Monoblock Aegirs


I am moving my old Vandersteen 2ce sig II out of the media room and setting up a 2 channel listening room in a pretty good size space in our front room, 25’ x 25’ with a large adjoining dinning room and 10’ ceilings. I have been known to be asked to turn it down by the wife. I was looking at getting a Cambridge Audio CXN V2 for streaming duties connected to a Schiit Freya + preamp and I am debating on amplification. Curious if anyone has hooked up a pair of monoblock Aegirs to the Sig II’s and how well they drove them on the bottom end? Or am I better off with the Vidar?
Thanks
395garrison

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@ 395garrison, I run my 4435 monitors, with a pair of schiit aegir mono blocks. And the (SQ) is great. My monitors have two 15’’ woofers, the aegirs drive them with no problem. One aegir in mono is 40 watts @ 8 Ohms, 80 watts @ 4 Ohms. I think if you buy them and if you do not like them just return them back to schiit .For the money i think they are fine amps. IMO. BTW, What georgehifi said about bi-amping the vandersteen 2ce sig II is correct. :-)
@ garrison, I meant running mono blocks is a good thing.  That is how i run my speakers two aegirs in mono. What i meant was to follow the Vandersteen instruction manual, on Bi-Amping. Sorry for confusing. :-)
@ 395garrison, Yes they do. My point was if,one Aegir in mono drives them with no problem with two 15’’ woofers. One Aegir in mono should drive your Vandersteen with no problem with one 8’’ woofer. One Aegir in mono is 40 watts @8 Ohms. 40 Watts for your Vandersteens i think is good. So my point is two Aegir should work good. IMO, BTY, I think bi-amping is great ,Just more money more amps. I was just trying to give some insight on the amp. Mike. I hope that helps. :-)