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| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey vthokie83, You have been a very busy audiophile recently, indeed. However, you have purchased gear from to of my favorite companies and people, Coda (Doug) and AricAudio (Aric). Both offer great performing gear that is well built, and very re... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey guys, Isn't it great even with different listeners/personal taste, different equipment in each system, and different acoustic spaces, the sonic virtues/traits of the S5.5 are still clearly heard. Now its around 20 people, through this thread... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey vthokie83, Thanks for your very detailed and informed sharing on the S5.5. I just got off the phone with Aric (AricAudio). You are in for another treat when you get your Motherlode in the near future. The combo of the S5.5 and Aric’s great pr... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey aolmrd1241, I agree, I would always defer to the designer regarding the optimum parameters regarding their pieces of equipment. Doug always is available to get feedback on these types of questions. As I shared above, I tried the S5.5 on pret... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey Peter, Great question. The answer is yes, the S5.5 drove a Devore 096, which I believe is a 16 ohm nominal load with a no difficulties at all. So I'm assuming it would do fine with your LS3/5 speakers. Teajay | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Just wanted to share: I'm packing up a pair of Analysis Audio Epsilon planar speakers that I reviewed months ago and are going to be packed up to be sent back to the importer. These large planar speakers are only 86dB and a nominal 4 ohms. So ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey minatophase3, Thanks for sharing your cursory listening experiences with us. So far, what you are hearing makes total sense to me. Both your amps are great, it now will be your personal taste and synergy with your speakers to decide on your "... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey firefly627s, I have talked to Doug about this a couple weeks ago. The S5.5 doubles down into 100 watts class A into 4 ohms. Teajay | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey irave, Sonus Faber itself recommends 100 to 500 watts, so I don't agree with these "people" regarding the excessive amount of power to drive optimally an Amati speaker. They also are 4ohms and about 90dB efficient, a rather easy load to drive... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey aolmrd1241, I agree that was a "one off anomaly". I own the 07x, reviewed it and made it a product of the decade for Stereo Times. It is one of the most quiet/transparent preamplifiers, which allows you to hear micro-details so easily without... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey Everybody, This last night received another Email from a Gon member who had purchased the S5.5 after reading about it on this thread. He is totally enthralled with its performance. He had been using a P/P EL34 based amplifier and took a risk ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey Jeff, I'm very interested in what happens going from the Luxman to the Coda S5.5 in your system. Both, excellent, but different. I predict that the S5.5 will bring a sense of aliveness/overall dynamics to your rig. Also, the clarity of micro-... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey jfrmusic, My dear friend Mike Kay (Audio Archon) is a Harbeth dealer and finds the S5.5 drives them wonderfully. You are forgetting that it's no only the watts but the current loading that makes a great difference in driving speakers effortle... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey yowser, This was addressed earlier in the thread. Coda did not change the name/generation of the S5.5. However, some recent important changes were made in the front-end and in using different power transistors. If you have questions regarding... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Hey fthompson251, I'll be writing my review for the StereoTimes website in the next couple of months. I have two reviews to write before I do the S5.5 write up. As I stated at the beginning of this thread I was so impressed by the performance of ... |