Amps.. Is Odyssey worth it?

Soix responded.

Are they worth it - meaning - Are they a good buy, sound quality for the cost?

“This totally depends on what specific improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you.”

I would respectfully disagree with this assessment. This takes you 1/2 way down the road. If the equipment is not reliable and the maker is not very responsive, would one still want the chosen audio equipment? If the cost goes up considerably because of shipping it back to the manufacturer then that cost adds up. And if it needs fixed? More costs. What if you need to resell it at a loss? More costs. I found out the hard way to dig deeper with my research. 

All these amps were released over 20 years ago.

Good amp design does not age, but has there been any updates to the product in this time?

@2psyop  I’m really sorry you had such a bad experience and that sucks, but you’re literally the only one I’ve ever heard mention reliability problems with any Odyssey products so it does not seem to be a widespread or common problem.  If it was I’m sure we’d know about it by now after all these years. 

I still have my 22 y/o Stratos+ driving Dynaudio 82s and it has never skipped a beat. Great amps for the money and you can talk to Klaus when you need to.

Odyssey also offer numerous upgrade options on each model, as well as customizing to meet your requirements...mine were totally reliable over a number of years...