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My Amp is good but probably the weak point

I have an Odyssey Audio Khartago Stereo. It’s got the larger tranny, upgraded wiring, RCA and Speaker posts. It might have one step up from the baseline circuit board (I don’t recall). It’s the first piece I bought and it’s been great. 
but as my system has come together I feel like it’s a choke point though I feel the sound of the system is superb.

So with that I began researching and feel like the Coda #8 would be a strong contender to replace it. My research has also included a JC5 and sending my amp back to Klaus to upgrade to Kismet level.

As of now:

sl1200GR (KAB damper, Isanoe feet)

AT33PTG/II

Sutherland 20/20 MK1 (+ LPS)

Denafrips Athena line stage

Odyssey Khartago

Klipsch Heresy IV

Rythmik L12 (pair)

RCA, XLR, speaker and power cords are Audio Envy

anyine have thoughts? I feel like a part of me wants to go Kismet but that’s 2-6 months to get that done. I have a Vidar as a backup amp but it’s not anywhere near as good as the Odyssey.

$5k limit and looking used. Solid state only.

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ghdprentice
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OP,

 

You needn’t know what characteristic you want to improve. This typically simply means you like all aspects of your current sound. That is a good thing.

I have been improving the sound of my system continually for fifty years. Many times, I have simply wanted all aspects to improve… dynamics, detail, soundstage, sound floor… etc. Moving to better equipment will do that. Once you have one piece of much better equipment, then upgrading others to that new level is likely to follow. Hopefully, falling on a great and higher plateau you are happy on for a long time.

 

Occationally an upgrade will move your system a bit too far in one or more aspects. Then you will have reason to change some particular aspects… could be tonal balance, too harshly revealing… more bass… who knows.

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