vthokie83
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| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! sim_audio_nerd, I just looked up your Supratek Grange Signature, that looks like a beautiful beast! I'd love to hear your comments once the CODA shows up | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Teajay, Got some good news this week, Aric Audio is shipping my new modified Motherlode XL preamp! It will be a little while for me to reconfigure my setup, but really looking forward to hearing the CODA S5.5 and Aric Audio Transcend "Push Pull" ... | |
| Axpona 2024 who is going and why? Aric, That is amazing news. I am so looking forward to the Motherlode XL, the combo with the CODA S5.5 and your Transcend "Push Pull" amplifiers should be eye popping! Lot's of fun to be had, thanks as always for input and hard work. | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Be sure to pay special attention to the specs of the speakers, if they are too hard to drive you'll need a new amplifier too. If I were in your shoes I'd look at a sensitive speakers, over 90 db efficient. Sonus Faber usually fits there, but othe... | |
| 15k for streamer and dac....how much on each? Audiocanada, You're getting some great information here, all of it good.....but all of it (including mine) is subjective based on our experiences. I'd spend more on the DAC, but still get a really nice streamer. I'd go 60/70% DAC and 30/40% strea... | |
| Going Tubing Bimmerlover, I'd suggest starting with a tube preamp, you get a lot of the benefit without the complexity of a tube amp. I can highly recommend: Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme (1.3 or 1.4), and the BAT VK-80.....they were part of my listening journe... | |
| Axpona 2024 who is going and why? I want to get to know Clayton Shaw and Doug Dale at CODA, wish Aric Kimball was going....but he said he's WAY backed up on production | |
| Axpona 2024 who is going and why? I'll definitely be going on Sunday, as I'm on vacation and can't cut it short.....my wife would kill me. She has not beaten me up for buying 2 amps, a preamp, and a pair of speakers; I really do owe her | |
| Starting a second system, need efficient speaker suggestions. traudio, I'd suggest you speak with Clayton about any recommendations from him, and glad he'll be at Axpona. I'll be there on Sunday and speaking further with him as well. I have found that they need to be pulled out into the room, they start di... | |
| Starting a second system, need efficient speaker suggestions. traudio, If you are at Axpona, check out the Clayton Shaw Caladans (if clayton is exhibiting. I have them for about a month. $3,400 delivered....and if he's there you can demo them | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? nickdig1, I get it, and I went through the same exact thing....having placed my order on 11/1/23. In the end my patience has been rewarded, as the Caladans are an amazing speaker for a ridiculously fair price. I would go through all of the diffic... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! tabl10s, Looks are incredibly subjective of course, but I find the CODA S5.5 to be very appealing. The performance of the S5.5 is stellar, and aolmrd1241 said......you'll be missing out on an amazing sounding (and relatively inexpensive for what ... | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? +1 Mesonto, There will always be advocates for both cases (conditioner vs. directly to wall). In my system I have my amp directly to the receptacle, as I tried it through the Panamax M5300-PM where it collapsed the dynamics a bit....and seemed to... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s I'm late to this thread, but I can throw 2 amps that I've recently purchased that are sounding amazing.....one solid state, and one tube. The solid state is the CODA S5.5, all class A 50WPC 8 ohm, 100WPC 4 ohms, and 200WPC 2 ohms.....100 amps peak... | |
| Anybody have Experience with Alta Audio Alyssa Speaker tjraubacher, Tarun (British Audiophile) is one of the few reviewers that I feel shoots straight, and he has been trying to upgrade his speakers for years; but never found everything he was looking for until the Alyssa.....for what it's worth |