb rhythm and timing of Heed Audio integrated amplifiers for yourself. We offer private listening sessions where you can audition their integrated amps and find the perfect match for your system. Our experts provide consultation to guide your final component selection.