Should I sell my accuphase for this schiit


I have a super bad ass totally restored Accuphase p-250. I kind of really want to buy a pair of schiit aegir and use them as monoblock amps.  Am I crazy? Will the aegir blow me away? What do you think? 
This is for a bedroom system. 
Source: node 2i 
DAC: Gungnir Multibit 
Preamp: Schiit Freya+Amp: Accuphase p250
speakers: ascend acoustics sierra 2ex 
all the usual tweaks. 


andrewkelley

Showing 4 responses by cmc2234

Well, I'm not sure you looked at the specs... The distortion is clearly lower down to 4 ohms.  Can you explain that?
@georgehifi I haven't done much digging to verify how significantly the quality degrades when bridging an amplifier.  Though I did recently look at the "Guaranteed" specs of the Accuphase A-65, for example, which is a super high quality amp with a massive power supply.  It shows an improvement in THD while in bridged mode, provided speaker ohm is not less than 4 ohm.  However, they still claim bi-amping is best for "optimum sound quality".

Stats below from  http://www.accuphase.com/cat/a-65_e.pdf

Total Harmonic Distortion Stereo operation (both channels driven) 0.07% with 2 ohm load 0.05% with 4 to 16 ohm load
Monophonic operation (bridged connection) 0.03%, with 4 to 16 ohm load

Can anyone explain the above stat and why it contradicts the claim that bridging has a  negative affect on distortion?

Regards  
I won't disparage Schiit gear as I own two pieces and couldn't be more pleased.  However, I was expecting somewhat of a retraction, being that I put up solid evidence that bridging isn't as bad as you claimed... at least with top quality gear.

Another factor here is If the poster takes your advice, you should make him aware that there is no attenuation controls on either amplifier so, he will likely have a significant imbalance between lows and highs that will make his Schiit sound like s***.
OK George, you covered it.  Good enough, though you sound mad.  You mad about something?  

I'm sorry you don't like it when some upstart on the forum corrects you with facts concerning your misleading statements.  Try to put the pride in check George.

Warm regards