The characteristics described above about the Coda sound similar to good Class D.
Your Opinion of Coda CSiB Integrated Amplifier?
Hello to all:
I am considering a Coda CSiB amplifier (the 18 watt class A version). I would be using it with an easy to drive pair of speakers (89dB/watt) at very moderate levels, so no issue with needing high current/big power. If you have this amplifier, or have listened to it to any degree, what do you think of it? Many Thanks!
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FWIW, I replaced a perfectly good class d purifi eigentakt amp (NAD M33) with the CSiB v2 and there is no comparison. The M33 was accurate and polite/boring. Overall, the sonics were, to pick a word, subdued. (Of course the pretty poor BlueSound streamer module and the ESS DAC implementation may have been more to blame.) On the whole, I’d echo @audphile1 ’s description, and with much more grip, drive and life-like sound than the M33. Ultimately, however, with my other equipment and speakers, though I felt like it wasn’t giving enough warmth and flesh on the bones. In a couple weeks, #OP, if you can wait that long and don’t mind that it’s V2 (250 wpc with Class A for the first 12), TMR will have a pristine, 6-month old black model on their site. I am sorry to part with it because it is beautifully made, but just not the right device for me/my room. |
@fastcat95 there are no absolutes in this hobby ;) To me, It leans cool overall. It’s very slight and easy to balance out. I bought CSiB when I had Pass X260.8 mono amps with XP-22 dual chassis preamp. I sold the Pass separates. Yes there were things Pass did better but the Coda was more expressive and engaging vs the laid back and warm Pass. |
@slaw i should clarify that one thing I was trying, but see that I failed entirely, to say is, as @atmasphere has said repeated and @hilde45 did a whole amazing series of posts on recently, D amps do not all sound the same. I have a class D Gato DIA 400S in my bedroom system (Pascal module) and it sounds nothing like my M33 did. It is a touch warmer in tone than the CSiB, but maybe a touch less resolving. Both excellent amps, both excellent with my Joseph Audio Perspectives. The Gato is more pleasing to me than the M33 was, and all 3 are pretty different. |
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