I pair my 2 Aegir amps with a McIntosh C2500 and it sounds glorious to my ears over my Forte speakers. The 2500 was a night and day difference compared to my old Freya+ pre.
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
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@lmartinez_02170Yes, I use the DAC from the C2500. I AB tested this DAC vs the CXNV2 and it was a very big improvement over the CXN. I still use the CXN but not it's internal DAC. I really love the C2500. It was such an improvement even my Amazon echo listening wife declared it sounded amazing and demos it to her friends ;). I purchased it used mid 2021 and I couldn't be happier with the value/$ I received. |