Schiit Aegir-Burn in Period

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. 

@grh1958 the Aegir can be run as mono blocks to get about 80 watts. That only works with XLR inputs into the Aegir, so your preamp needs XLR outs. The stereo Aegir only works with RCA.

Schitt does have a 15-day home trial period.

@yyzsantabarbara I have the Freya + and that has XLR outs on it. I didn't realize until this morning that Shiit has another amp with about 60 wpc the RAGNAROK 2. It is a $100 more. Well like you say there's a 15 home trial but I would imagine that the postage would be on me. Here's to hoping that a Class A amp is worth the sacrifice of power and the dynamics of bi-amping.

I have not heard the RAGNAROK INTEGRATED AMP but this is what I would do. Call these guys after 10AM PST Thurs - Sun. 

The Schiitr

22508 Market Street

Newhall, CA 91321
(661) 495-1618*

Open Thursday thru Sunday, 10AM-6PM.**

I live very close by, and I think I will drop by on Friday after my trip to LAX airport. I called up last month to inquire about a DAC and I think I was given great advice which has saved me thousands on my previous idea of the DAC I want.

I think 2 Aegirs maybe the way I go but it would depend on the speakers. The Aegirs likely work better on the B&W because of the Class A. The Aegir is a dedicated amp while the RAGNAROK has features you do not need since you have the Freya+.

BTW - When I had the Freya+ I liked it with a Benchmark AHB2. Not sure how that would match with B&W buit I used that combo with a bright headphone and had no fatigue issues. I think the B&W would work.

@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.