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Peachtree Reliability issues?

I'm curious if any of you have had reliability issues with peachtree products. Awhile back I was considering buying an idac but didn't because I read that people were having problems with them breaking. My brother bought a nova pre and the dac on it broke the second day he had it. He had another one sent to him five days later, he has had that one for a week, and now he is having the same problem; broken dac. Have you guys had similar problems with peachtree products? Dacs in particular?
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freediver
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2+ years with a MusicBox,NO problems whatsoever!
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oblgny
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rsangle...
I'll be listening through an ARC LS3 preamplifier and Thiel CS3.5 loudspeakers.  

From what I've seen on Peachtree's site it appears the 220se is being discontinued, being replaced by the Sona amp?  The Sona's specs are a tad lower in terms of output. 
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oblgny
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I received my factory refurbished Peachtree 220se the other day and it was dead on arrival.  I hooked it up and it simply remained in standby mode, no other input would respond.  A brick.

I sent my email explaining my plight,  and Peachtree's immediate responses,  that's right,  plural responses,  sent by two different people for the same situation,  resolved it in an instant.

Their offer was not only quickly tendered,  it exceeded my expectations.

Mind you,  this was for a factory refurbished piece.

Kudos to them for outstanding customer service.  A rarity in any business these days.

rsangole
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Good to know about the customer service, oblgyn.

I'm going to try out the 220SE with a bluesound node and a lifatec silflex toslink. Hopefully it will impress me more...
rsangole
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So an update...

After lots of trial with different sources (direct USB, digital audio from the TV, digital audio from a Bluesound Node streamer) (Spotify, TIDAL, FLAC files etc), two TOSLINK cables... I just couldn't live with the 220SE. I so wanted to love it. But, it was just missing life and soul.

I returned the 220SE and purchased a new Naim Unitilite. It got delivered today. And my god... what a difference. Some of the tracks I listen to gave me goosebumps.

I am going to bed a very happy man.
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