Been listening to the Backert hooked to the Coda for a few hours this morning. Yes, matches very well. I think I will listen all day with it, and then it is going to have to go back into the office system for tomorrow.
I can’t believe anybody would not enjoy this pairing. Gobs of natural detail, definitely more clean and transparent than the Coincident 300B. There is more presence, sounds more live, certain instruments jump out at you from space. Sublime. Kinda wish I didn’t bring Coda upstairs! Makes me want to upgrade the 300B tubes to Takatsuki’s. I can also see some of thinking this sound would be too bright for their liking. Easy fix- take out the Tesla ECC82’s and put in the Gold Lions. Or not use the rhodium Furutech GTX outlet and install a Shunyata or gold Furutech outlet instead.
Downsides: with my 98db/m efficient Horning’s I do hear a little pop when turning the Coda on, there is a little hiss if you put your ear within 1 foot of the tweeter, and a little more hiss in some original recordings can be noticed (Weary Blues-Duke Ellington). Also, the volume on the Backert is on the lower end, it is not in the optimal 11 to 1 o’clock range, more like 9 o’clock, even with RCA’s to the Coda. I suppose instead of XLR’s from the DAC to the Backert if I used RCA’s there should be at least 3db less output? Would this Rhumba sound even better? I should call Andy and ask him.