Hey Teajay when will your review be up, we are a Coda dealer and have been waiting for some thing exciting from Coda.
Their amplifiers have always been amazing, we had a CSib on the floor for some time and it was better then the Luxman and Hegel integrateds we had compared it to, the only issue was the lack of built in Dac which alot of clients want, so we have been bugging Coda for some time to add a digital board to make the amp competitive to the units which have built in dacs.
According to your findings this is one killer $6k amp. Can you hint at the other amplifiers you tested the Coda against and when production units will be shipping?
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Coda dealers |
Hey Teejay, can you at least give a little teaser info on what amplifiers you compared the Coda NO 8 to and when the review will be up the suspense is killing us.
We haven't yet talked with Doug at Coda yet dying to see your impressions of the amplifier.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ CODA dealers |
Yysantabarbera we do believe that the Coda is going to be fantastic so much so we ordered one.
This will give us 3 killer $6k amps the 400 watt Anthem Str, the 175watt Krell XD 175 at $7 and the 150w Coda at 6.2k
The Anthem Str is an amazing deal for $4k preamp dac room corrector.
With the persona 5f that would be one fantastic setup.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ |
Hey guys sorry not to get back to these questions will try to anwer the opinions on these three killer amps
They are all fantastic and all a bit different
Coda is the best overall amplifier in terms of image size, depth, having a warm full midrange, and a very delicate top end. Overall our favorite unless you really want to play loud or have a very unrully load.
Krell has better bass being a bit warmer in the lower frequencies, vs the Coda which was a bit tighter, slightly faster. The Krell has an even warmer midrange, Krell’s soundstage was equilly as good, the amp never seemed to run out of omph. and was just a beautiful sound on all loudspeakers.
Anthem STR a bit less air then the other amplifiers, bass was also warm, still quite tight a tick tighter than the Coda's bass, also nver ran out of omph.
So overall Coda number one, Krell number two, Anthem STR number three.
The Coda does take a long time to burn in. Fantastic amplifier at a great price unless you need more slam just an awesome amplifier. The most balanced out of all three amplifiers.
If you want a warmer even more tube like presentation then the Krell is your amp.
If you want a bit more neutral still a bit warm but less air and precence the Anthem is still quite musical just less overall wow factor then the other two great power reserves and outstanding bass never ran out of juice.
Hope that helps, these are all exceptinal amplifiers comes down to taste the Coda was really exceptional for most of our clients who we demoed it for.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Dealers for Coda, Krell, and Anthem
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Mikey the new XD series is very very different than the older Krell amplifiers.
We have owned and sold Krell amplifiers over the years including the KSA 250 and the 400MCX mono blocks.
Older Krell deep bass, a bit recessed in the mids, clean but not hyper detailed top, good dynamics.
New Krell not quite as punchy in the bass, great soundstage, much warmer fuller midrange very flowing sounding.
New Krell sound is from the ibias design and the new XD output circuit.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor |
Mikey, the Krell does not sound exactly like a tube. The XD series has a much more organic and flowing sound which is remininicent of a tube sound, also the new XD series is much more midrange orienteted and sounds warmer then any Krell of the past, and yes we would say the new XD are less slamy then the original.
The amplifiers are so much more engaging that is why people are raving over them.
The Stereophile article was just one of their attempts to be interesting such as if this amplifier is right then the other is wrong kind of thing.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Krell, Anthem and Coda dealers |
Tomlhuffman,
Coda is very much in business, they are working on a new website.
They are shipping Number 8 and people who have received their are very impressed with them.
For the money it is one of the best sounding amplifiers we have ever heard, we just sold a Point 8 with its matching preamp to a client with ATC SCM 19mk 2 monitors with a Golden Ear Sub x woofer and a Lumin streamer.
The Point 8 is very open, has a stunning midrange, and throws a huge soundstage. You have to pay a lot more to get a really superior amplifier.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Coda dealers |
Actually Tom
The Coda Point 8 improves on a lot of amplifiers and actually challenges way more expensive ones.
Congratulations on the amp, after break in it gets way better.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Coda dealers |
Ron you will love the combo the STR is just fantastic for the money, and the Coda .8 is smoking.
We would recommend an Innous Zenith MK III to feed the STR,
Ron 1264 do you have the Antem STR power amplifier as well?
Also you will get a nice improvement with a set of Isoacoustics footers replacing the 3F's stock footers.
The Coda and the STR also benefit from the Isoacoustics footers.
Please feel free to PM us if you need or want any setup details.
Dave and Troy
Audio Docotor NJ Coda, Anthem, Innous, Paradigm Dealers |
High amps we have and continue to get great results with most loudspeakers with the Coda gear.
The Coda gear is very well balanced it is not uber lush, nor is it bright.
The Coda sound is clean with a touch of warmth, a huge soundstage, tight, punchy bass, excellent resolution.
We have gotten fantastic results on pretty much all of our loudspeaker lines, the choice of preamp tube or solid state, front end and cabling will also effectively tune the sound depending on the desired sound.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor Coda dealers |
Guys we have a few clients running the Pesona 3F with the Coda .8 the combo is fantastic.
The Coda power amplifier is just fantastic with the Personas.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Paradigm, Anthem, and Coda dealers |
The Coda gear is basically neutral with a bit of warmth and midrange bloom, a huge soundstage, and very well controlled bass.
Add good top and bottom end performance it is hard to imagine a set of speakers the .8 or the CS IB integrated amplifier wouldn't sound good with.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Coda dealers |
we are coda dealers and to date have tested the .8 with Atc,legacy, focal,kef and paradigm
the .8 tends to bring out the best in a pair of loudspeakers.
Dave and Troy
audio Intellect. NJ
Coda Dealers
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