CODA Continum 8 Imput Impeadence


Hi,
im looking to up my amp game from 2 Parasound A23's
I am interested in the CODA Continum 8 monoblocks, they will be built in the TM chassis without the meters and faceplate milling (not a fan) I am on the verge of pulling the trigger but am concerned with the low input impeadence.

CODA states it as 75K ohms unbalanced and just 1K ohm balance (which is what I will be running)

Pre-amp is an Allnic L-1500 tube with 150 ohm out put impeadence

Does anyone have CODA gear and what pre are you running with it? That very low imput impeadence has me worried

thanks for any guidance or experience!
-JP
jp-2213

Showing 1 response by almarg

The outputs of the Allnic L-1500 are transformer coupled, and are described in its manual as having an output impedance that remains essentially constant (at 150 ohms) across the entire audible frequency range. So it should be fine driving 10K.

It would be a different story in the case of the some tube-based preamps which have capacitively coupled outputs. In those cases the output impedance might rise to much higher values in the deep bass region than the specified output impedance, which is usually based on a mid-range frequency such as 1 kHz. But that is not the case here.

Regards,
-- Al