Odyssey Audio Khartago Extreme Monoblock Pair 2x150W 120 Amps

For sale is a pair of Khartago Extreme monoblocks in pristine condition, with a residual 16-year warranty for the buyer. I'm the original owner.

Specifications per unit:

• 150W RMS
• 2-Ohm load stable
• Class A/AB
• 1-600K Hz frequency range
• 120,000uF memory bank
• 120 Amps current delivery
• <0.04% THD (not audible)
• >800 continuous damping factor
• Input impedance > 10KOhms
• RCA inputs
• 400VA Plitron transformer
• 30W idle power consumption
• Nichicon Muse capacitors
• Vishay/Dale resistors
• Extra WIMA metal film capacitors

Here’s Jonathan Valin’s review of the stereo version in The Absolute
Sound #195:

Why am I talking about the Soulution amplifiers in a review of Odyssey gear? Because I heard about both from solid-state-amp connoisseur Alon Wolf of Magico. I wasn’t a bit surprised when he recommended the Soulution 700s—they cost a fortune and had a helluva reputation for excellence. But I was surprised when he suggested that I also give a listen to a little amp called the Odyssey Khartago. …

“I’ve been using the Khartago in the factory for years,” said he, “to test loudspeakers. It isn’t a Soulution 700, but it’s…good enough.” Good enough for the Wolfman is good enough for me …

Apparently, eliminating the distributor and retailer and selling factory-direct pays some pretty handsome dividends to Odyssey’s customers. (See my interview with Klaus for details.) Of course, the version of the Khartago that Klaus brought me didn’t cost $799. … it had a better Plitron transformer, an extra bit of power-supply capacitance, and superior parts—three options among many (including Nichicon Muse caps, Vishay/Dale resistors, extra WIMA metal-film caps, custom colors) that Bunge offers, along with his standard twenty-year transferable warranty…

Yeah, the 700 and 710 are slightly, but nonetheless audibly and unmistakably, more neutral, lower in noise and color, and higher in resolution and transparency-to-sources than the Khartago—as well, they should be. (The Soulution amps also, as noted, have better grip in the bass, more clarity and power on top, and better staging.) For a lucky few, these advantages will be decisive. For the rest of us, here is an under-$1000 amp that sounds so much more like a $115,000 amp than any cheap Class AB solid-state amp I know of (and I’ve heard and reviewed a few) that it is downright astonishing.

I’m not saying you should run out and buy one of these things instead of a Soulution 710 or 700 if you own or are planning to purchase Magico M5s or Wilson MAXX 3s or Rockport Arraki … What I am saying is that the Odyssey amp gives you more of the taste of the high-priced spread than I thought possible for $995 (or anywhere near that price). And since the Khartago works into loads as low as 2 ohms, it mates up with virtually anything—not just Magico M5s.

The monoblocks come in their original boxes with the owner's manual.