Need recommendation for amplifier

Schubert and noble100,

Just before I got your posts, I got a return phone call from Klaus at Odyssey Audio.   I ordered an amp from him and canceled the Red Dragon.
He said he matched up the amp to my current system.  We’ll see when I get it.

schubert:  I’m sorry to hear you rejected Odyssey in favor of Belles, but since I already made the commitment, I think I’ll try  the amp out.  I have a 30 day trial period.

noble100: Very interesting about NuPrime. Again, I’m going to wait and see how much I like the Odyssey.  If I do, there’s no point in searching further.

Thank both of you for your help

Richard

Schubert,

what is TRM?

The Music Room. One of(the biggest?) dealers selling used gear on Audiogon .I suspect they are related to Underwood Wally another respected new
dealer on here, IMO a good thing .

FWIW , The Odyssey wasn’t even close .
Of course we all hear with our own ears , I'm not saying it was bad .

rvpiano,

     Are you getting a stereo amp or the Stratos mono-blocks? 
     Regardless, I know the Odysseys are very good class A/B amps but I really think you're making a mistake you will regret later. 
     Do you have the means to buy the Odyssey and Red Dragon, compare them both in your system, keep the winner and send back the loser?
     I'm almost certain that, if you do, you'll discover the Red Dragon will outperform the Odyssey in every category  most of us care about, and I do mean every category:  bass performance (higher damping factor), distortion level, power, dynamic range, noise floor along with mid-range and treble neutrality and detail.  
     There are also numerous advantages the Red Dragon amps have that are not related to sound quality:  smaller size, lighter, much more electrically efficient (so much so they can be left on 24/7 if desired to keep them constantly at peak operating temperature which eliminates amp warm-up waits), much cooler running and less expensive.
    Hopefully, you'll be able to compare the Red Dragon and Odyssey amps directly in your own system and determine for yourself which amps perform best.   
    My main point of writing this response, however, was just in case you do not have the opportunity to directly compare the Red Dragon and Odyssey amps.  I thought it might be useful for you to have an informed opinion, based on my decades of using good quality class A/B amps in my systems before discovering the significant performance gains provided by using good quality class D amps instead. 
     I first realized the significant performance gains provided by good class D amps when I replaced my Aragon 4004 MKII class A/B amp with a Class D Audio stereo SDS-440-CS amp  in my combo ht and 2-ch music system.  I quickly noticed the class D sound quality advantages mentioned above and subsequently replaced the 2 remaining good quality class A/B amps in my system with class D amps (an Emerald Physics stereo amp and D-Sonic M-600 mono-blocks)and attained the same significant increases in sound quality performance I described earlier.   
     Of course, it's completely your choice on which amp to use in your system.  I'm just giving you my opinion to try and help you make an informed decision.

Best wishes,
  Tim    

Tim,

Thank you very much for your input. I’m in a quandary now.
Based on your and Schubert’s statements, I’m considering canceling the Odyssey until I do some more research.