odyssey kismet monpblock

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Overall I can’t tell you what best at its price point, but I can tell you I never felt a “WOW” factor when I owned them. As for other amps similarly priced ( or little higher)  like the pass 150.8 I felt the presence or pure Sonics and a sense of naturalness that wasn’t there with the Kismets. With the Kismets yes they do a lot of things good, but they lack soul and a naturalness that makes long term listening special for myself. I’ve heard they need to be biased according to what speakers you own to sound their best. I learned how to bias mine myself, but even with that the “WOW” factor wasn’t there. As I stated in the original post.
You get your money’s worth with these amps, but don’t expect them destroy the competition. Do they compete with their peers; yes.

These odyssey amps sound absolutely wicked! Burned in and the bass is deep, even at low volume, they are stunning, midrange is precise and crunchy with the correct music, treble is smooth, zero fatigue !
I’m very sensitive to high pitch treble, and my molars hear the tinny, searing treble.

  These kismet upgraded/updated amps with the new capacitors, are amazingly fast attacking, the damping factor is Greta, bass is hard hitting and deep.

  Great amps.  I’m glad I bought them!
 Love them!

The latest upgrade from Klaus is fantastic. New transfomers and 35k Hypercaps.    Its too bad nobody can hear them but I am in North Metro Detroit if anybody would like to come by and take a listen to these awesome Kismet Monoblocks hit me up. Dynamite!!!   They fill up a 28x17x10 room with no problems.

odyssey kismet monpblock

Any body have any thoughts, comments, recommendations, suggestions with respect to these

thanksdigitaljoseph

I don't like what happens to the rest of a good sounding stereo amplifier's measured parameters, when you bridge that same stereo amp to become a monoblock, just for the sake of having more wattage.

Cheers George 

I am the third owner of a 20 yr old Stratos DM (Dual-monos stuffed into one chassis, including 2 toroidals and 2 power cords). This amp is a high performance monster with loads of current, soundstage, depth, and terrific low noise. 
I had one problem with my amp: the gold RCA connector on one channel came loose and I tightened it.
Go for it!