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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?
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395garrison

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glissando
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Your better to use the Aegir on the mids and highs and the Vidar on the bass and if they are different gains use a Schiit Sys on the louder of the amps to reduce it to the others level then use your Schiit Freya + preamp as the master still.

That’s a really bad idea. Particularly for a Vandersteen which has been phase aligned with such care in it’s design.

You should vertically bi-amp with 2 identical amps. If you doubt me just give Vandersteen a call. They're happy to talk to customers about such issues.

glissando
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Looks like 395garrison posted while I was writing and even provided the reference from Vandersteen ;~)
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