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Peachtree Reliability issues?

I'm curious if any of you have had reliability issues with peachtree products. Awhile back I was considering buying an idac but didn't because I read that people were having problems with them breaking. My brother bought a nova pre and the dac on it broke the second day he had it. He had another one sent to him five days later, he has had that one for a week, and now he is having the same problem; broken dac. Have you guys had similar problems with peachtree products? Dacs in particular?
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b_limo OP
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After living with a Nova Pre and 220 amp for quite some time (it is gone now) and can say that it was actually a pretty good sounding combo and I didn't have any more reliability issues.  My only complaint now is the crappy plastic remote and the volume knob had a cheap feel and poor modulation (?) / volume control at quieter levels.  I thought the dac sounded great, and the amp had alot of power but was a little dry and lifeless, but the dac added some sparkle so...


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Rsangole, thats how I felt about the Nova pre / 220 combo.  Great sound but missing some life. I wonder if its due to the class D amp.  Its intersting that an amp / pre / dac can sound good, have good power, have good extension and clarity yet be "missing something", and that something is life / soul.  I suppose one day I'll be listening to vinyl on tubes asking muself how I listened to lifeless digital.
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@oldgzzrr, how is that volume control on your peachtree?  That was always a complaint of mine with peachtree gear.  The volume could not be controlled in small increments with the remote control...

This new peachtree stuff, all of it where they ditched that gimmicky tube buffer, is made in canada and not china.  I’d like to hear the 300 in my system.

On a side note, I hope that’s geezer, not, well, sound it out!
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