Great review! Also the comparison with the Icon Audio Hp8, very interesting to me. Thanks!

Excellent review as always my friend. Thorough and well done.

Great job, Pharmaboy! You certainly sealed my interest in Aegis - with the HP8 comparison.

If you ever get chance would be cool to compare to the big amps: wa23, wa33, envy, aic 10, trafomatic primavera, ha300 mk2 etc.

Great Review, Peter! Easy to read, fun to read, and extremely educational while bringing the reader into the seat of the reviewer. I particularly loved your section on design, and especially the section comparing to the HP8. Congratulations and job well done! You more than did this beautiful amp justice. I got to hear the Aegis in Dallas with AO and it was one of my highlights of the weekend. Your review personifies its great attributes.

Intriguing amp. I am surprised at the high output impedance. What dynamic headphones did you try with the amp? I agree, if meters are going to be used, a little larger size would be nice. Very nice tubes to use. All 3 are some of my favorites, having used the 6SL7 extensively (I have a huge supply of NOS) and the same goes for the GZ34 in NOS metal base, and power tubes of all types of NOS. It would be a fun amp to play with. But the output impedance would seem to be limiting.

I was looking at an amp in the $2,600 range. But this does look intriguing.

This or the Decware?

This looks like that one Cayin amp but in wooden design.

I haven't heard the either amp yet, both are supposed to be sublime with high impedance headphones like ZMF. The difference is the Aegis can drive just about anything, the Decware pairs best with only high impedance headphones.

I have 2 planars and 2 high impedance. So it would be cool if the tube amp played nice with both.

I’m scared