I am listening to a Freya+ and Aegir driving Dynaudio Special 40s and I love it. NOS Stlvania and RCA tubes in the pre. I dont know why you wouldn't get a Freya unless you dont want to deal with tubes. The standard Freya is cheaper than the + and is solid state only.
Schiit Aegir pre-amp recommendation
I have a newly acquired Aegir and currently matched to Kef Ls50s with a NAD 326BEE as the preamp.
Does anyone have any experience with a non-Schiit preamp that matches well with the Aegir?
My thoughts: I've had a lot amps in my day and I think the Aegir is pretty darn good for what it is especially if matched with a class A pre (like the 326bee). I like it's small form factor and for a small room with the KEF LS50s it is pretty satisfying. So I liked to match it with a high quality preamp with remote and phono pre. Hopefully it's small form also but this along with the phono pre are not deal breakers.
I was thinking LTA MZ2. I like it's small form and that it will bring in a little tube softness.
Any thoughts hopefully someone with experience