I believe I read it in one of the Audio rags, maybe Stereophile, TAS or Tone. I do remember reading it is a John Curl design. I'm not a fan of Class D yet. I have heard a few of them and find I get listener fatigue quite quickly. I good friend of mine has a Peachtree integrated with a tube input stage and 225wpc. He has it mated to a pair of Kef LS50 speakers. The sound is nothing spectacular, although he listens primarily to small Jazz ensembles and he is happy with it. I guess I am one of the old fashioned guys who likes heavy duty output transistors and class A/AB.
Peachtree Grand Integrated X1 vs Parasound Halo Integrated
I’ve been stalking the interweb for a used Parasound HINT to come around at a good price for a while now. Of course in the meantime I am obsessively looking at/ researching every other integrated and separates option known to man, but always seem to come back to the HINT - wins out for its price, HTbypass, bass control, universal respect and love. A Peachtree Grand has come up for sale at my same target price and I am also intrigued by its also stellar reviews, original $4500 price tag, 440w into 8, and seems to do everything I need. My lizard brain says get the $4500 flagship amp, but my gut says the Halo. What say you? Anyone ever compare hands on? Will be driving my Kef LS50s in a medium/small living room.