Anyone using Nuforce Ref 9 Mono Blocks?

I'd like to hear more about the Odyssey amps.

09-06-06: Dazman
I'd like to hear more about the Odyssey amps.

Terrific, deep, tight bass reminiscent of Bryston. Organic midrange that to me sounds more real and possessing more soul than NuForce amps that I heard several iterations ago, but perhaps the Odyssey midrange is not quite as refined and transparent as that of NuForce or Bryston. This is nitpicking , though.

My pair of Odyssey Extreme Monos had some grain and brightness in the upper mids and highs that most Odyssey owners claim their Odyssey amps don't have. Maybe I had a unique pair.

Mostly, I believe they are an outstanding value.

Will the company be around in 20 years to support the warranty? Dunno. I don't have this question about Bryston. Nevertheless, I don't know a single audiophile who has owned the same amp for ten years let alone twenty, which IMO makes the length of the Odyssey warranty more of a marketing point than one of practicality.

If you have any glare or anything from odyssey, Its A- Due to you have to adjust the Bias to custom setting due to your voltage is not 120 volts in the house and klaus will infact do this on order, but I prefer to keep it at the standard 120 volt and adjust the house to be correct instead, Or B- due to you have either a strange speaker combo with them, or simply a preamp, source etc.. That is a bit forward, needing tubes or different impeadance match. I thought my midrange was a bit raw for the first 50 hours, and also after some break in found them to darken alot and this is due to my voltage was way off needing to fix my outlets and then they are pure liquid. Against one of the warmest solid state amps in the Forte and the Mcintosh's I had they blew them away with soundstage size and depth and at super levels never gave a single offensive sharp note, and never were midrange glaring even with 100 db horns and now on 101 db speakers with super tweeters.. It is all about the basics and getting good stable power to these amps or any amps for that matter without a lot of fluxuation in voltage, I found this out cause I had a monster power center that reads voltage on my other system in the house and at night the voltage would go up to 127 volt which would make any amp spike in the upper mids, even tubes that I had which were Cary's sounded thin and steril and were perfectly fine most days. You can not find a more balanced amp just like if you have a good room and speakers positioned correctly within it, via toe in etc.. is the same with feeding these amps or any with very good power, plus they are DEAD silent so any noise coming from them means some bad power in the house, cause mine don't click, hum or even Hiss on 101 db speakers and its scary cause sometimes you would not know the system is on. Not arguing with above points but you asked for some more feedback and that is mine, But if you do try them for 30 days I can absolutley say leave them on with a music signal running a loop feeding a speaker for 2 weeks and that will sweetn them up a ton, I did not believe it either !

I haven't been able to find any recent reviews on the Odyssey amps.

The Odyssey amps are 56 lbs each but the Nuforce seem like the better choice as the only weigh 7 lbs plus the reviews are excellent.

I've never read posts by anyone so convinced about buying a product, and yet so afraid to write the check.

Dazman, order some NuForce amps. You can return them for a refund if they don't work out for you.