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Home Theater Bypass: The 3rd analog input doubles as a “Home Theater Bypass” so you can have the best of Home Theater and 2-channel in the same system. Simply take the left and right “pre out” from your receiver or processor and connect to the “Home Theater” bypass on the Nova. A selector switch on the back panel converts from Aux to HT bypass. In this application your receiver transparently uses the L&R amplifier section of the Nova, leaving the HT receiver amplifier to push only the center and rear speakers. One, this leaves the receiver responsible only for pushing the center and rear speakers, making the receiver much more efficient and less taxed. And two, when you listen to a 2 channel source plugged directly into the Nova, there’s a straight line from the source to the Nova to the speakers…no processing, no running the signal through a forest of circuitry. This leaves little between the music and your ears. If you’re a 2 channel fan, it’s the only way to do a theater right.
We've been delayed a few weeks on the Nova and should receive them in March 2009.
We'll let you know if there are any changes as soon as possible.
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The Peachtree Audio Nova is a ton of fun and has a bright future as everyman's high end integrated
amplifier, DAC, or preamp. Hence the title of this review, Champagne Supernova. Champagne always
involves fun and Supernovae are incredibly luminous. Champagne Supernova is also a reference to the
Oasis song of the same name. A seven minute anthem that hit number one on the modern rock charts in
the U.S. and has been played at every Oasis concert since it was written. The song has been spinning my
NAS hard drives quite a bit lately. Sure the Peachtree integrated amp is called the Nova, but the musicality, enjoyment, and versatility of this piece may
warrant the name Supernova.
