Pass X150.5 or Odyssey Stratos monos?


After months of research and mental anguish ;) I've narrowed down my search for new amplification to the two in the title. There are obvious differences like the fact that one is a stereo amp while the other are monoblocks. Anyway, if you had to, which option would you go with and why? Thanks!
whatsmyname

LOL... I just stumbled across this thread again, and ol' broken record georgehifi still amazes me at how clueless and incompetent he is. 

 

Refuses to simply go to Odyssey's site and look at the stereo vs mono amp specs, or even read published reviews of the amps for that matter from 3rd party. 

 

Of course georgehifi won't do that, because he will instantly prove himself wrong.

 

Let's see...

Stratos Stereo amp - 150W x 2 @ 8 ohms - 500 damping - 45 amps current 

Stratos Mono amp - 180W x 1 @ 8 ohms - 800 damping - 120 amps current 

Both amps are 2 ohm stable. Both amps are rated at 0.04% THD. 

 

Yes, poor ol' incompetent georgehifi STILL hasn't a clue as to what he blabbers on about. And to no surprise at all, he is a major Amir butt-kisser over on that stupid ASR site, where mastermind Amir is also totally clueless and typically wrong 99% of the time with his measurements and very poor execution (a.k.a. - improper) of gear reviews. Amir and that site is the laughing stock of the hifi community. 

 

Oh well, sucks to be them. LOL

The only Pass design I’ve ever had is an old Forte 1a. Recently I had it recapped by Jon Soderberg, who used to work at Threshold. I added a Triode Wire 7 plus power cord….and  the combined result was just jaw dropping. I’d go with Pass:)

Well, after running through this old thread, I again realize why I so miss AL.