Oddessey Stratos Amp with Monitor 11

Shacky
Shacky Posts: 113
edited April 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Have opportunity to pick up Base Stratos. Had been looking for Khartago but this is even nicer.

Anyone have experience with Klaus' amps?

http://www.odysseyaudio.com/products-stratos-stereo.html
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    Do a search you'll find all kinds of threads for Odyssey gear.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited April 2012
    I have a Candela linestage and a Stratos Stereo Plus - very satisfied customer.

    BTW, it's spelled Odyssey :smile:
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    drumminman wrote: »
    I have a Candela linestage and a Stratos Stereo Plus - very satisfied customer.

    BTW, it's spelled Odyssey :smile:

    I see that now :confused:
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  • geoff727
    geoff727 Posts: 546
    edited April 2012
    Another satisfied Odyssey customer. Click on the audiogon link at the bottom of my signature.

    G~
    Polk SDA SRS 2
    Polk RTA 15tl
    Polk Monitor 7C
    Polk Lsi9
    Infinity RS-II (modded)
    Infinity RS-IIIa (modded)
    Infinity RS 2.5 x 2
    Magnepan 1.6QR (modded)

    System: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1290711373
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    Very Nice! I was looking for Khartago till the Stratos came up. Still haven't gotten it yet.....
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  • rlmacklin
    rlmacklin Posts: 46
    edited April 2012
    Shacky,

    I am running 5.0 system with 2 Odyssey Mono Extreme power amps to Polk SDA-SRS2s FL/FR speakers
    and 1 Odyssey HT-3 power amp to Polk CSi-5 center speaker and Polk FXi-5 surrounds.
    They sound great and no problems with the power amps.
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    Spoke with current owner. Plan to pick up tomorrow. Can't wait :biggrin:
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    I got the Stratos. What a killer amp from build quality - and sound. Much better control of the Monitor 11's than my Sui 890DB as amp with Adcom CTP 500 II.

    I also bought an Acurus RL-11 from same seller. He gave me a deal I could not refuse. I'm going to have to try to warm up to the Acurus. At first listen it is thin sounding. Granted I'm a loudness or bass boost kinda guy.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    The RL-11 is a very nice pre-amp for the money. Very neutral so if you are an exaggerated bass head then maybe some Cerwin Vega's and a receiver with loudness and bass controls is what you should be looking at. The Odyssey gear is more neutral and natural as is the RL-11.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    The thin sound could be coming from the fact the new x-overs aren't broken in yet. Takes from 200-300 hours for them to settle in.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    Yes I want to burn in those new caps to make critical comparisons. I put my Adcom CTP 500 II back in place. It has the Harvard loudness curve in Contour mode. I like it very much as it doesn't boost hi's just lows.

    Polks back to soundin magical - IMHO. Don't mean to diss the Acurus. I know it is highly regarded and I can appreciate it's strengths. Guess I've just become accustomed to loudness. Likely from growing up in an apartment house where volume is limited and loudness a must.
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  • kappclark
    kappclark Posts: 136
    edited April 2012
    I almost pulled the trigger on the Stratos .. after emailint, I got a phone call from klaus, and we had a wonderful conversation ... he is very particular about being sure his product will satisfy ... lots of discussion about speakers, room size, electronics etc... Congrats Shacky
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  • Shacky
    Shacky Posts: 113
    edited April 2012
    heiney9 wrote: »
    The thin sound could be coming from the fact the new x-overs aren't broken in yet. Takes from 200-300 hours for them to settle in.

    H9

    BTW I've only done one so far.
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