[Timster]

And, we spent a lot of last year addressing small but real flaws in the fit and finish of our products, like the perpetually-misaligned Magni 3 and Vali 2 knobs (now they are in a machined pocket like the rest of our stuff, so they always align).

Hi, so if I have a Magni 2 with a misaligned knob, is there way to get that resolved?. Minor niggle, but still if there's a way to resolve it, would be good!

 

[mp29k]

I am waiting on Aejir too, with Vidar as a back-up plan. I have been waiting since I cancelled my Vidar order in November after I heard about Aejir coming soon.
Jason said Aejir boards arrive next week and expects to roll out by Feb 28.
I would sit tight if I were you. Jason says Schiit's future with amps will be like Aejir, not Vidar.
For me, it is just a question whether the Aejirs can drive my speakers.
We'll find out soon.

I misread Aegir specs, thought they were 35 WPC into 8 ohms. Gonna go Vidar for sure then. 20 WPC is more than enough to make sound in my speakers, but I want to have power reserves with this second amp. My current one is a 8.5 WPC tube SET amp.

 

[dieslemat]

I misread Aegir specs, thought they were 35 WPC into 8 ohms. Gonna go Vidar for sure then. 20 WPC is more than enough to make sound in my speakers, but I want to have power reserves with this second amp. My current one is a 8.5 WPC tube SET amp.

I believe if you go mono then you get 80Wpc

 

[audio philestine]

I feel bad doing this, since the thread has mostly stayed on topic the last few days, but at the risk of loosening up people's ignore buttons, here goes...

Jayne was by far my favorite character...

While probably the least three-dimensional character on the show, I find he is often one of the most quotable.

Obligatory musical link:

 

[soekris]

Oh, I hear you. We're going to be declaring W7 de facto dead to us when Unison USB shows up, but some people may want to hang on to their Windows 7 machines, and they can use Gen 5 or 3 or whatever. That's why it will be a card first--you have the choice. Putting it in the small products and saying "Tough Schiit" right now ain't a great idea.

In any case, these days it is more important to make sure the popular Linux-based streamers are covered, more than Windows or Mac.

Also, W7 officially ends extended support January 14, 2020, FWIW. Then it is really, truly, 100% dead. Unless you want to roll the dice and end up paying someone in Bitcoin to unlock your computer.

The reason only supporting win10 is software, win10 finally added support for UAC2, while win7 just need a driver.... I would say license a driver, like the one from Thesycon, you need a driver anyway to get ASIO support.

Win7 will work just fine, even after Micro$oft discontinue support, just observe normal safety procedures, like use adblock and noscript and don't click on those emails.... If it wasn't for my CAD software I would have switched to Linux long time ago, so I will stick to Win7 until my hardware can't anymore, I'm afraid Micro$oft will change to a subscription model on the operating system too, and forcing win10 users onto it....

 

[Derrick Swart]

Hi, so if I have a Magni 2 with a misaligned knob, is there way to get that resolved?. Minor niggle, but still if there's a way to resolve it, would be good!

a hammer is very effective!

 

[mp29k]

I believe if you go mono then you get 80Wpc

But that would require I upgrade to Freya. My total budget is under $2000, so I can’t spend $1800 plus shipping on two Aegir. Then I still would need a pre-amp and a DAC.

 

[PioBeer]

How is the Unison USB better than the Gen 5 USB?

 

[Rensek]

But that would require I upgrade to Freya. My total budget is under $2000, so I can’t spend $1800 plus shipping on two Aegir. Then I still would need a pre-amp and a DAC.

I'd heartily recommend Vidar. Plenty of power and mine sounds great. I listen to all types of music.

 

[golfbravobravo]

I'd heartily recommend Vidar. Plenty of power and mine sounds great. I listen to all types of music.

I'll second that. I had a couple of hours of "testing" the RPi-HifiBerry/Freya/Vidar/DIs after moving the NAS last night. NAS not (yet, hmmmm) working, but got checking Tidal and Qobuz out streaming. I'm liking Qobuz more and more but the search is crappy (that may be Roon), why does a new album that precisely matches the search criteria appear on page 3 of the results??????

