Peachtree Audio 2.0

I have the nova 300 and really like them but I'm hearing crackling noise everytime my cd player initially reads a disc. Have you experience this issue at all?

OMG, this is a common issue with their 220 model, and now it's also with the Nova 2.0. I was leaning heavily towards a 300 but looks like "make in USA" does not make a difference. Sorry to hear your new unit have a problem. Some cheap parts had been brought forward from old ............

Tested two nova 300 units and both of them have the same issue. Dealer said its impossible for crackling noise to happen especially if using digital connections. I used two Sony cd players and a brand new Cambridge transport, 3 kinds of speaker cables, two month old speaker, and even bought a new optical cable and same stuff happened. It's a shame coz' I think that this integrated amp is the complete package considering its specs. For now I will hang on to my old Marantz receiver until I find a similar feature laden integrated amp for the same or near that price range. 

 Paksiw, did all of that testing, with multiple amps, multiple speaker cables, cd players, etc. happen at the dealer or did it all happen in your home?  Were you and the dealer able to re-create this noise at the dealer on one of his units?

Unfortunately dealer is over a thousand miles away from me and all I can do is have them listen to that noise. They're not sure what's causing it and even said I'm the only customer so far that reported this kind of issue. I even called Peachtree support and tech mentioned "dolby pro processing" issue w/c further perplexed me. The thing is I have 2 older Marantz receiver SR9200 and SR4320 and I dont experienced this issues at all. Dont get me wrong I love the sound that I heard from Nova300, its definitely better than my two receivers and it also showed the real capability of my ATC and B&W speakers but that crackling noise really bugged the heck out of me.
I only have nova units for a week(at a time) and returned both of them.