For you Odyssey Audio Stratos amp owners

none presently - straight in from dac

have used cj et5 and now et7-2, or occasionally, an oldie but real goodie - carver lightstar ref passive...

I tried the Tempest and Candela with that amp. Unfortunately those three pieces of audio gear were the worst I had ever owned... period. I had hum issues from the transformers and that was a common problem with Odyssey audio equipment. Klaus has a fan base, but I never had a good experience with the stuff.

FWIW, I emailed Odyssey a few months ago to BUY the Candela.  I never got a reply back. Go figure.  Went somewhere else. 

klaus has only one other fellow who works with him, i believe, it is a very small shop

he is less responsive on email than over the phone - as a result i have called him a few times and he answers in person, and is very responsive and chatty when we connect in person

klaus’ amps have fairly high input sensitivity (relative to industry stalwarts like pass, ayre, hegel, krell), so any electrical hum or input noise seems magnified

just need to make sure your signal and power feeds are quiet/well filtered

leaving aside the little niggles, if one gets his amps working right, they are a tremendous (no exaggeration) value and excellent performers, irrespective of price

@jjss49 i can appreciate that. that being said, i don't know whether to say too bad for him or too bad for me.  😐