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I like the DAC in this Nova so much that I'm going to send back the Micromega MyDac that I bought a couple weeks ago and place an order with my dealer for the Peachtree Dac-It. I don't know if it's the Sabre dac, or the design of the circuit, or whatever...but it's just ridiculous how good the Nova sounds. Two more amazing examples of fidelity tonight....First, I fired up a Netflix movie on the AppleTV (what a great device this is!!!) and watched in glorious 2-channel Magnepan/Peachtree sound...it was fanastic. Vocals were dead-center and clear as a bell, action scenes were realistic and detailed, just a really nice experience even though the movie was just so-so ("Stolen" with Nicholas Cage). Second, I fired up the YouTube channel on the AppleTV (have I said how amazing this device is?) and was truly shocked. When I use the youtube channel on my Oppo player, the sound is a bit thin and un-involving. With the Peachtree/AppleTV I watched a video game trailer and the sound was out of this world. I usually use the lady friend as a litmus test, cause she cares JUST enough about audio to be encouraging when I buy new toys, but not enough to where she gets all that excited. When she looks over at me with big eyes, that's when I know she's impressed and can easily tell that whatever I bought has made a difference. She couldn't believe it when I fired up the video game trailer, and she was so excited about how the internet radio sounded that she wants me to fire up that ambient noise station we found while she has clients over this weekend for their massages. (She's a licensed Massage Therapist who has some of the Atlanta Falcons players as clients since we live right near their headquarters.) The one thing I will say with absolute certainty is that in terms of value, the Nova is EASILY a 10/10. I"m still analyzing the differences between how it sounds now and how it sounded with the Butlers bi-amped, cause there is a lot to consider, but I'll save that for another day. In terms of just dollar for dollar value, this piece just blows it out of the water. As we all know, there are stand alone DACs that cost as much or more than the Nova does, so to have all this in one box and sounding this good, I just don't know how else to say it....Bravo, Peachtree!!!!
From my experience, it's the Sabre DAC AJ. Not everyone likes the Sabre sonic presentation but I do.
AJHave you tried passive biamping with the Butler multichannel driving the top and the Nova125 doing the bottom? You just need a pot on the butler ( assuming the gains on the amp section of the peachtree is smaller than that in the butler - but they might be close to equal).
Unfortunately I can't even consider that option at the present time...I got off work early today and wanted to really rock the house, so I turned up the gain on the Peachtree to around 2:00......let's just say that it took about twenty mins to get the fire alarms to turn off........RIP Peachtree Nova 2013-2013
aw hell, I can't even joke about that happening...it hurts to imagine!! April fools it is
Ah, you got me.
I have Been considering either the nova 125 or the grand integrated to use with my Von Schweikert VR33 speakers. With the high praise you have for the nova 125 with your Magnepan speakers, I'm starting to wonder if the grand integrated would be overkill?
