Peachtree Audio Grand Integrated DAC and Integrated Amplifier

Srajan Ebaen has posted a review of the Peachtree Audio Grand Integrated DAC and integrated amplifier ($4449) at 6moons. His conclusions:

“Needless to say, the warmish voicing of the Peachtree coupled to a buxom speaker set up to add rather than subtract pounds made for a very robust showing. It completely undermined the AMT’s usual propensity for leading the parade. That’s not a function of tonal balance but uneven dynamic contrast which is higher for the pleats than cones. The GI’s massive low-impedance power seemed to accelerate the cones. The result was meaty and very potent (I nearly wrote potatoes). Doing a few rounds between BNC and AUX2 inputs to compare the GI’s DAC to the NuForce-modified Oppo’s netted virtually identical results. This equality was so on the level as to warrant no additional comments.

The Grand Integrated seems ideally placed to bridge music/movie duties. In scenarios where the main speaker is willing if properly asked, it could well make a subwoofer unnecessary. Getting all required hardware in one trim cool-running box is quite the attraction when your idea of such a system isn’t the bachelor’s tower of power stack.”

You can read the full review here.