I went down the Odyssey path three years ago n haven't looked back. First, it was the Khartago Extreme SE (stereo) n now, the mono version. A couple of times, I toyed with the idea of other amps, home demoed a few but always went back to the Odyssey ...with Tempest pre ...also have a Stratos for my secondary system. Speakers, Maggie's 1.6 initially n 1.7 now. You won't regret taking this route ...