Your Opinion of Coda CSiB Integrated Amplifier?

The CSiB DOES have an active FET preamplifier based on part of their very excellent 07 preamplifier.  It also has separate regulated power supplies, and the BB chip volume control that many in the high end are using. The CSiB does NOT have a "passive" preamplifier!  The Vitus Jr looks like a very nice unit, which it should be for costing MUCH more than the CSiB.  I find it hard to understand why people bring up much more expensive audio equipment far out of the price range I am interested in.

fastcat95

I do not own the CSiB integrated, but have owned or installed a few for friends; right now I own a S5.5. I'm a big fan of the CODA house all around.

I know you mentioned that you did not need a "high current" amp, but the CSiB is quite a powerful high current beast......as most CODAs are.

I cannot see a way that a lower cost product could hope to match a $24K pair of mono blocks as far as bass and control.

@fastcat95 Just so you know and this is not saying anything about a particular amplifier, high end audio is not driven by price, its driven by intention. What that means is that there are less expensive amps that sound better in every way than some more expensive amps, and there are expensive amps that sound better than some inexpensive amps. 

You cannot make assumptions based on price alone. The intention of the designer is paramount. 

atmasphere:  I agree that overall, price is not a "sure thing" indicator of performance, even with Classe.  But given the massive power supply and output sections of these Classe mono units, it is no surprise that they would outdo the Coda stereo amplifier in the bass (grip, slam, and power).

I had one recently ( Jan-March 2026), sold it three months after I got it. I know many love them, but I could not love it. I found it sort of sterile, flat sounding. Didn’t musically engage me at all. Didn’t have the detail level I expected and the sound stage wasn’t up to what I had hoped. The remote is also a second thought, just some quality universal remote. I was running it on my Magico A3’s.

The person who bought it loves it though so take my thoughts with a grain of salt as they say, I ended up with a Tube preamp (Thoress) and SS amp (Moon north series). I prefer to have tubes in my line stage or source. If I was going to buy an SS integrated in that category again I would get the Moon north 641 integrated much more musical and the remote is class leading.