Yamaha AX-570 amp

[Yamahog12]

I bought the Peachtree Nova 220SE. As I've said, I'm no audiophile and I haven't compared a lot of components. But to me, this amp, coupled with my Golden Ear Triton3 speakers sounds fantastic. Lots of power, and the music sounds very detailed and incredibly sharp.

It even came with a bluetooth receiver made by Peachtree so I can play music from my I-pod. Of course it doesn't sound as good as a CD but in the event that you just want to let the tunes go and not pay attention, it is a nice feature. The Bluetooth advertises at $100 and I didn't expect it to come with the amp. If it was a mistake, I made out well.

Funny, though, I can't get myself to toss my old Yamaha amp! I may look into what it might cost to have it fixed. It would be a great replacement to my old Pioneer garage receiver, which I listen to a lot in the summer. I opened it up and tried to clean all the switches and pots, but the static (and channel cutting out) always seems to come back.

Anyway since I bought the Nova from Crutchfield I have 2 months to listen and decide whether to keep it. Right now though, I love it. I do think I may need to play around with my speaker placement, though, to get the best "soundstage" if that is the right term. I will also have to get a phono pre-amp at some point as well as a speaker a-b switch. Yeah, it cost more than I really wanted to spend but right now I have no regrets.

Thanks to all who offered up advice and information. If my opinion changes for some reason, I'll let you know.

[Jack in Wilmington]

I bought the Peachtree Nova 220SE. As I've said, I'm no audiophile and I haven't compared a lot of components. But to me, this amp, coupled with my Golden Ear Triton3 speakers sounds fantastic. Lots of power, and the music sounds very detailed and incredibly sharp.

It even came with a bluetooth receiver made by Peachtree so I can play music from my I-pod. Of course it doesn't sound as good as a CD but in the event that you just want to let the tunes go and not pay attention, it is a nice feature. The Bluetooth advertises at $100 and I didn't expect it to come with the amp. If it was a mistake, I made out well.

Funny, though, I can't get myself to toss my old Yamaha amp! I may look into what it might cost to have it fixed. It would be a great replacement to my old Pioneer garage receiver, which I listen to a lot in the summer. I opened it up and tried to clean all the switches and pots, but the static (and channel cutting out) always seems to come back.

Anyway since I bought the Nova from Crutchfield I have 2 months to listen and decide whether to keep it. Right now though, I love it. I do think I may need to play around with my speaker placement, though, to get the best "soundstage" if that is the right term. I will also have to get a phono pre-amp at some point as well as a speaker a-b switch. Yeah, it cost more than I really wanted to spend but right now I have no regrets.

Thanks to all who offered up advice and information. If my opinion changes for some reason, I'll let you know.

My dealer had the Peachtree driving some Golden Ear as well as Paradigm signatures and a pair of Vienna Acoustics Mozarts and it sounded great. They also had an Anthem 225 integrated driving the same set of speakers and the Peachtree was the clear winner. You've chosen well.

[blackraven]

Congrats on the PT. It really is a nice integrated and can be a center piece of your system and it will drive most speakers effortlessly should you choose to upgrade. How does the on board DAC compare to your CD player? It should be a step up in audio quality. If you are interested in even better sound by ripping your CD's to a computer and using a computer program, let me know. There are some truly revolutionary programs like HQ player and Bug Head that will blow you away if you have the computer horse power to run them.

[Yamahog12]

Honestly I don't know how the DACs compare. I just know that it sounds really good to me. I would definitely be interested in burning HQ CDs. Thanks, Blackraven, for your help.

[Mr Peabody]

I forget which CD player you have but to compare the DAC's instead of using the RCA cables (red/white) from the CDP to the Peachtree, you'd use a digital connection. Using a digital connection keeps the signal digital then it gets decoded by the Peachtree's internal DAC.

[Yamahog12]

I used the optical connection from CD player to the amp.