Looking for an amp....Opinions about Odyssey or Bel Canto audio anyone?

I recently purchased a used pair of Stratos Extreme mono blocks here on Audiogon. I had heard a lot of positive reviews on them so I thought I would give them a try. I was very surprised how good they sounded so much so that after talking to the Odyssey Audio owner Klaus Bunge, I sent them in to be upgraded to Kismets. I have had some SS amps in my system that were much more expensive then the Stratos and they did not sound nearly as good.

I've owned an Odyssey Stratos for over 15 years now, and had it upgraded to an Extreme model along the way. It's been very reliable and mates up well with tube preamps. I've been very happy with its performance and sound quality. I can't say anything bad about it. It's a real Giant Killer!

Consider the new Bel Canto REF600M monoblocks. They are extraordinarily good at there price point. I have owned the REF600M and the REF1000M. The 600M is a noticeable improvement. Great company btw. 

Markalarsen,
The new 600M is an ncore design, is it not? 

Jonas,
I know many people have had a good experience with Odyssey Audio. I cannot, nor would not, argue with that. In my own experience, after sending equipment to him twice, it was not fixed and I still had the same problems. I found out later his Tempest preamps has buzzing transformers from people who wrote on his own forum on audiocircle.com. So I had wanted to like and keep the equipment, but Klaus kept telling me it was a problem with my AC, which it was not....clearly after much testing. Ended up selling the gear back to Klaus and at very big $$ loss to me. If it were me, I would get the Bel Canto gear over the Odyssey if that was my two choices.