Repaste from another thread;
After reading many stellar reviews, I purchased a Peachtree Nova to hook up to my Zu Druid when my other amp broke.
As others have experienced, it sounds pretty good in the mid and treble, but bass is lacking depth and control.
The unit I received had many functional problems;
It would revert to the first coax input when trying to switch to any analogue input, including HT bypass. No opportunity to try them out.
Loud pop changing sources, regardless of volume level.
Volume control produced a lot of static through the speakers when adjusting.
The headphone jack did not work. Plugging in headphones would disable the speaker output but no sound through the headphones. I did try several pairs.
I have seen it brought up as a good option for the Zu Druid, but even if I had one without defect I would not recommend it due to the poor bass from the built in amp.
Unfortunately I didn't get to try it as a standalone dac.
I returned it after a week. I guess it wasn't broken in but it didn't sound like it needed breaking in. Bass aside, the mid and treble was good with no brightness or fatigue. Pairing with speakers with limited bass extension would probably be a better match.
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I too returned it to Crutchfield, excellent service, and I got to keep the sheet of cable labels!
After reading many stellar reviews, I purchased a Peachtree Nova to hook up to my Zu Druid when my other amp broke.
As others have experienced, it sounds pretty good in the mid and treble, but bass is lacking depth and control.
The unit I received had many functional problems;
It would revert to the first coax input when trying to switch to any analogue input, including HT bypass. No opportunity to try them out.
Loud pop changing sources, regardless of volume level.
Volume control produced a lot of static through the speakers when adjusting.
The headphone jack did not work. Plugging in headphones would disable the speaker output but no sound through the headphones. I did try several pairs.
I have seen it brought up as a good option for the Zu Druid, but even if I had one without defect I would not recommend it due to the poor bass from the built in amp.
Unfortunately I didn't get to try it as a standalone dac.
I returned it after a week. I guess it wasn't broken in but it didn't sound like it needed breaking in. Bass aside, the mid and treble was good with no brightness or fatigue. Pairing with speakers with limited bass extension would probably be a better match.
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I too returned it to Crutchfield, excellent service, and I got to keep the sheet of cable labels!