Gilles -- I am a loyal Odéon Lite owner, and I just read the SStage review. What horsefeathers! Probably the last adjective I would have dreamed up is "creamy." I suspect the cream is coming from the Cary, but you probably already told him that. I had the Bel Canto DAC prior to yours, and it is indeed a fine piece of equipment, but I enjoyed the Birdland more. As for his assertion that solid state owners should especially love it, well that too is wrongheaded. I have the Wavelength Duetto amp and Emotive Audio preamp (all tube, including power supply regulation and rectification). These instruments blew away my preconceptions about tubes. With my appropriately sensitive Sonatinas, they are as fast, tight and transient impactful as any SS amp I've had, minus the canned "souless" SS attributes. The Emotive also feeds an amplified Earthquake sub, which reinforces articulate and deep bass. And I have to remind myself that the tubes can't be any better than the input signal -- your DAC and Accuphase DP90 transport. No, I don't think my system is perfect or even "better" than Ken's, whatever that means. But it sure shows off your work in a far different light. Keep the faith!

David Zigas, Loyal Odéon-lite owner