@arctikdeth...………………………………………
I am confused. A couple of years ago/few years ago in The Audio Circle, you posted many questions about the Kismet amps in the Odyssey forum. You were also told by Klaus at Odyssey who hand builds these amps that the amp puts out between 180 and 200 watts per channel. There were quite a few conversations on all your Odyssey threads between the various members, myself included.
Now, a few years later, you are asking the same questions on an Audio Forum that most likely has very few Kismet owners. I ask why? Let me recap what I told you about the Kismet amps:
I had a pair of Stratos Extreme mono blocks with the Kismet black boards, The mono blocks used a 400 volt transformers. I had my Stratos Extreme updated to Kismet status in 2016. The Kismet is the same black board with an 800 volt transformer in each mono block. The caps are all made by Symphonic Line and they are extremely expensive. Most of the parts in my Stratos circuit boards were upgraded to much more expensive ones. The Groneberg wiring was upgraded to Gronebergs best. Every aspect of the amps were upgraded.
The sound is like the Stratos Extreme on steroids. A much fuller sound, the notes are more fleshed out, the bass goes deeper midrange is quite neutral and the highs are clear without being bright. The amps were dead silent and they were left on 24/7. Regarding break in, cold out of the box they sounded nice but nothing special. After the first day the sound started opening up and for the next month it was up and down until the sound settled in to what I described above. In all I logged about 400 hours before I found the amps to sound their best. Klaus states all of this in the owners manual.
I am confused. A couple of years ago/few years ago in The Audio Circle, you posted many questions about the Kismet amps in the Odyssey forum. You were also told by Klaus at Odyssey who hand builds these amps that the amp puts out between 180 and 200 watts per channel. There were quite a few conversations on all your Odyssey threads between the various members, myself included.
Now, a few years later, you are asking the same questions on an Audio Forum that most likely has very few Kismet owners. I ask why? Let me recap what I told you about the Kismet amps:
I had a pair of Stratos Extreme mono blocks with the Kismet black boards, The mono blocks used a 400 volt transformers. I had my Stratos Extreme updated to Kismet status in 2016. The Kismet is the same black board with an 800 volt transformer in each mono block. The caps are all made by Symphonic Line and they are extremely expensive. Most of the parts in my Stratos circuit boards were upgraded to much more expensive ones. The Groneberg wiring was upgraded to Gronebergs best. Every aspect of the amps were upgraded.
The sound is like the Stratos Extreme on steroids. A much fuller sound, the notes are more fleshed out, the bass goes deeper midrange is quite neutral and the highs are clear without being bright. The amps were dead silent and they were left on 24/7. Regarding break in, cold out of the box they sounded nice but nothing special. After the first day the sound started opening up and for the next month it was up and down until the sound settled in to what I described above. In all I logged about 400 hours before I found the amps to sound their best. Klaus states all of this in the owners manual.