However, I played Gordon Goodwin's "Sing Sang Sung" and Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" live performance by the St. Petersburg Phil. Turned up loud. Quite loud.......

 

[Mike-WI]

Amp Comparison
A few notes.

Ragnarok
Maximum Power, 4 ohms: 100W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 8 ohms: 60W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 32 ohms: 15W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 50 ohms: 10W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 300 ohms: 1.7W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 600 ohms: 850mW RMS per channel
THD: Less than 0.006%, 20Hz-20KHz, at 1V RMS
IMD: Less than 0.008%, CCIF at 1V RMS, high gain mode (worst case)
SNR: More than 103db, unweighted, referenced to 1V RMS, in gain = 1 mode

Ragnarok 2
???

Vidar
Class AB, $699
Stereo, 8 Ohms: 100W RMS per channel
Stereo, 4 Ohms: 200W RMS per channel
Mono, 8 ohms: 400W RMS
SNR: >125db, A-weighted, referenced to full output

Aegir
Class A, $799
Stereo 8/4 Ohms: 20W/40W RMS
Mono 8/4 Ohms: 80W/160W RMS

 

[Derrick Swart]

But that would require I upgrade to Freya. My total budget is under $2000, so I can’t spend $1800 plus shipping on two Aegir. Then I still would need a pre-amp and a DAC.

Solution is on the way: Rag2

 

[Porteroso]

Just about Windows 10.... I avoided it until I managed to buy a motherboard that only supports windows 10, which was a shock for me. Sure, I could have spent hours force installing drivers, getting my stuff to work, but I decided to just do it, and try to not regret it. It's really just not that bad. If you are super worried about MS spying on you, there are programs that control what Windows sends back to MS. And other than that, there are a few annoying things, but a few seconds of "where did they put that vbhrp789YH$%%$# button?" is worth the hours of force feeding drivers, plus some just won't work anyways. Wait until you have to switch, then grab a NVMe drive, clean install, and don't look back.

About Schiit, someone go get this Tony fellow drunk, then log him into this thread, so he'll drunk post about the Sol. I'm literally ruining my vinyl with a cheap TT, waiting in agony, the least they can do is feed me turntable porn.

 

[Derrick Swart]

Amp Comparison
A few notes.

Ragnarok
Maximum Power, 4 ohms: 100W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 8 ohms: 60W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 32 ohms: 15W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 50 ohms: 10W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 300 ohms: 1.7W RMS per channel
Maximum Power, 600 ohms: 850mW RMS per channel
THD: Less than 0.006%, 20Hz-20KHz, at 1V RMS
IMD: Less than 0.008%, CCIF at 1V RMS, high gain mode (worst case)
SNR: More than 103db, unweighted, referenced to 1V RMS, in gain = 1 mode

Ragnarok 2
???

Vidar
Class AB, $699
Stereo, 8 Ohms: 100W RMS per channel
Stereo, 4 Ohms: 200W RMS per channel
Mono, 8 ohms: 400W RMS
SNR: >125db, A-weighted, referenced to full output

Aegir
Class A, $799
Stereo 8/4 Ohms: 20W/40W RMS
Mono 8/4 Ohms: 80W/160W RMS

If you need more power than all of the above Schiit (as Winders stated, in typical room probably not), here two ‘afordable’ suggestions:
- PAS 2002pca
- Avantone CLA-200

 

[mp29k]

Solution is on the way: Rag2

I’d love to see them put the Rag2 topology into the Vidar/Aegir case as a separate product. Rag 2 isn’t what I’m looking for. I don’t listen to headphones enough to justify the extra cost and I’m skeptical the smaller form factor Multibit card can keep up with the bigger DACs like Bifrost and Gungir. Seems to be a no brainer product. Then they’d have Aegir - Continuity @ 20 WPC, [Unnamed] Nexus @ 60 WPC and Vidar - standard class A/B @ 100 WPC. When they inevitably explore Class D, they can easily get 200 WPC for that one in the same form factor. Max value, and casework already figured out, meaning they can probably keep prices lower (like they always do).