Has anyone compared the Coda CSib to a Jeff Rowland Continuum S2?

@jjss49 

I'm still happy with the CL, but my favorite previous integrated was a first gen. Rowland Concentra, and I have always wondered about how his current models sound. 

As for the comparison in the thread title, I have seen the high praise of the Coda, and they are priced similarly on the used market. I am not a fan of the Coda aesthetics, though.

Thanks for the responses thus far!

I find it interesting that all have been focussed on Coda, and none on Jeff Rowland. I presume that the lopsided disparity is due at least in part to the fact that the latter is Class D, and many audiophiles remain broadly skeptical, or unsold on its SQ versus Class A or A/B.

It has been many years now since I had the 1st gen. JRDG Concentra in my system, but the positive memories linger. Note that I am not a spring chicken, and that with the '80s as a starting point, I have owned some excellent SS amps including Bryston, Pass (albeit an early Aleph), Accuphase (albeit vintage), and Gato.

The Concentra provided what I perceived to be a level of speed that seemed to set it apart. Drum strikes, in particular, were more visceral, and decays seemed more realistic, etc. It reproduced fine detail, but was more smooth than clinical to my ears. Etc.

Hence, my curiosity about his more recent Continuum.

am sure in the ensuing decade, with successive iterations, the product has been improved sonically, but i have no desire to try again... i just feel with that brand, the money is put towards the sexy milled faceplate as much as the innards and actual performance...

I hear you, and it's always tough to completely remove a bad taste from an earlier experience. 

As to the inner/outer cost relationship, Rowland has been using that beautifully finished "aircraft grade" aluminum for a long time now, and it's worth considering that the design itself (i.e. the face plates) is not complicated. So I'm skeptical that he would be inclined to cut costs on the guts as a result.

He does seem to blaze his own trail, which I respect, though his "house" sound is clearly not for everyone.