Bullitt,
the reason I recommended Odyssey is that they are very musical and great with home theater also. I had the Kismet Monoblocks and Candela pre until getting bit by the tube bug. The dynamic slam with the Kismets and Tektons was bone jarring. I'll be getting the Kismets again when I get my theater system going again. The theater gives me a good reason to get the mini Ulfberhts so that I can move my DI's into the theater system ;)
Someone asked about the Raven amps. I had their Blackhawk integrated amp with the DI's at first and while it sounded quite good it was noisey. Another Raven owner with DI's experienced the same problem....a buzz/hum that could easily be heard from 10' away. My Decware Torii was much more quiet ( could only hear the same sort of buzz up to a foot from the speaker) and my LTA MZ2 is dead quiet. Each successive amp in my system produced more realistic music also and hopefully my next amp will be the most musical yet!
the reason I recommended Odyssey is that they are very musical and great with home theater also. I had the Kismet Monoblocks and Candela pre until getting bit by the tube bug. The dynamic slam with the Kismets and Tektons was bone jarring. I'll be getting the Kismets again when I get my theater system going again. The theater gives me a good reason to get the mini Ulfberhts so that I can move my DI's into the theater system ;)
Someone asked about the Raven amps. I had their Blackhawk integrated amp with the DI's at first and while it sounded quite good it was noisey. Another Raven owner with DI's experienced the same problem....a buzz/hum that could easily be heard from 10' away. My Decware Torii was much more quiet ( could only hear the same sort of buzz up to a foot from the speaker) and my LTA MZ2 is dead quiet. Each successive amp in my system produced more realistic music also and hopefully my next amp will be the most musical yet!