Odyssey Tempest pre-amp any good?

I have had the Odyssey mono's and Tempest for over 2 years and have been very happy with how they sound. I have SoundLab auras which came alive with this combo. The Auras produce more detail, are smoother overall and have a lot more bass with the Odysseys than with other combos I have tried.

I feel foolish, but I coud not find a WEB site for Odyssey. Is there one?

Try www.odysseyaudio.com

I've used many pres, and have not heard a SS pre that was better sounding than the Odyssey Tempest. I replaced that pre only after buying an Audioprism Mantissa tube pre, and spending $600 extra for teflon cap upgrades and top line tubes (making it a pre costing around $1600 total). For the $500 I paid for the Tempest (on Audiogon), it was excellent. AND, it has a pretty good phono stage.

I'd like to revisit it sometime. It was one of my first preamps (a steal at around $400 used) and it sounded thin and sterile to me. I ran it with a SS multi-channel amp at the time, perhaps a bad match spec-wise, not sure.

I'm sure pairing it with an Odyssey amp or even tubed amp would be a nice fit. Regardless, I love Odyssey as a company and philosophy. I bet sales have seen a boost since all the props and exposure the Khartago got in TAS