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Peachtree Decco 2 setup...

I need advice, I recently picked up a Peachtree Decco 2 for a bedroom system. I've got an NAD DVD player as the source, connected via PS- audio digital interconnect to the decco. I'm also using my pc for digital (flac) files, tied in with a no-name USB cable. Speakers are dynaudio audience 42 with analysis plus oval 9 speaker cables. So that's the setup, here's the problem... It sounds, well, like crap!! Theres hardly any bass, the highs are much too 'soft' and the midrange seems over-pronounced. Am I using the wrong equipment somewhere in my setup? Any advice would be great, thanks in advance.
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kbarkamian
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Can you bring your main system's integrated amp and try that in place of the Decco? If so, do that without changing the speaker positioning. If it sounds equally crap, you know it's not the Decco.

If the integrated fixes the problems, it may be you don't like the DAC section of the Decco or it's not driving the Dyns well enough.

If the integrated fixes problems, try using the Decco as a preamp/DAC with the integrated as a power amp.

Experimentation should tell you what you need to know. All it costs is a bit of time and effort. I don't have a Decco, so I'm not defending it nor am I blaming it.
kbarkamian
647 posts
 
It can. There's a Main In/Pre out loop on the back. Remove the jumpers, and put the preamp out from the Decco into the main in using RCAs.
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