Thanks to all for the input, I think I am close to reaching 100 hours and was wondering if I can expect any additional improvement. So far so good. Thanks Bob.
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I just got an Aegir 2 today, and within first 20 minutes, pushed it into protection mode. It simply couldn't handle some serious George Duke funk! Oh... and I'm running it into my Cornwall IV's. I really like the sound so far, but the high's have a papery swishy sound to to them, that I hope will clear up When or IF it breaks in. I'm hearing other really good qualities though, but if it keeps shutting down on me, that will be a deal breaker. I really thought 30wpc would be plenty for my Cornwalls.
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@mirolab I ended up returning the Aegir 2 because it was going into protection at lower volume than my original Aegir, which surprised me. I ended up returning it for that reason and getting another OG Aegir to run monoblocks. Very happy with them. To be honest, though, I liked the sound of the Aegir 2 more than the OG Aegir. It’s a great amp. |
I just ordered an Aegir 2 amp yesterday and I'm a little wary over if going to be enough power for my B&W 706 s2 speakers. The minimum wpc of the B&W's is 30 the same as the max of Aegir 2 is 30. I have been using an Emotiva BasX A4 bi-amped to 4 channels with 100 wpc and it sounds pretty good to me. But I can't help but wonder how much better it would sound with a higher quality of an amp. I guess I'm weighing out if losing the much higher wpc with the emotiva will negate the benefit of low wattage but a higher sonic quality I have a Rel T/X7 for the bottom which hopefully helps enough given that the Aegir 2 lower wpc may give off a lower bass impression off the speakers themselves. I would love to hear all of your opinions before the Aegir is shipped. |
Both my Schitt Yggi+ DACs took 1 month of heavy playing to settle. My Aegir, which is used as a headphone amp did not take much time. It runs hot so maybe that helps in the components settling faster. BTW - I put together a new headphone system 2 days ago after having some of the components idle for the longest time. Schitt Aegir 1 amp | Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp | Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC | RAAL CA-1a phone | RAAL TI-1b interface I had other DACs in the chain before and it was sonically close to my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp, but really not as nice. However, now with the LIM DAC I am almost at the VM-1a level. A shocking surprise and one that allows me to move the VM-1a to another room. The Aegir is one nice amp.
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