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Peachtree iDac reliabilty?

First off, the iDac in my system is a pretty amazing piece of gear. It brings digital to life like I've never heard. Up till purchasing the iDac, I never considered myself much of a digital person. Sonically it's a terrific step in the right direction. I purchased the iDac in February 2011. It worked beautifully, then conked out after 3 days. The good folks at Music Direct replaced the unit immediately. I even had a very nice chat with David Solomon of Peachtree. He's a good guy and very sincere about his company. The 2nd iDac worked flawlessly for 2 months and like the first one quit working. I've now sent it to Peachtree to be repaired. Has anyone experienced a similar reliablility issue with the iDac or am I just snakebit.
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stl114_nj
94 posts
 
Mine has been flawless so far. I've had It around 5 months or so.
trucker
20 posts
 
I tried out a Peachtree Nova to pair up with my Zu Druids. The volume control was too noisy for the Druids. There was a very loud pop when switching source. When I tried to switch to any analog input (or HT bypass), it would only revert to coax 1 input. The headphone jack did not work at all. After a week it went back to Crutchfield.

For the price, it is very ambitious, with very good DAC, a tube pre, HT bypass, etc. Guess it was too good to be true.
sillycyberfunguy
3 posts
 
Hey guys, I am having a a similar problem with mine.
The ipod dock doesn't always recognize my ipod classic. It says to reset the ipod which i have done numerous times but how do i reset the iDac itself other than unplugging it. Thanks
zydecosam
4 posts
 
I am past my warranty by 6 months and my Idac just stops letting a signal go through. The Idac excepts the signal from the IPod, all the lights are on but the music doe's not flow. Any one want this unit? I want to go and get the new McIntosh D100.
stmike
39 posts
 
I know this is kind of an old thread now, but I’ve had my iDac for 5 or 6 years now and it hasn’t given me an iota of trouble. Knock wood! Maybe I just got lucky, but I was surprised to read this thread and see the difficulties that others had.
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