Monoblock Aegirs

George,
I’ll have to take your word, I wouldn’t know what I am looking at. Just want to make them sound good at a somewhat reasonable price. Maybe I will have to buy them all and see what arrangement works best and send what I don’t use back.

Also need to take a look at the Belles Aria that was mentioned when I have some time.

Thanks

Taken from the Schiit mouth directly.

"Bridging is the process of using the output of one side of the amp to drive the inverting input (feedback point) of the other side of the amp, in a typical Lin-topology amp. This is technically "in series" and can have sonic consequences that are not ideal.

Vidar is not a Lin topology. When used as a monoblock, it is simply amplifying a differential signal. It is not bridged."

Something to keep in mind regarding the Vidar Amplifiers.

wturkey

Interesting! I guess I should of probably started off by shooting them an email. Curious if it is the same for the Aegir.

Vidar is not a Lin topology. When used as a monoblock, it is simply amplifying a differential signal. It is not bridged."

This only applies to the input stage, output stage’s negative speaker terminal is still at ground potential therefore will only degrade in many parameters when the amp is "bridged", but gain more wattage.
Only amps that are are "fully balanced amps from input to output stage" with no earth ref will apply, like many Class-D’s. .
And here’s what Schiit told Stereophile As I said the output is "bridged"

" In mono output mode, Schiit says that the Aegir will deliver 80W into 8 ohms (19dBW). With a balanced, "bridged output"

As for the OP he will only be using one Vidar in stereo mode anyway only for the bass of both speakers, in the way I suggested he do it.

395garrison OP

A simple way for the OP to find out, is to ask Schiit if a mono’d "bridged" Vidar will be more or less stable into low impedances than a stereo Vidar, also a tell tale is which one has the "lowest output impedance" and "highest damping factor". This will settle it once and for all.

Cheers George

George,
I dusted off the old owners manual because I thought I recalled some bi-amp instructions. Mr. Vandersteen says no go on the horizontal bi-amping with two different amps idea, he gives a lengthy explanation as to why not on pg. 4. 🤷🏻‍♂️ He recommends vertical bi-amping with two of the same amps.

Aegirs probably wouldn’t have enough in the tank for that configuration.

http://www.vandersteen.com/media/files/Manuals/2ce_signature_ii_manual.pdf