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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!
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georgehifi
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George don’t like odyssey monos, and feels they are inferior and a poor amplifier, that’s ok.
Not just me, but any audio tech will tell you, when you bridge a stereo amp into mono "everything takes a hit" except you get more watts.  
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braddy3211
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Not just me, but any audio tech will tell you, when you bridge a stereo amp into mono "everything takes a hit" except you get more watts.  
Again, and again and again....the same argument...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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I would take Pass over Odyssey any day of the week. I won't go into the ugly details why.
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swede58
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@88man 
I examined a X250.8/XP22 combo at my dealer, no wobbly XLR connectors and a dead quiet XP22.
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georgehifi
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Again, and again and again....the same argument...🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

One day it'll sink in, that bridging a stereo amp is a big musical compromise just to get more watts, may as well say it's now a P.A. amp.
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