Odyssey Audio Kismet Monoblock Amplifiers

Nicolas Bedworth has posted a review of the Odyssey Audio Kismet monoblock amplifiers ($4900/pair) at 6moons. His conclusions:

For those wanting an initial tempting taste, the Kismets are a much more affordable way to cross that unmarked boundary in audio, the other side of which is realism. They will transport you to those lands where suspension of disbelief is the norm, where one can sit back and listen for hours to music rather than an audio system. And they do it without conspicuous shortcomings. With respect to the fundamentals of dynamics, tonal balance, transparency, soundstage and timbre, you’ll be over that invisible line by a considerable distance and may well not want to return. So why did Klaus chose the name Kismet which variously means destiny, fate, karma or luck and of course was also the title of long-running Broadway and West End musicals? Well, these were all part of it but rather characteristically Klaus says he just likes the way the word sounds.

You can read the full review here.