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Is All The Hype About Odyssey True?

I'm in the market for a new amp and I have almost narrowed it down to 3. Musical Fidelity A3CR, Bryston 3BST, and Odyssey Stratos. My budget is $1500 MAX. After reading many reviews, value for money suggests the Statos.I'm replacing an NAD 216 and hope to get something more musical and natural sounding. The rest of my system is: Cambridge Audio D500 CDP., C.A C500 Pre and very efficient floor standing, 3-way speakers,(98db@1watt/1metre 44Hz-20KHz), IXOS Silver Gamma I.C's and MIT terminator 5 speaker cables. Looking forward to any info., advice or recommendations. Thanks in advance.
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soix
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You could probably find a used McCormack DNA 0.5 Rev. A on the used market for less than $1500(and pay no tax) now that his new amps are available(saw one on this site for $1400 recently). This amp is considered to be one of the best amps at any price and is still better than his new DNA-125 as that amp incorporates approximately up to Rev. B specs. My Rev. A totally opens up my system and creates a crystal clear window on the performance--don't want to listen without it. Just another option. Best of luck.

Tim
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