none presently - straight in from dac
have used cj et5 and now et7-2, or occasionally, an oldie but real goodie - carver lightstar ref passive...
For you Odyssey Audio Stratos amp owners
What preamp are you using?
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I tried the Tempest and Candela with that amp. Unfortunately those three pieces of audio gear were the worst I had ever owned... period. I had hum issues from the transformers and that was a common problem with Odyssey audio equipment. Klaus has a fan base, but I never had a good experience with the stuff. |
klaus has only one other fellow who works with him, i believe, it is a very small shop he is less responsive on email than over the phone - as a result i have called him a few times and he answers in person, and is very responsive and chatty when we connect in person klaus’ amps have fairly high input sensitivity (relative to industry stalwarts like pass, ayre, hegel, krell), so any electrical hum or input noise seems magnified just need to make sure your signal and power feeds are quiet/well filtered leaving aside the little niggles, if one gets his amps working right, they are a tremendous (no exaggeration) value and excellent performers, irrespective of price |
@jjss49 i can appreciate that. that being said, i don't know whether to say too bad for him or too bad for me. 😐
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@shtinkydog no worries, lots of fish in the ocean, for you and for klaus @twoleftears yes klaus is online and active on his particular section of a-c - another way to get a hold of him |
I purchased a pair of used Stratos a few years ago on Audiogon. Klaus upgraded them to Kismet References. My preamp is a Cary Audio SLP -05. I also have a pair of Cary Founder’s edition amps. Odyssey Audio punches well above its asking price. One of my audiophile buddies prefers their sound to the Cary’s . I go back and forth between the amps as they each have their strengths. |
I use a Teac NT-505 dac direct and it's fantastic. As someone else stated, matching other preamps is difficult due to high input sensitivity and hum becomes an issue due to magnifying everything. I've had quite a few amps and my fully loaded Kismet in a Stratos (I think) case is as good as any in my current system (Devore O/96 speakers). |
FWIW, I emailed Odyssey a few months ago to BUY the Candela. I never got a reply back. Go figure. Went somewhere else.
Apologies, but it's because of my brain freeze...I checked and I did email you back, but I did email it to myself by mistake....%#%^$&^$%$*%^$&$ Anyway, hope that your new pre works out for you !!!!!
Klaus
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I tried the Tempest and Candela with that amp. Unfortunately those three pieces of audio gear were the worst I had ever owned... period. I had hum issues from the transformers and that was a common problem with Odyssey audio equipment. Klaus has a fan base, but I never had a good experience with the stuff.
Yes, that is absolutely true.....years back we have had several issues with transformers.....getting that squared out with the Candela was easy...just a tweak to the units that we get from Torroid of MD....bigger problem was the Tempest. We had to drop the regular model and only offer the Tempest with the Extreme power supply, which is the same my-metal unit that Germany uses in their models made to Symphonic Line specs......of course imported from Germany.
So yes, but all of these problems are in the past.
Late,
Klaus
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Out of the many dozens of amps I have owned past 20+yrs, I kept Klaus's amps the longest because he constantly refines and upgrades his amps for his customers. I started out with a Stratos stereo and ended up with the top of the line Kismet ref last year. I eventually had to sell to fund an SME turntable but I probably should have kept it... It's one of the best bang for the buck SS amps for the $.
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