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| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! I had the CODA 07x with the #8. It was not my personal favorite. I am not a huge tube fan. Though my headphone amp is an incredible tube amp (RAAL VM-1a). I changed to the Holo Serene and the CODA #16. This combo is perfect for my ears with the M... | |
| Bryston 7B3 vs 4B3: Extra Cost Worthwhile? For a Harbeth a 4B3 is more than enough. I think the neutral Bryston is a good choice for the Harbeth. I would have gone with the Benchmark AHB2 in mono myself. I like the top end on the AHB2 more. The bottom end on the 4B3 is better. | |
| Music through streamer vs CD/SACD My SACD player sounds different than my streamer. My 3 different streamers all had a unique sound. This was surprising. A CD/SACD music delivery system is simpler than the path the bits travel in a stream. BTW - if you want a $15k SACD player fo... | |
| Bryston 7B3 vs 4B3: Extra Cost Worthwhile? I had the 4B-SST and the 7B-SST. I played my Revel Salon1 real loud, and the 7B-SST was better in that regard. Those speakers also ate up the additional power. Do you have a demanding speaker? | |
| Stereo Amp recommendations for Legacy Audio XDs I misspoke when I said that CODA may have built the Wavelet. It was the amps that CODA built for Legacy in the past. This thread mentions some past history, Legacy Amplifiers — Polk Audio Forum I have an amp that I like a lot and sounds better t... | |
| Throw it out! I did that once with the RUSH CD Vapor Trails. I thought there was some great music in the disk, but I could not listen to it since the recording was so badly done. I threw it in the trash. A decade later they remastered the album and I have the... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @christianb5s4 Post some info on it if you go down. I won't be able to go until mid-June. I am sure that it will be a great amp. Anything that is similar to the #16 is going to be something I will like. Pretty sure I would like the S5.5 and the n... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @minatophase3 Congrats, what is the amp going to be driving? | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight @cundare2 I was not going to comment because you asked for an integrated. However, since you are open to the Benchmark stack, I was also going to say that would work nicely with the Harbeth’s. I hear the Harbeths as a bit warm and the Benchmark g... | |
| Stereo Amp recommendations for Legacy Audio XDs My CODA dealer is a huge Legacy dealer. He had a full CODA stack for all the Legacy speakers in his demo room. I think CODA also built the wavelet for Legacy. | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! It was an interesting discussion. He went really deep into the details of what was happening since the old SYSTEM 100 to the new SYSTEM 150. Strangely, I had a Deja vu moment as I listened. I recalled a similar discussion with Roger Sanders last ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! BTW - Anyone with a S5.5 using it with the Magnepan LRS+ speaker. I am curious if the S5.5 can drive the $1000 LRS+. If it can then that would be a great "value" system. I was using a Sanders Magtech for a while on it, and it was great. For a lar... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Since some of you asked me on DM about the mono S5.5, here is what Doug at CODA told me today. It is not the best way to use the amp. A stereo amp bridged to mono suffers sonically and has to work much harder. There is a technical explanation on ... | |
| Best HIFI Stores LA/Orange Brooks Berdan is closed or moved to Seattle area. No B&M retailer can give you a big selection of high end speakers. Go to an audio show to narrow it down. Then visit. I recommend having a listen my speakers at Shelleys in Woodland Hills. ... | |
| Lumin P1 or Pre / Streamer / DAC separates? This comment applies to ROON or JRiver users (maybe more but I do not know) If the men220 is the DSP piece from MAC then that and any audio hardware DSP can be better by software dsp that runs as Convolution filters. https://accuratesound.ca/ |