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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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nickjn
111 posts
 
Well, probably. Do you have a specified budget?
hugo1
27 posts
 
Thanks. I recently purchased the Moon Audio 100D and love it! It has so much more clarity than the V-Dac right out of the box.
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elem79
65 posts
 
Just bought one last week and noticed popping/clicking through spdif. After resetting it, the clicking would go away, but would eventually return. I sent it back and bought another one. I love what did for my system, hopefully this one will work out in the long run.
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.
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