Schiit Aegir Review

The Aegir is the class a bias version of Schiits Vidar. Beyond 10 Watts of Class A standing bias Schiits explanation outpaces my ability to boil it down into simpler terms.

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The Aegir has got 10 watts of class A.

Schiit aegir review. The Schiit Aegir amp is intriguing because I have always loved the sound of Class A amplifiers. This is a review and measurements of the Schiit Aegir stereo Power speaker amplifier. Sounds like Class A without the Class A inefficiency.

It is on kind loan from a member who has been patiently waiting since August for its review. I just love what they do to the mids and highs. While working on last months reviews I connected the Schiit Aegir to Wharfedales 1198pair 85th Anniversary Linton Heritage loudspeakersand brother oh brother.

With the Raggy the venerable KEFs lose their Brit-fi reserve and bust loose. One that combines exceptional music-making and rhythmic sophistication with the purity natural-ness detail and timbral accuracy associated with the highest quality amplifiers. Stereo imaging was superb thats what the LS50 is.

I couldnt wait for the Lintons to arrive so I hooked the Aegir up to my Kef R3. Aegir runs hotter than Vidar. Schiit has hit a major homerun with their Aegir Continuity amp.

20 watts 8 Ohms and 40 in to 4. The Schiit website claims Aegir uses an exotic current-feedback topology as well as a 100 percent linear power supply with 7 separate voltage rails and 600VA transformer and microprocessor. The Aegir is very heavy substantial and serious looking piece of audio gear in black.

I was impressed enough that I was closely following and very excited for its release. Fueled by the Aegir the LS50s sound took on a burnished glow with the tone richer and sweeter than Im used to. Magni Heresy Review Jules B TLR Technology Let me wrap up this review with a few quotes.

But Ive heard that before. In fact in Schiits faq they say. The Aegir is sold direct by Schiit and costs US 799 plus shipping.

To my ears it retains a lot of the great SET attributes Ive come to love but with way less distortion especially IMD way more dynamic headroom unraveling details Ive never heard before with the Mayer amp. It has a new topology which is as good according to them past 10 watts. Schiit speaker amps - my first time hearing one at home since I owned an OG Raggy.

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Add its spectacularly affordable price and it becomes a must-have. The Schiit Aegir amplifier shows every sign of being a break-through product. 10W of Class A bias and a Continuity output stage gets you 150-160W into 4 ohms mono with performance very very similar to Class A without the several amperes of standing current and massive heat usually necessary for Class A at that level.

Previewed at RMAF 2018 heres what we know about the Aegir. I remember that Emotivas XPA-1 L amp did 35 watts class A 8 ohms and 250 watts of power past that at that price. Schiit Aegir amp Review.

Posted October 22 2020 After reading the stellar reviews of the newish Schiit Aegir amplifier I recently acquired one. That sweet-sounding combo helped me remember why I hold the Stanley Brothers in such high lonesome reverence. Luckily I secured two very efficient loudspeakers for the review the Tekton Designs Moab speaker at 98db efficiency and the JBL L200 which take just one watt to produce 84db of volume.

While I wont go as far as to call it tube-like this amp does channel a coherence and warmth that is quite pleasing and if youre coming from other solid state amplifiers this quality may surprise you with how musically engaging it is. Ever since I reviewed it Schiits Ragnarok integrated amplifier 1499 has been my No1 favorite amp to power KEFs LS50 s. The first is Good audio is getting cheap and cheap audio is.

What I found when paired correctly though is that there is a luminous warmth to the Schiit Aegir. I briefly heard Aegir at RMAF before a very early prototype decided to take an early break from the rest of the show. The Aegir is closer in spirit to a Class A amplifier offering according to Schiit 20wpc into 8 Ohms 40 wpc into 4 Ohms and 80wpc into 8 Ohms when a pair are run as monoblocks.

The amp is in the image above. Well thats the holy grail of amplifier designers and this is the Schiity version the Aegir 20w power. The 60Wpc 8 ohms Ragnarok plays the LS50s with major kick-ass jump and boogie.

The amp is a 20 watt class A design they call Continuity I finally found the time to get it hooked up today and IMO the sound lives up to the hype. I split my Aegir listening sessions between two sets of speakers the low sensitivity KEF LS50 and high sensitivity Klipsch Forte III speakers.

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