OK, so as you might have guessed it was hard to not just sit down and give the Tyr's a good listen before letting them burn in for awhile. Yup, I failed at that challenge, and have been listening to them for a number of hours tonight.
So first impressions of Tyr vs Vidar 2 when paired with the Brutes......The Tyr's are really next level over a single Vidar 2, but keep in mind I have not listened to two Vidar's running as mono blocks, so there is that.
TLDR: The Tyr's have an "Immediacy" that the Vidar just does not have. Think driving a sports car with a V6 vs a V12, the car with the V12 is just more fun in every way.
Ok, Ok for all those that are saying, well duh.. An Amp with double the power and being a monoblock should be better. Well let me continue. Many things in this hobby are said or sold as being next level but as most of us know you quickly get to a point of diminishing return. The difference between spening 100 bucks and 1000 bucks may be 100% better in SQ, but if you sell that what every it was for a 1000 buck and buy the next best thing for 10,000 bucks its often not 100% better again. Ok, so that was a bit of a stretch but you get my point.
Well the difference between one Vidar and the Tyr's is 100% better.
The Tyr's Bass is way better. This is the biggest improvement. It is just way more controlled, faster, deeper and detailed.
The Tyr's Mids have more warmth to them than the Vidar has.
The Tyr's Treble is not as sharp as the Vidar. I dont mean it lacks clarity or detail. Its just less fatiguing than the Vidar can be. It sounds like I'm picking on the Vidar here, Im not, both Amps are very good in the Treble category, but if Tyr was a perfect 10, the Vidar would be a 9.
Now where the Tyr's leave the Vidar in the dust is in controlling fast dynamic tracks, sound stage and holographics.
Tracks with crazy fast micro details in layers can get a bit muddy with the Vidar when compared to the Tyr.
There is a part in "Drum and Bass Intro" at the 1:40 mark that gets muddy when cranked up to around 85db avg level in my system with the Vidar. The Tyr just laughed at me and said turn it up.
Sound Stage is also next level. To me the Vidar 2 always had very good imaging, the stage was wide and could have some layered depth to it. But the Tyr's take it to total emersion, everything is just more holographic. A perfect example of this is how crazy holographic this jam by Claude Salmieri can get. It sounds as if you are in the middle of the drum circle as it plays.
If you havent guessed it yet, I will not be returning the Tyr's and my Vidar 2 is up for sale
