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Coda 11, Schiit Tyr, JC5 or ???

Poured over the forums but seeking repl. for Rogue Medusa.  Sold my Parasound 5ch beast and had regrets at the sale-demo.  Miss the gutteral full bass.  I'm done with ClassD. It's got detail but lacking fullness Want more musicality and like a good soundstage and prefer ClassA/AB.   Tried tube rolling.  Max budget $4k new or used considering Coda 11, JC5, Kinki M7, or new Schiit Tyr pair. All in budget used.  Recent Tyr favorable review in Absolute Sound. Need power for pairing with 4-Ohm CSS towers with Audible Illusions L3A pre.   

Appreciate opinions?

 

adamsherman
tweak1
3,667 posts
 

The bargain that Im told competes with anything:  see Vera-Fi Audio LLC Series One A40 class A amp $1599

adamsherman OP
4 posts
 

I'll check into that.  May have issues at 40w but fortunately I don't listen at loud volume most of the time so 40 should cut it.   Thank you! 👍

dynamiclinearity
269 posts
 

But you don't need power to get high average levels. You only need four watts to listen at 86 dB average level(very loud as an average) at 2 meters. You need power to maintain clean sound during and after large peaks(such as not untypical 30 dB piano peaks). Suddenly your 4 watts turns into hundreds of watts.

yyzsantabarbara
4,879 posts
 

I am a big fan of Schitt gear. I have owned the CODA CSiB, #8, and now the #16. 

There was a great series on SoudstageUltra.com about Jeff Fritz searching for his new uber reference amp. He used a CODA #11 as a stop gap while he was looking for the uber amp. After a while he was wondering why he needed another amp when the CODA #11 was so good. He eventually spent about $30k for a used Boulder amp.

 

 

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