{"id":153151,"date":"2022-12-23T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T18:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=153151"},"modified":"2022-12-23T18:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T18:29:09","slug":"schiit-vidar-2-class-a-b-stereo-assistant-with-convenient-power-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-vidar-2-class-a-b-stereo-assistant-with-convenient-power-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Schiit Vidar 2: Class A\/B stereo assistant with convenient power button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Vidar 2 is an old school powerhouse\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schiit.com\/products\/vidar2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced by<\/a>\u00a0Schiit more than five years after\u00a0the\u00a0first version of this model was released.\u00a0Vidar 2, like its predecessor, is made in a completely proprietary Schiit ideology, which can be described as \u201cnothing more\u201d.\u00a0Its fully discrete class A\/B current feedback circuit delivers 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms and 200 watts per channel into 4 ohms.<\/p>\n<p>Differences from the original &#8211; improved power supply, higher quality components, more accurate temperature control and relay output.\u00a0In addition, a power button appeared on the front panel (or rather, stand by mode).\u00a0Previously, a lone LED was located in its place, and to turn off the device, you had to reach for the back wall, and many users complained about such ergonomics.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/349_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the rest &#8211; everything is as before.\u00a0Schiit calls the Vidar 2 an &#8220;exotic topology microprocessor controlled dual mono line power amplifier&#8221; from a 600VA transformer.\u00a0The amplifier is offered in two finishes &#8211; black and silver.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, the Schiit Vidar 2 stereo speaker was priced at $800, with the silver trim costing an additional $50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schiit Vidar 2 is an old school powerhouse\u00a0introduced by\u00a0Schiit more than five years after\u00a0the\u00a0first version of this model was released.\u00a0Vidar 2, like its predecessor, is made in a completely proprietary Schiit ideology, which can be described as \u201cnothing more\u201d.\u00a0Its fully discrete class A\/B current feedback circuit delivers 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms and [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/schiit-vidar-2-class-a-b-stereo-assistant-with-convenient-power-button\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":153152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-153151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}