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.
Yes, that is absolutely true.....years back we have had several issues with transformers.....getting that squared out with the Candela was easy...just a tweak to the units that we get from Torroid of MD....bigger problem was the Tempest. We had to drop the regular model and only offer the Tempest with the Extreme power supply, which is the same my-metal unit that Germany uses in their models made to Symphonic Line specs......of course imported from Germany.
So yes, but all of these problems are in the past.
Late,
Klaus