No single best amplifier here. What decides it is what you have to drive, what you need to plug in, and how much of the system you want in one box.
| Area | Better | Why |
|---|
| Power | evenly matched | Effectively the same output - 150W against 150W into 8 ohms is under 1dB, which is not an audible difference in loudness. |
| Room size | depends | We rate Hegel A200 the better fit for desk or near-field listening, a small room and a mid-size room, and Cambridge Audio Evo 150 for a very large room. Match the amplifier to the room you actually have, not the one you want. |
| Speaker load rating | A | Hegel A200 is rated down to 2 ohms against 4, so it is the safer partner for a low-impedance speaker. |
| Built-in DAC | B | Cambridge Audio Evo 150 has a DAC on board; the other needs an external one, which is another box, another power lead and another purchase. |
| Analogue inputs | A | Hegel A200 takes more analogue sources - 4 against 2. |
| Use with a TV | depends | Only Cambridge Audio Evo 150 has HDMI ARC, so the television can drive it directly and one remote controls the volume. If the system is for music only, this changes nothing. |
| Room to grow | evenly matched | The same expansion options on both. |
| Amplifier class | depends | Hegel A200 is Class A/B and Cambridge Audio Evo 150 is Class D. Class A/B runs warm and is the long-established mainstream choice; Class D runs cool and draws almost nothing at idle. Modern examples of both measure well - judge by the rest of the page. |
| Shelf space | depends | Cambridge Audio Evo 150 takes up about 32% less shelf area (1190cm² against 1763cm²), and it is 38mm shallower, which is the measurement that decides whether a rack door shuts. |
| Price | B | Cambridge Audio Evo 150 costs less - $3,249 against $3,995 at list. |
A Hegel A200 B Cambridge Audio Evo 150
depends neither is better in the abstract - it turns on your room, your system or how you will use them. Only specs published for both amplifiers are judged; anything missing on either side is left out rather than guessed.
Which should you choose?
The usual trade-off: Hegel A200 measures better, Cambridge Audio Evo 150 costs about 19% less. With most speakers in most rooms that gap is smaller in practice than it looks here. If this sits under a television, Cambridge Audio Evo 150 is the one to buy - HDMI ARC means the TV remote controls the volume and there is no second box in the way. If you already own a DAC or a streamer, the built-in one is money you are paying twice for, and Hegel A200 becomes the more rational buy.
What a spec sheet cannot show: how either sounds with your speakers, how the controls feel day to day, and what the app is like to live with - which is where most all-in-one amplifiers are actually won or lost. Power figures are the manufacturers' own and are not measured to a common standard, so treat small differences as noise. If you can hear both, that will tell you more than any row above.