Anyone heard Schiit's Aegir?


Was curious if anyone had purchased a Schiit Aegir? I was wondering how it sounds.
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Showing 4 responses by georgehifi

Thanks, George. That’s a good idea for those who listen at loud volumes and have speakers that accommodate using two amps configured as you suggest.
No, that bi-amp’ing configuration, is not for getting louder music, bridging two amps into mono is, but looses out on quality all over.
It’s 20w of Class-A still for mids and highs with the Aegir, just not making it do bass, which the Vidar would be better at anyway.

Cheers George
However, all you can do is try. You might also consider running two Aegirs as monoblocks.
I wouldn’t do that, yes wattage goes up, but all other properties go down, when you bridge.

Much preferable way if the speakers have bi-wirable speaker terminals.
Is to horizonal bi-amp, using the stereo Aegir in it’s Class-A glory for the uppermids/highs that’s it’s forte, and then a using a much more powerful Vidar for the bass.
And a $49 Sys passive to equalize the gain of both because they have different gains No bridging and no loss of quality on either.
They are very similar in circuit design and will sound as one, just the lower wattage Class-A Aegir is being used where it shines, in the uppermids/highs and won’t be stressed trying to do bass also, that’s up to the Vidar.

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Cheers George

I would never bridge two amps, unless all I needed was more PA watts and prepared to take a hit on every other parameter, including sound quality.

I would use the Aegir just on the mids and highs, and use a Vidar on the bass

Cheers George