Go B&K if you like mid-fi.
Go Odyssey Stratos if you want one of the best sounding solid state amps at any price. Powerful to drive most speakers and very fast.
Check out the reviews on the stratos. TAS golden ear award, IAR second best solid state amp in 1998, etc., etc..
No I have not heard the stratos nor the B&K, but I did come this ----><---- to purchasing a pair of Stratos monoblocks so I did some homework on them.
Whether preamp or amp, B&K is always surrounded by and compared to other mid-fi mfg'er's components i.e. yamaha, pioneer, denon, etc., and don't always win those contests.
Nothing wrong with that except the Stratos (from all that I know) simply is in a different league.
$1000 for one Stratos or $2000 for monoblock pair. Plus 20 year warranty.
-IMO
Go Odyssey Stratos if you want one of the best sounding solid state amps at any price. Powerful to drive most speakers and very fast.
Check out the reviews on the stratos. TAS golden ear award, IAR second best solid state amp in 1998, etc., etc..
No I have not heard the stratos nor the B&K, but I did come this ----><---- to purchasing a pair of Stratos monoblocks so I did some homework on them.
Whether preamp or amp, B&K is always surrounded by and compared to other mid-fi mfg'er's components i.e. yamaha, pioneer, denon, etc., and don't always win those contests.
Nothing wrong with that except the Stratos (from all that I know) simply is in a different league.
$1000 for one Stratos or $2000 for monoblock pair. Plus 20 year warranty.
-IMO