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Coda CB vs 2016 07X
A guy said he loved the denaphrips athena with it. But it has no gain...which may be a problem if u play vinyl. Denaphrips has a warm signature...so I’ve also been looking at tube preamplifiers. I have the freya + in another system. Coda CB is wha... 
Rouge Audio RP-7
The RH-5 and RP-5 seem like great value. I think I looked over the RH-5 because I don’t use headphones. I actually may have lucked out. There may be a dealer within 30 miles of me that sell both Rogue and Audio Research. Going to call on Tuesday. ... 
Rouge Audio RP-7
@upnorthsound glad you brought up your experience. I've been trying to wrap my head around everything you brought up for almost a week. I feel like this stuff is like learning to ride a bike or learning to play euchre. One day it will all click.   
Rouge Audio RP-7
@jaudio1 yeah. I'm upgrading my whole system... I started about 7 months ago but Because of supply chain issues and me being stubborn with what i wanted...everything is just now starting to come together at once. 6500 is more i can spend when ther... 
Rouge Audio RP-7
@ghdprentice thank you for your candor & recommendation Audio Research is no joke. May have a hard time finding one in the same price range as rp7...  
Rouge Audio RP-7
I agree. Their remote looks like it came from Topping.   
Rouge Audio RP-7
Ha. I realized I misspelled it soon after I posted. It's there forever now :) I appreciate everyone sharing their experiences with the Rogue preamps. I didn't realize they all have a phono stage. Was hoping they had a pre without one. I enjoy wha... 
New Stereo Times review on CODA CSiB Integrated Amplifier
I have the opportunity to get a 07x at half the retail but it’s appx 5-6 yrs old. Do you guys think this is worth my time? I know Coda has a line stage simply called CB...which is just the CP minus the phono stage.  
Rouge Audio RP-7
So they acknowledged that the noise/hiss wasn't normal and fixed it? How long have you had it before things started going wrong? Yeah...I had an assumption it'd sound more ss. Seems like hybrids are a little gimmicky...where there's this implicati... 
Wired4Sound STP 2 preamplifier vs Coda X7 preamplifier
@audiotroy has the 07x been out a long time? I coudve sworn 07x came out a few yrs ago but i saw a guy trying to sell his and he wrote it was 5/6yrs old. Not sure if Coda updated it and kept the same name or this guy just wrote a typo in the descr... 
Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?)
@gochurchgo so you were thinking about running a phono premp through the Athena? I was thinking of doing the same but have been told that because the Athena has unity gain... I'll be making my life more difficult that it has to be. I dont clearly ... 
Selling on Audiogon
Anyone have an opinion on this. This is kind of a kick in the nuts for people just trying to get rid of their old gear to upgrade.  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/venmo-paypal-zelle-must-report-600-transactions-irs-rcna11260    
FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare?
In all honesty... though I can’t speak on DHL...Fed Ex, UPS, USPS are all pretty much similar. With millions of packages going through their system every week...these things happen. Your best bet is to see if you can get them shipped Next Day Air.... 
Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4
@yyzsantabarbara Is the LA4 active or passive(unity gain)?  
Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier
@teajay I had a quick matching to speakers question. What should I look for in the spec sheets on a speaker so I'll know I can safely use the coda no.8 without damaging the speaker. For example...the Focal Aria 906s that I currently have. Specs sh...