Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Anybody using Odyssey Stratos to drive Axioms?

After doing some more stress testing tonight (gosh your going to have me blow something up trying to find the limits) I am starting to think the Stratos is better suited for you because your not going to be happy until you can kill small animals with SPL levels and I just dont think the Khartago case and heatsinks can get rid of the heat fast enough for the kind of abuse your dreaming of dishing out. I have not been able to shut mine down, Im not sure if they even have any thermal protection or not, But they were getting pretty hot. to the point of not being able to hold my hand in certain areas for more than a few seconds. (This is playing the pirates of the carribean soundtrack) Actually I think I might have to buy a couple new woofers at some point because a couple of times they were rattling/buzzing kinda bad. But ummmmmm... It also felt like I was in the theater room with the Ep600 too. Poor little 6.5inch woofers.

I am extremely pleased with my Khartago's but i dont listen to music at 100-105 db's from 12 feet away. For that purpose I would have chosen the Stratos mono extreme's or even something MORE powerfull, Can you say Mcintosh Mc2KW or perhaps Symphonic Line Kraft 400 mono's! (520lbs EACH, IIRC) Klaus knows his products better than anyone else, I dont know where the limits are on these amps because Im not brave enough (stupid enough?) to find them. You can tell him that I got them too hot to touch for any amount of time and I didnt want to go any further driving the 80's at levels im assuming you also want to achieve and see what he reccomends, Perhaps they were just starting getting warmed up They are powerfull but do have their limits obviously.

EDIT: I'm going to give Klaus a call in the next day or two because reading on the Audiocircle forum i dont think they are supposed to be getting this hot. I'll Keep you updated!

Thanks Brandon,

I was supposed to call Klaus last night late, but didn't get around to it, two kids and all really keep me busy.

It will be interesting to see what he tells you. For my budget it sounds like either the Stratos Extreme Stereo, or Khartago mono's with a few upgrades, sounds similar to what your describing. Maybe when I talk to him I'll remind him my room is double your size. I just want to make sure if I take this route I don't take the wrong option.

Randy

Geez... we just had a baby, we just bought a car, our cat just had expensive surgery, and I'm still feeling like calling Klaus! Yeesh...

And all you got was this lousy t-shirt?

"Odyssey KS Special" on order, should have it next week. Klaus is building me a Stratos Mono in Khartago cases. Brandon, I talked about your heat concern and he said some of the latest components and the newer board have addressed this issue, as well as he will be adjusting the Bias to account for my 122.9 home voltage. Should have it next week before he goes to Germany for a visit.

Dang, how'd you get such a quick turnaround on that? I'm jealous.

Hope the new amp works out well for you, Randy. Congrats on the new purchase.

He said he wanted to get it done before he left to Germany for a few weeks, plus I'm sure the extra change in his pocket helped. After talking to him I see why he gets great feedback. He is a no nonsense, down to earth, very personable person. I'm excited to give them a shot!