Lots of votes for the Coda. 1 more vote for the Coda s5.5, speaking as an owner. That treble is to die for. If you know you know. Saxophone sounds especially magnificent. Metallic yet smooth with unusual clarity for a class A. Forgive my small pool of experience, all the mid tier class A I've heard sounds great but lacking in treble clarity among other things. Not the Coda S5.5!! It's also very cool for a class A. Rehular room temp. Say 70F, the Coda will barely get warm after multiple hours.
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@willywonka Yep I realize they are older reviews but just wanted to show speedthrills that there were some to be found aside from Terry's relatively more recent ones. |
@yyzsantabarbara it looks like you are moving on from your coda 16. What are you moving on to and what is shaping your choice? |
@peter_s I am not moving away from y CODA. I am selling it (maybe). I got $17k worth of gear on the FOR SALE listings and I may be able to squeeze by without selling the #16. However, in the event I have to sell the CODA amp, this is the CODA amp I bought today. The ad should say sold. Coda 11 Amplifier For Sale Or Trade - US Audio Mart If I have to sell the CODA #16 amp I will almost certainly get another CODA #16 in the future. Though my friend who sells Allnic amps is coming over on Monday to listen to 100-watt Allnic tube amp he loves. He loves my speakers and uses it to test some uber gear he sells. He brought over the $26k Allnic D-15000 Signature OTL/OCL DAC and that was stunning with the CODA #16 and Yamaha NS5000. The plan was to get that. However, I was over his place, and he had the Imersiv D-1 DAC sitting around and having iPad connectivity issues. I volunteered to test it out at my place with my Sonore OpticalRendu streaming and also an iPad. I have a thread about the Imersiv DAC that I started about 8 months ago. Follow along to see more details. My friend only learned of this DAC when the manufacturer contacted him a month or 2 ago. I was on this DAC long ago. Long story short I am now selling all of the gear that is now redundant, except the CODA #16 is essential but I know the Imserv D-1 DAC and the CODA #11 is better than my old gear and the CODA #16, This is by a wide margin. The Imersiv DAC is shockingly good, I say it is a revolutionary DAC not evolutionary. This is the first DAC where direct to amp is the way I will go. My friend is building an audiophile device to allow me to output XLR to 3 destinations,
BTW - I am paying MRSP, so I am not getting any discount to talk about it here. I was offered one, but I never take discounts from friends. The DAC is also butt ugly. BTW2 - Here is the reason I had the CODA #11 always on the back of my mind. I have been suggesting this as an option to people for a while now. Jeff’s Getting a New Stereo System: Part Five
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@yyzsantabarbara that makes sense. That is a great deal on the CODA 11! |
