This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.

@georgehifi 
Oh.... We're going to just resort to half-truths and omissions, huh? Just going to ignore the thermal issues, the low base impedance which is a much bigger problem than a little gate capacitance. And how do you make a simpler circuits with devices that basically demand a driver stage? 

I need opinions on the Odyssey Stratos Extreme mono amps for powering the Dynaudio C-1 Platinum speakers. I have purchases a set based on things I’ve heard.

bubba12 OP156 posts01-25-2018 6:37pmI need opinions on the Odyssey Stratos Extreme mono amps

I’ve come across some Odyssey amps, a stereo and the mono-block version of it here in Australia, that a friend bought in who was going to be the Au agent for them.

I can’t remember which ones they were but they were the upper end of the range.
We listened to them, with a group of our audio society friends and were all in the opinion that the stereo version sounded better than the monoblocks, even through the very hard to drive Infinity Systems Renaissance 90 Signatures, oldie but a goody.

After that listening session, we peaked under their skirts, and what I pointed out to the potential agent was that the monoblocks were just bridged versions of the stereo one.
Now I don’t know if this bridging of the stereo ones for the monoblocks is done right through the range.

But if you post a photo of the inside on one of the many free image hosting websites I can let you know, if they are just bridged stereo’s or true monoblock amps.

Cheers George

george, great point and something to pay attention to when buying monoblock amplifiers. I've noticed the same approach by a couple of other manufacturers and also found their stereo amps sound more musical than their comparably power monos.

I am not very tech savvy and tge amps haven’t arrived yet but there is a picture of the Stratos extremes on tge Odyssey website. @geor