Bragging rights.....

The Coda CSIB integrated is a not as well known as say Ayre,or Pass labs 

Nelson Pass actually started out with this same design team 

at Threshold -Stasis ,great classics audio , then Nelson went out solo in the 1990s 

and these engineers formed Coda , a fantastic integrated with the biggest potted ,not open toroidal like most 3,000va which is much bigger then most 

and 3 power choices for the same price ,lowest power is 18-1st watts in pure class A ,then 150,300,600 wpc , super high current 120 amps short term 

and on back 2-16 amp slow blow fuses , 10 year warranty ,exceptional build quality 

for under $7k. A steal , I only upgraded the preamplifier output caps from the very good Rel caps to the Big Duelund tinned Copper foil foil oiled paper caps.

it sounds very good.

Often high-end audio can be obsessive and hard on the bank account, but musical enjoyment should be the end goal.  Congratulations, nothing wrong with contentment. 

I wanted to simplify my system, a bit, by retiring my outboard Bluetooth receiver and outboard DAC. I read great things about the Cambridge Audio CX 81, so I took a chance on one. The analog section of the amp is excellent. I also found the onboard Bluetooth to be excellent, especially with HD sources. The onboard DAC is a disappointment. My 20 year old Rotel CD player sounds better through it's internal DAC and my circa 2015 outboard  Arcam DAC sounds better as well. It's still well worth the $800 for a factory refurb unit. But for the regular $1400, not with that chipset.

@mapman ....*L*  In a year, you ought to be much like you are now, but 1 more lengthy in tooth and shorter of hair. ;)

I've that problem as well....🙄

Audiophile, 'phobe, 'philiac, 'fiend, you be want you wanna be. ;)

Personally, more interest in how you hear your Ohms with the new intergrated.
But, that's just my interest to pique'. *G*

@asvjerry

Other than spls now limited to the low 90s at my main listening position, the amp in the newer Cambridge took everything to a higher level especially with the big Ohms than the gear it replaced, which was somewhat older….Bel Canto ref1000m monoblocks and Audio Research sp16 tube preamp, no slouches.  Listing for almost $8k together in their day. That’s with both digital and phono as a source. Everything is clearer, more detailed, better imaging and more dynamic. Not nearly as laid back as prior. The biggest differences can be heard with the best classical recordings as one would expect.  The Cambridge Evo 150 cost $3K back earlier this year.