I did! It was an amazing deal, and though after our verbal agreement he received offers higher than mine, he was a man of his word and completed our deal.
I've previously heard all manner of old and new solid state and tube amps: McIntosh, Yamaha, Onkyo, Sony, Harman Kardon, Parasound, Coincident...etc. I'm very partial to really great tube amps (see my username) - my previous post is a good explanation of what it does. In short, compared to all the amps I've heard, it does almost everything better. I loved a McIntosh MC30 I previously heard, as well as my Coincident Dynamo MKII - there is a liquid and musical magic in tubes. However, while the Coda may not quite replicate this sound, it comes closer than any other SS amp I've heard, and surpasses these in all other areas I previously mentioned.
I'm very thankful to users here like Teajay, for his many insightful and honest contributions, and Grannyring for the same, as well as modifying my MHDT Orchid DAC and his very fine Acoustic BBQ cables, as well as many others. I nearly have my lifetime system - I now only lack Moab's, which I hope to remedy this fall.