Combine that with a power output of 300 watts per channel and you can be sure this new nova will easily drive your favorite loudspeaker.". What a ride. Unfortunately, everyone and their mother burned this one out on the radio, Internet, and HiFi shows. . Oct 9, 2019 #1 I just received the Nova 500 from Peachtree, and plan to test over the next week or so. It replaced an NAD C390DD. I have PSB Symphony One speakers. The Grand Integrated was the flagship of the Peachtree line at the time. They are the antithesis of the ’90s dull black box on an A/V rack, with impressive functionality and clean power. Did you have a chance to use/compare the Auralic Aries Mini or the Sonore microRendu both with their respective upgraded power supplies with/to the internal dac on the Novas? Relatively small size and superior efficiency allows a nova chassis that is even smaller than its predecessors, without the large, heavy and expensive heat sinking common in class A/B amplifiers. "The nova300 incorporates the latest generation of ICEPower amplification - with an impressive 300 watts per channel. Naxos of America recently sent me an album with large letters that say Sonatas for Piano and Violin, with smaller letters saying Ludwig van Beethoven, Arthur Grumiaux, and Claudio Arrau. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Highly recommended. We now introduce nova 2.0 . Analog inputs AUX1 and AUX2 are user-switchable between Home Theater Bypass, moving magnet phono and standard line-level. Results 1 to 10 of 10 in total. Founded in 2007 Peachtree Audio is a company dedicated to digital music with the understanding that the future was computer and streaming based media. We are awaiting USB certification of this input. Not continuously, but 12 times is a lot of listens and enables one to really hear nuances. . Combine that with a power output of 300 watts per channel and you can be sure this new nova will easily drive your favorite loudspeaker. This is what Peachtree Audio 2,0 is all about. #dayoff #berlinwa, Why high-end #headphones? ❄️ #darkoaudio #spaziergang, This week's bean bag comes courtesy of the @suitca, Drinking margaritas at the mall. Keep reading right here. It's so high-brow sounding that it's untouchable for me and many others. My speakers are Oskar Syrinx & Kithara both rated at 90db efficiency. Speaking of the entire album, it's just as delightful sounding as the first notes of Allegro. The amplifier utilizes ICEpower’s innovative and patented Hybrid Controlled Oscillation Modulator (HCOM) feedback and control techniques to ensure high output, wide bandwidth, low noise, robust stability and a simplified overall design. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Most notable, other than Carole's voice, was Charles Larkey's bass throughout track two, So Far Away. I wanted to make sure the nova300 could not only play it at high volumes, but that it could play it well. This is the world's only system that addresses this problem and yields a dead quiet background. As I understand I have two connection options: Option 1: One set of RCA (L,R) line level connectors from the preamp output of the Nova amp … Now with the Peachtree, the bass is tighter, the soundstage is better, the ability to hear each instrument is improved, the sound … It is a very good looking integrated amp with high quality 32 bit/384k asynchronous 9018 Sabre DAC that plays DSD. U. Unclevanya Active Member. #darkoaudio #, Total snow. This is a great album and 'Pigs' is one of my favorite tracks on the album. I set the nova300 volume to a notch or two below maximum, and clicked play. “Computer audio” was born, with Peachtree’s Decco and Nova amplifiers on the leading edge, and with computer audio a defining part of Peachtree’s identity. When the deepest bass kicked in, my cat ran out of the room. Sometimes more power equates to less resolution. The nova150 and the nova300 have so much in common, that I consider them not just brothers, but twins. I could compare the two while both were fresh in my mind. I have no idea what the objective measurements of the nova150 and nova300 are, but the nova300 just sounds much better to me. I don't use a headphone. It replaced an NAD C390DD. Deep, loud, powerful and subwoofer-esque bass came from my TAD loudspeakers driven by the Peachtree Audio nova300 during this track. Please read my review of the Peachtree Audio nova150 before reading further. a completely new generation of Peachtree integrated amplifiers that reimagines the original concept and takes it to an even higher level. I was going to leave the conclusion at that. The first track, Allegro, starts out like it could have been the score to a 1980s Grey Poupon commercial. Its staggering list of special features are as follows: ESS Reference 9018K2M Sabre DAC . Wow, I love this album. The extra 150 watts of amplification alone doesn't seem like it would make all the difference in the world, but in my case, it made all the difference in the world. It happens to have a great DAC and preamp on board too. There is something genuinely special about the latest version of the Peachtree Audio Nova 300 integrated amplifier that is hard to let go of – Howard Milstein explains WHY! Thread starter Matrix80; Start date Oct 9, 2019; M. Matrix80 Standard Member. The Computer Audiophile I had a nearly identical experience listening to the track Wish from NIN's Broken EP. Set your system up the way YOU choose! #darkoaudio, I liked - but didn't love - the Q Acoustics Q Acti, 'Take us to your leader'. The Nova 300 is not simply an integrated amplifier. I adjusted the volume a bit lower for further listening and remained captured by the music and system. 24 at reasonable levels with excellent detail and texture. nova300 Integrated Amplifier with DAC Starting at $118 /mo with Affirm. Since its inception some 12 years ago, The Peachtree nova series has been praised by critics as one of the best integrated amplifiers available, at any price! Hi-fi veteran Peachtree Audio thinks so, and it makes an extremely compelling case with its line of Nova integrated 2-channel amplifiers. Peachtree Nova 300. When this track first came out I loved it. Every Peachtree Audio amplifier is born from this simple design philosophy: Make it sound great. The two products are literally that similar. I listened to this entire album 12 times (according to Roon). Needless to say, I'm not even sure I'm describing the following album correctly. Many members of the CA Community know that I'm not an aficionado of classical music. I didn't use the DAC section only, so I really can't comment on the DAC in the nova300 versus the QB-9. By I'd be doing everyone a disservice to dig deeper into this part of the nova300 at this time. Peachtree Nova 500 vs 220SE. 5 in F, Op. Relatively small size and superior efficiency allows a nova chassis that is even smaller than its predecessors, without the large, heavy and expensive heat sinking common in class A/B amplifiers. Hi Chris, I really enjoyed your review of the 150 & 300. Rather, more like real twins. Another track that I played was Lorde's Royals. Previous generation Peachtree preamps had a signal to noise ratio in the range of 95 to 100dB, similar to competing preamps.