DACs in the Peachtree Nova 150 vs WiiM Ultra

I owned the PeachTree Nova 150 for a few years. I did a few tests with it by isolating the preamp and the amps sections. The preamp section was terrible, and the amp section was OK. The newer Peachtree amps GAN amps were a better than the OK amp part of the NOVA.

Since the DAC section of the NOVA is tied to the preamp section, it is not going to be that good.

Take a look at the preamps, DACs, and amps from Schitt Audio that are a lot better than Peachtree.

Maybe I may dissuade someone for doing anything with my comment. I was in the same boat not too long ago. I wish I had listened to some advice to look at Schitt Audio when stating out as I stated above.

Last night, I did a complex audio setup, and I needed a preamp. I remembered that I had a Schitt JR headphone amp in a box somewhere. Schitt stopped making this unit was getting rid of stock for about $250 last year.

I took this amp out of the box and hooked it up to a ROON endpoint that was using a Convolution filter made for a specific headphone (a complicated setup). I ended up using the preamp section of this unit and not the amp end. I hooked it up to the Schitt Aegir v1 amp ($450 used). This thing sounded so good that I put up my $7000 tube headphone amp that serves the same purpose up for sale yesterday.

I am not starting out my audio builds but finishing my builds. I am selling a lot of expensive ger to ’downsize’ with the Schitt gear I am recommending for people who are just starting out.

Here is my ad. No one will believe me that the Schitt gear is a competitor to this great amp, so I have no issue posting this beside the comment above. My target audience is not on A’gon for this amp.I reopened the ad last night.

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