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Have You Tried One Schiit Aegir with LRS

I’m looking for any real-world experience with this combo, as I have (way too many) hours of reading opinions of better and best options.

I have a curiosity about a single Aegir because I currently use an original Freya with a vintage EL34 Marantz 8b to power the 2022 LRS (not +). The 35wpc gives me the 65-90db I listen at in my 10x15’ studio and sounds gorgeous on the jazz, pop, rock I listen to – except where music gets very dense (e.g. Maggie Rogers "That’s Where I Am.") I compared it to my NAD integrated with nominal 80wpc. I can barely turn up the volume before I get to the level where I’m listening. The NAD sounds better with the dense passages, but less silky everywhere. The Schiit amps fit my budget nicely, and I’ve heard one or two reviews say they enjoyed the single Aegir through LRS. Lots of others jump right to using 2 as monoblocks or complain that they clip or trip protection. No one says what kind of SPL that’s happening at. Is anybody using this combo in a similar use case to mine? Or have monoblocks and want to try it out for me? If it’s a bad combo, I will move down my list of amp options. Actually, if anyone tried the Aegir and ended up with Vidar at lower SPL, that would be helpful. Thanks for sharing.

Peter

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decooney
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@peterf6 I was close to buying a single Aegir as a small backup lower power stereo amp to my tube amps on rotation duty, then discovered several references through various sources about how running TWO Aegir amps (XLR/Balanced) is reportedly "so much better", functionally, musically. And, I don’t run an XLR capable preamp, RCA single-ended only - so the idea stopped there. My 6SN7 tube preamp isn’t going anywhere, so back to RCA cable options only for me.

Ended up going for purchase of a used higher power stereo amp that I’ll upgrade, similar to what @jl35 did with the Odyssey situation. Would love to have sprung for a pair of Schiit Tyr amps - but not worth the cost to me as backup amps. However,  IF two of the Aegir amps could function in RCA/Single Ended cable mode instead of the XLR-only requirement, I might have tried a pair of Aegir amps. No dice.

peterf6 OP
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I have a powered  REL T2 now, and it helps with low end extension with more modern production music. I'll look at the Odyssey. Thanks for the insights.

peterf6 OP
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Thanks,@decooney, another recommdation for watts, and I might go that used amp route too. The Freya has pre outs that are balanced and also SE, so works either way...

mesch
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I believe that using a stereo amp having the needed power for a set of speakers having a low impedance is a better option than using using two stereo amps in bridge mode to obtain an increase in power for the same speakers. While bridging may benefit a true 8 ohm speaker, not so much a speaker demanding current do to having low impedance dips.

As I also had interest in the LRS speaker I have followed many threads addressing them. The Odyssey Khartago with increase capacitance often came up as a great pairing for them.  

 

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@peterf6 

see another active thread talking about amps for maggie 3.6's... much useful discussion there you may benefit from

to your specific question, unless you listen very softly, i would not use aegirs (mono pair or single stereo unit) with lrs's - just not enough current capability, they will easily shut down due to the built in protection circuitry

the vidar is the right answer for maggies in schiits lower end amp lineup

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