The new Schiit Aegir Amplifier now shipping

George,

Just because Aegir looks like Vidar does not mean it is like Vidar. Any Class A-like design that fits in the same box as a Class AB design is going to have lower power and higher bias. There are no surprises there. Just like there are no surprises in that there are transformers, capacitors, resistors, and heatsinks used in both designs. 

The "whole different design" I am talking about is the high-bias Continuity design aspect. Vidar is nothing like that. Vidar is a classic Class AB amp. Aegir has an unique output stage and has a lower bias that a 20 watt Class A would have.

This is Schiit co-founder Jason’s take on the Aegir’s design history:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/schiit-happened-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-improbable-start-up.701...

Just because Aegir looks like Vidar does not mean it is like Vidar.

Look very closely at the components and the pcb layout, if your any kind of tech you will see what I mean, and if you know different, please put a link up that proves me wrong. As I’d love for it to have totally different topology??

Cheers George

celander
George, your second image link appears dead.

Works for me, here they are again.

Vidar https://www.schiit.com/public/upload/general/vidar-internal-1920.jpg

Aegir https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=193139
If you still can’t see it here it is using image hosting.
https://ibb.co/2gfDdK0


Cheers George

Must be my iPhone X. Same link still dead; other alternative link works.

@George: check out the head-fi link. It’s not a picture but an explanation that’s likely better than a picture.

@celander  

It appears @georgehifi would rather be right than try to understand how Aegir is not like Vidar and is more like the Lyr 3. No, not in size or components uses...but in design. The Head-Fi post you link to describes it well.

By the way, I really like the sound I get from the Lyr 3 and people I know that have access to Aegir really like it for the price point.