Choosing Amps & Preamps
Systems for Driving Speakers
New to the world of speaker amps and preamps? Unsure what you need? Don't panic. We'll help:
Saga 2, from $279. Choose Saga 2 for the highest value preamp in the world. Literally. There's nothing like this for anywhere near the price.
Choose Saga 2 for:
Discrete, Class A, differential, zero-feedback gain stage with 2 settings
Relay switched stepped attenuator for perfect volume matching
IR remote control standard; Forkbeard™ optional
Kara F, from $799. Kara is a true end-game, solid-state balanced preamp...without a mortgage-worthy price. With a balanced 128-step relay volume, balanced inputs and outputs, and remote control, it has everything you need.
Choose Kara F for:
Differential, discrete, Nexus™ topology
Forkbeard™ and IR remote standard
State of the art measurements
Freya+ F, from $999. Want end-game, balanced...and tubes? Step up to Freya+ for the ultimate preamp experience. Like Kara, it has a perfectly balanced 128-step relay volume, balanced inputs and outputs, and remote control.
Choose Freya+ F for:
Tube balanced, passive, and solid state differential output options
Ultimate flexibility for inputs, outputs, and modes
Forkbeard™ and IR remote standard
See Freya+ F
Rekkr, $149. Want great sound on your desktop? Rekkr is a tiny speaker amp that delivers hiss-free, Class AB performance. You can even run them in mono for two palm-sized monoblocks!
Choose Rekkr for:
Desktop speaker systems
Ability to run in mono
Gjallarhorn, from $299. Want great sound on your desktop, or in a nearfield system, or even in a small room? Gjallarhorn is a great way to do that, without taking up a lot of space.
Choose Gjallarhorn for:
Desktop, nearfield, and small room systems
Continuity S™ performance
Ability to run in mono from balanced sources
Vidar 2F, from $899. Here's the one amp you need–capable of driving virtually any pair of speakers out there with power and authority, and without the "Class D" and "switching supply" compromises you usually see at this price.
Choose Vidar 2 for:
Exceptional power and control
Forkbeard™ standard—power output, system health, and more
Ability to run in mono at 400W into 8 ohms
Aegir 2F, from $999. Depending on your point of view, this is either a lower-power Vidar 2, or a higher-quality, power-limited amp using our unique Continuity™ constant-transconductance output stage. Both views are valid.
Choose Aegir for:
Excellent sonics with efficient speakers
Forkbeard™ standard—power output, system health, and more
Ability to run in mono at 80W into 8 ohms
Wotan, from $1999. This high-power dual-mono Nexus™ differential amplifier with Forkbeard™ standard will drive pretty much any speaker on the planet, with ultimate finesse, to ear-bleeding levels. Get one and be done.
Choose Wotan for:
Ability to drive any speaker with 200Wx2 into 8 ohms, 400Wx2 into 4 ohms
Forkbeard™ standard—power output, system health, and more
Switchable overall feedback for more system matching options
Tyr, from $3298 for a stereo pair. This is our all-out, totally-nuts, Nexus and Continuity™ choke-input monoblock power amplifier. At 50 lbs each, and 2 required for stereo, Tyr is the top of our amp line.
Choose Tyr for:
Ultimate sonic performance for virtually any speaker
High power, 200W into 8 ohms and 350W into 4 ohms
Complete safety with intelligent protection
GigaStack, from $4247. Completely over-the-top, completely Forkbeard-enabled, this is the system you choose when you want to be done with the audio merry-go-round.
A GigaStack includes:
Gungnir 2 Multiform™ DAC wth Unison 384™
Kara F or Freya+ F Preamp (choose one)
Wotan Nexus™ differential power amp