Odyssey "Khartago" Stereo Extreme" amp compared to Schitt's "Vidar" amp

Just out of curiosity as to your supposed "friend" who had the Odyssey amps in for evaluation in Australia what specific amps were those and more importantly what year exactly was that?

Looks like your a bit of an Odyssey fan Jack,  you may not like my answer.
  https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Odyssey&username=jackd
 
He imported the samples which look like they are still current models, a few years ago, two stereo's and two pairs monoblocks, I believe Khartago and Stratos.
We, 8 of us (6 potential customers), listened over a few hours to the Stereo's and thought well of them both, even into a hard to drive pair of Infinity Epsilon. Then we listened to their bridged monoblock versions.
  
We thought to a "reasonable level" the stereo's were far better, if you wanted to party the bridged mono's were the way to go.
Then we opened them up to see what the story was, and I pointed out the mono's were just bridged stereo's.
  
The two stereo's sold that day, the monos he sold off later. needless to say he never became an importer.    
Cheers George  

Why would I not like your answer George as long as it is honest and not full of your usual hype.  The Stratos has been in constant production since the mid 90's and is the original amp.  The Khartago came about five years later and again has been in constant production up to now so it does matter how long ago the amps were brought in. The amps have changed somewhat over the years but the names have remained.  As to me being a fan I have owned four different Odyssey amps over the years including a Stratos, Stratos Monos, a Khartago and a Kismet.  All amps have been trouble free for me and there second owners.  The Kismet I still own.  Your arguments about the amps in question in this thread are along the same lines as your ones in the Class D amp threads and the Benchmark amps.  Mostly your opinion stated as loudly and often as you can with just enough hints of technical knowledge mixed in to sound believable but in the end just opinions. In this thread like the others you don't or never have owned the products in question and many times have never seen them relying strictly on the internet for the basis of your arguments.  I on the other hand only talk about products I have actually owned or had in my house in my systems. 

Why would I not like your answer George as long as it is honest

Which it always has been and I’ve never put down the Stereo amps that Odyssey makes. Just claims ****** make about them to get the gullible to buy them, anyone would think they are "shilling" for Odyssey????
Only issues I have are the bridged monos that are never advertised as being bridged, also Class-A claims made by so called "experts" that think an amps "current consumption" is the amount of Class-A bias an amp has.
Just calling it as it is Jack, nothing added, nothing taken away and nothing embellished.
And if you wish to get get on the BS merry-go round, I’ll call it too, as there’s way too much of it on these pages.

I have had Odyssey equipment too, as stated earlier. Yes I had a Stratos, Tempest and Candela and not the Khartago. I had hum and spurious noise issues over many many months. When I spoke to Klaus...(when I could get ahold of him) he was at first courteous, but as time went on he was very condescending. As I returned equipment to him, he took months to repair items, and returned them to me, only to find they were not fixed. I spent thousands of dollars of what I considered later pure audio junk and bought from a guy who really did not take the time to fix the various problems. In fact on his forum on audiocircle.com anyone with a simple search one can find all the problems I had mentioned as experienced by other buyers. I would have thought after all these years since then he would treat his customers better (I know he has adoring fans) but I just got a message from a customer a month back who had the very same issues with a new piece and he stated Klaus DID NOT want to give him a full refund on new gear. He had to fight to get his refund. Anyone is free to purchase gear from Odyssey, but I think it is fair to give balanced opinions with both positive and negative experience for all potential audiophiles to look over before they make a purchase.

This will be the third time, that I’ve mentioned my regrets, for having repeated what two articles mentioned, regarding the Stratus' output specs(NOT CURRENT CONSUMPTION), without having substantiated the claims(whether correct or not). AND- I was probably reading spec sheets, before you were in diapers, though I’m not the least bit concerned, with anyone’s opinion of my credentials. Especially; not one with the limited comprehension, that you’ve exhibited, regarding the above. Once again: anyone out there, that has actually compared/listened to the two amplifiers, that had the OP’s interest? It would be refreshing, to have a valid(rather than vapid) opinion!