Coda no.8 Vu metres question
Ok, so to those who have experience with coda amps, the VU meters have two settings, in first setting the meters are not moving very much and in the second they move quite a bit and at relatively moderate listening levels, with certain music can even flirt with the red. I can only assume the first less sensitive setting is watts? But the second....? Can anyone enlighten me before I start to bother the good folks at Coda?
@speedthrills, do these reviews not count? https://www.stereophile.com/content/coda-technologies-s5-power-amplifier https://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/equipment/1104/codas12.htm https://www.dagogo.com/coda-technologies-cs-amplifier-review/ http://everythingaudionetwork.blogspot.com/2016/08/ean-audiophile-review-coda-technologies.html |
Well, I can't point you to any reviews but I can describe my experience. This is by far and away the best amp I have owned or had over here or heard at other homes. It's staggering. It's delicate and powerful at the same time, you can inject any audiophile superlatives here because it does them all and this one is still breaking in. Every few days I sit in front of the stereo it's a surprise and a revelation and it just keeps getting better. I believe the word of mouth is a far better indication of an amplifier or anything for that matter than any paid review out there and by the way they are all paid. Especially ones in any magazine. So there is that |
I have managed to find out little more about the meters because frankly, after some thought I really wasn’t satisfied. So the upper portion is actually a decibel scale, in my case it’s -20 to +3db and the lower portion which goes from 1 to 100 is the power percentage meter. This actually makes quite a bit more sense. Also apparently some early models had different meters so that is likely contributing to confusion, in my case at least. |
I had the same question a short time ago. Don't really pay attention to them anymore, kinda eye candy. Bought mine 2 years old and they were (the meters) just there. nice to look at though. Mine is paired with a Benchmark LA-4 pre amp in a large room with Wonderful Tekton Encore special edition speakers. Just rock and roll 85 to 90db give or take. The amp is wonderful, as others have described it. For my purposes (that being rock and roll) a great deal of headroom is needed to be accurate. For those that are unaware, My Tektons LIKE a great deal of current,( not watts, Current) and that current is GREAT via the Coda 8 V1 that I have. I have a PASS X 250.8 in another system and love it, again, Rock and Roll. It delivers approximately 60 amps of current if that is the correct way to phase it. The Coda, I was told delivers 75 amps. Again for my purposes of rock and roll, you can really tell. No regrets with my Coda 8, just accolades! Very impressive AMP!!! Robert |
