Hey, this Thread needs some new life!
I am the proud new owner of an Odyssey stereo Kismet Reference amp!
I had a long nightmare with a Levinson amp, and decided to give up and move on. I happened across some stellar reviews of Odyssey amps, and decided to dig deeper. I was looking at their web page and thinking the Stratos Stereo extreme might work well for me. Then I happened across a used stereo Kismet in a Khartago case not much more than an hour from me on US Audio Mart. I emailed Odyssey to get verification it was a true Kimset amp, and Klaus called me back (he seems to hate to email). He verified that it was a true Kismet amp and told me the long story behind it. It was put in a Khartago case at the original owner request for space reasons. Klaus is sending me a new plaque with his signature on it, (I don't need the previous owners name on the back.). It was built in 2020, I have about 19 years on the wtty still
The original owner had barely used the amp, it isn't even fully broken in yet. He had bought it, and then shortly after fell in love with tubes, and didn't use itmuch at all. It is in perfect condition and I picked it up for under half the new price.
It doesn't have XLR connections, but that isn't a real problem.
I haven't had a lot of time with it yet, and as I said, it is still breaking in, but it is so detailed and smooth, from what I have heard so far. Imaging and presentation so much better than the ML amp I had (it has a problem though-very long story). The bass is also a lot better than the ML. I am somewhat missing the "tube-like" sound of the ML, that is what I like about them, but overall I think I am going to be very happy!