FYI.....looking for input as I have the Ultra in "active use" and the Peachtree is not set up. If the consensus is that the WiiM would be better, will be in no rush, at least for now, to set up the Peachtree....
DACs in the Peachtree Nova 150 vs WiiM Ultra
I recently bought the Peachtree Nova 150 and have a WiiM Ultra. Not anywhere close to an expert here, so wondering the following:
Would the DAC in the "brand new" WiiM Ultra (ES9038Q2M) perform/sound better than the much older one in the Peachtree Nova 150 (ES9018K2M SABRE32 Reference)?
Thanks!!
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I wouldn’t rush anything, leave it as it is for a while and get used to the sound. Then one day when you’re bored out of your mind, grab a coax cable and throw that into the mix. Now leave that in your system until the next time you find you have nothing to do. After a few times of doing this, it will become obvious which DAC you prefer the sound. |
@gkelly thanks! |
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. |
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