Definitely call Klaus on the phone - he is very busy but always answers the calls. I have gotten email from him at 3am which shows how busy he is. As for the Stratos, I recently went from a Primare A10 to the Stratos and the difference is huge. I hear no "background noise". Feel free to email with questions.
Odyssey Stratos
Have anybody had experience in direct comparison between Odyssey Stratos and some highly regarded integrated amps, particularly Creek 5350SE, Musical Fidelity A3, Simaudio Moon I-5, Plinius 8100/8150i, Bryston B-60. I'm interested in impression from the direct AB comparision of sound character and sound quality. Also, one of the comments for Stratos at audioreview.com mentioned that it cause a low level noise can be heard if you get close to speakers. Does there anybody else have comments on background noise either from amp itself or speakers? From the reviews I read, seems like Odyssey is very good communicating with customers. I sent a e-mail to them three or four days ago and haven't got any feedback yet.