Coda 16 Meter Color?

@yyzsantabarbara The Coda 16 would be displacing a pair of Krell FPB 650M amps which I have used successfully with a lot of different speakers but a friend lent me his 16 and I liked it better.  Would it be fair to say that the Coda 11 was the precursor to the 16?

I had the Coda 8 with meters, only because the dealer gave me a deal on it over the meterless model. They are nice eye candy for a bit, but overall pretty useless and they are a distraction. Just my two cents, or is it a nickel now?

I actually have the Coda #8 with Blue meters and like it although I rarely use it anymore. I was also given a deal on the model with meters a couple years or so back.

@pinwa My #11 is 30 years old and I got it used for $2400. I sent it to Doug Dale at CODA to take a look at it and he said it was the cleanest looking #11 he had ever seen and the only thing needed was to upgrade the speaker connections to the same as the #16 (+ slight bias adjustment). Sending my #11 in helped him with another customers #11 so Doug gave me free labor and shipping. I paid $150 for the cleanup. CODA is a great company to deal with.

I had the #16 and the #11 side by side driven by the great imersiv D-1 DAC. I was not sure, but I was thinking the #11 (precursor to the #16) sounded better on my system than the #16. A good friend of mine came over (he has musicians’ ear) and listened and without me giving my opinion he said the same thing. Like the #16 the #11 is also a beast with finesse. 

The #11 is a bit warmer than the #16 and maybe a slight bit less resolving. However, my DAC is the most resolving DAC made and that makes for a great match with the #11. The #16 and the D-1 was maybe a touch too resolving (first world issues).

Saying all of this the #16 is a great amp. If money were not an issue I would still be using in my low-cost office system where it took it to levels of sonic bliss that it has not approached since. The #16 was too good an amp on that system.

K mart blue light special. Walmart strongarmed them told them to merge or he would push them out. Business can be competitive  but I don't think Mac has pattent on the color blue but could lawfare coda like k mart. I like blue meters now there are some chfi that have a mic in them and do analog meters blue. I have several led blue dancing array that's quite fun and less that 100$ . I would like to try the coda 41? I think that's the number in mono. I have some esl that sanders was involved in early on and he sub the amps to coda there great.enjoy the hunt