Schiit Aegir-Burn in Period

@yyzsantabarbara I just watched a review comparing the Aegir 2 to a Vidar 2 amp also made by schitt and that amp sounded promising as well. The Aegir has already shipped and it’s just as well because it’s the only way I’ll know for sure if it’s what I want. I live in Northern N.H. close to the Canadian border. It’s a small town of about 2500 people and there isn’t any high end audio gear stores out here. I don’t really know anyone personally up here that even has a stereo, lol. So I do need to shop online places with a good return policy and schiit’s isn’t bad. I googled the amp Benchmark AHB2 and it looks pretty badass, but a little rich for me. I recently bought a gustard A26 dac and after I upgrade my amp I’m going to have to tighten my audio gear budget for a while. Thanks for the info and suggestion about calling schiit and I think I will.

There was a review of the Vidar and Benchmark AHB2. The Vidar did well against the AHB2.  The AHB2 is not one I would recommend with B&W but since you have the Freya+ that would work. If you can make the Aegir work power wise, then that would be a good system.

@yyzsantabarbara I got my Aegir 2 about a week ago and the wpc isn't an issue for music at all. I do watch some TV shows off the internet, so on one occasion I turned up the volume on a weak but bassy audio signal that had the woofers visibly bouncing on the B&W"s and the aegir shut down in protective mode. Other than that I can turn it up louder than I need to for streaming music. It has a full fat hi end soundstage that I'm more happy with, though I would have liked to have heard the Vidar amp in comparison, but don't want or really need the hassle The amp did cause a little listening fatigue for the first few days but it has been broken in so that it isn't an issue anymore. The rich sound it gives off seems to travel a greater distance at the same volume level than my emotiva amp did, I can hear in more in another room.This is a very addictive hobby though and I'm already focusing on other tweaks. I appreciated your helpful and encouraging input. Thanks!!

@grh1958 Congrats on the Aegir working for you. I have not heard the Vidar but I would rather take a chance on the Aegir over the Vidar. Even though the Aegir is low cost it is a rather good Class A. My Aegir 1 suffers a bit from mechanical noise that is really not that bad and your Aegir 2 has resolved. Sonically the Aegir is really good.

I moved my killer tube headphone amp to another room because an all Schitt stack came close to the headphone amp. That gave me options.

Schitt Aegir 1 | Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp | Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC.

@yyzsantabarbara The Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC looks like a pretty good deal, I would imagine that it just oozes a quality sound. A fews months ago I replaced my denafrips ares with a used gustard A26 for a pretty good price. I think it went at more of a discount because of MQA’s format is being discontinued but’s still a very good sounding dac.

While I know that headphones can offer a fantastic soundstage my preference has always been chest thumping speakers. If I lived in an apartment I would definitely consider them or have both but I own a house without any neighbors that are close enough to worry about.

Shiit does seem to offer good quality products for reasonable prices which in the world of audiophile gear their value stands out. I never intended to make home audio a hobby, but I kind of fell into about 2 or 3 years ago by just telling myself I’m just going to upgrade this this one component and then I’ll be done. Somewhere along the line I just couldn’t stop. I’m not wealthy and this hobby seems to be a really big money pit 🤑, but I really enjoy listening to music as well as tweaking and upgrading.

I hear it’s pretty hot out your way in Santa Barbara so stay out of the hot sun. 🏝