Buy Back Old or Move On?
I am putting together my retirement system; it has to outlast me (20 years) or at least my hearing. I have an opportunity to purchase back my old Coda CSiB amp which is coming up 10 years old now and recapped in 2019.
I'll be into it for about $3,000 or so by the time it arrives on my door. It will drive KEF R11s, have decent out-board DAC and some form of a steamer for digital music listening only.
Do I go back to it or move forward, any thoughts? If forward, what would you suggest?
Thanks
This would be an interesting option....I've heard the 2170 and it is a great sounding amplifier...and that is without turning the room perfect feature on...and like Coda, they hold their resale value. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649807204-lyngdorf-tdai-2170/ https://lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com/lyngdorf-tdai-2170/
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If you're going to go tubes, i would suggest for the streamer an Cambridge Audio Cxn v2 then send it to Modwright and have him mod it with his tube mod for the dac and upgraded power supply. The Cxn is a great streamer and the stream magic app works perfectly. All in dac and streamer$2600.00. It also has balanced output. Sounds great in my system. |
snapsc - My list of amps is really long and diverse. The Lyngdorf is on it. knighttodd - Funny, I demoed the R11s with a PL (can't remember what model) against a Krell K-300i and the PL sounded better. Roon is cool if you don't mind putting out the cash. I ran a Nucleus as the MS to DAC via USB and it was awesome! |
