I own the Odyssey. I have owned the Parasound (glassy top end with painful sibilance, great bottom end but overall very dry, dull and had a horrible time with complex passages) and have heard the Acurus (just awful, enough said!), this would be an easy choice for me, the Odyssey amp is a given, the reviews don't lie. Odyssey also has a 5ch version if you're into HT. Don't focus on the specified wattage, you will definately not get sound quality from it and you'll often also not even get you more power with a higher rated wpc number, there's a whole lot more to it then that....
Help.... Need Amp advice
I am currently in the market for an amp to provide a little kick to my system. I have the klipsch rf 3II, rc3, and rs3's with a velodyne HGS-12. I'm most interested in powering the fronts and center speakers but I am also considering a 5 channel amp to power 'em all. So far I am torn between the Odyssey Stratos HT-3 (150x3), an older acurus A200x5 (too much power?) or 125x5, or a parasound HCA1205 (140x5). I should mention my pre/pro is currently a Denon AVR 3803 (85x7), and my time is for the most part split 50-50 between music and HT. Overall budget for the amplifier is $1-2K. Thanks, any advice/opinions are greatly appreciated!