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What to do?

So, I purchased a Peachtree Nova 220se 4 or 5 months ago and am really happy with the sound except this is my 4th unit with the same problem.  There is a slight static / distortion coming through the speakers when I use the remote control to adjust the volume up or down.  Similar to old stereo's with dirty pots (?)...

I think Peachtree is sick of sending me new refurbished units because this time, instead of just sending me another (broken) unit, their solution now is to have me send the unit in to them for "extensive testing" or give me a full refund as long as I can find my original invoice from Underwood.

Im not quite sure what to do here.  Maybe get a refund and try the Nuprime IDA8 or...??

Any advice here would be greatly appreciated.  If I get a refund, I'll have $1200.  I'll need a dac, preamp, amp.  Integrated would be nice.

Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!
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polarfocus
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You should take the refund immediately and try to look for a new one.
sherasole
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I have a Peachtree Nova220se $999 refurb unit that has been nothing but a complete trouble free joy powering a pair of the stellar KEF LS50s. The regular 24 month warranty was included, too. I bought it to simplify my audio life while giving up as little as possible when compared to an expensive rack full of boxes and cables, not to mention big and heavy floorstanding speakers. For $2500 plus a few bucks in cables which we all already have a crap load of anyways, you have a system that gives you 99% of the music. I'd give it an A+. Peachtree is the future of audio- which is why Amazon has included the brand in their new premium audio venture, alongside KEF and a few other hand picked manufacturers.
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uneek23
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I am re-animating this old post as I recently purchased a used NOVA 220SE and was experiencing the static issue with the volume as well... I was bummed, but it still sounded great and I got a good deal, so I planned to just ignore it for the time being.
the next week, I had already ordered some Banana plugs for my JBL 6332s that I was running off the Nova (was using bare wire before) and went ahead and threw them on real quick.  CRAZILY, I played multiple tracks/inputs, etc. afterward and the Volume static was GONE.  Remote control , by hand, whatever was causing the static sound when changing the volume went away when I changed from wire to plugs at the speaker terminal.  Not sure how, or why, but this may help someone searching for this issue in the future.  

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