Parasound vs Coda

@decooney Yes, must be nice to be so close. Shipping my 140lb monster will cost $370 CDN each way.

I’ll tell you though, it is speaker dependent of course, not sure what you got, but I am currently running my 4 ohm speakers (98db) with less than 2 watts per side from this little Yamamoto 45 tube amp, and it’s shocking how much output that is, and it is plenty loud- I understand there is a difference between tube and solid state watts, but 10 watts of class A Coda would be overkill for me on these speakers.

I have a Coda #8 V1 (Blue meters) with a BAT VK-80 Tube preamp. I had the Holo Audio Serene KTE preamp before, but this BAT preamp brought everything to a new level. The Parasound brand is good, and I have listened to them, but the Coda amps are better. I did consider getting a #16 Coda but with the large cost difference and the extreme weight I decided to get the #8 and couldn't be happier! BTW I don't buy my equipment used so that wouldn't matter in my case. My #8 barely gets warm driving my current hungry Magnepans. Since it's a V1, it puts out 150 watts into 8 ohms yet has the heatsinks for a 400 watt amp (V3). 

We are a coda dealer and sold parasound for years  we also sell focal

yz the coda isnt warmer then an xd series Krell however with Krells current unknown status you can get a coda amplifier a lot easier then a Krell

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ

Coda and Focal dealer

forrmer Parasound and Krell dealers