Peachtree Audio iDecco Black Gloss

The iDecco significantly improves the sound of all your digital music, whether from music files stored on your computer, straight from your iPod or even from a CD player:

• “Pure Digital” iPod Dock
• Integrated Amplifier
• Class A Tube Preamplifier
• Stand-Alone Multi-Input DAC
• Class A Headphone Amplifier
• Component video output

“Pure Digital” iPod Dock
Virtually all iPod docks today have “analog outputs”, forcing you to use the iPod’s internal power supply, DAC and output section. Not so with the iDecco. Peachtree uses the “Pure Digital” 1s & 0s from your iPod directly into the iDecco's Super DAC with 11 regulated power supplies, so for the first time your iPod can really perform like a high-end CD player.

Killer digital-to-analog converter
The heart of the iDecco — and what takes the iPod and other digital sources to a new performance level — is Peachtree's state-of-the-art D/A converter. This DAC is the result of two years of development and many hours of critical listening. Peachtree uses the ESS 9006 Sabre DAC for digital processing, plus an advanced design that uses a mutli-layer DAC board with over 450 components and 11 regulated power supplies.

The ESS Sabre DAC’s patented jitter-reduction circuit re-clocks the digital signal before passing it through a high-resolution 24/96 upsampling processor. This is perfect for computers and most streaming or hard-drive based music servers because most of them have high levels of jitter.

Jitter, simply put, is digital timing error between the source and the DAC. The lower the jitter, the better the DAC sounds. The iDecco's DAC takes the re-clocked signal and upsamples it to achieve 24/96 resolution. This transforms your iPod or just about any digital source to the performance of a high-end CD player. Even cheap transports and high jitter sources like Sonos, computers and iPods now sound great because the iDecco thinks they're all high-end digital transports! The iDecco can deliver an astounding 118 dB signal to noise ratio, greatly extending dynamic range and your overall music experience with virtually all digital sources.

Each digital input is transformer-coupled so noise associated with ground problems and switching power supplies from computers is eliminated. The USB connection is galvanically isolated, eliminating noise generated by your computer’s switching power supply and greatly improving sound quality.

It's also great stand-alone D/A converter
The iDecco has a fixed Class A line out so it can be used as a “remote switchable D/A converter” that can be added to any current system, or even your whole-house audio system, to handle and improve any digital source. If you’re thinking about adding a PC or Mac, Apple TV, Sonos or any other music server to your system, the iDecco serves as the perfect upscale D/A converter. It will even dramatically improve the sound of most CD players on the market today.

Rockin' preamp
The preamplifier section employs a Class A tube buffer with a 30-ohm output impedance, so if 40 watts per channel isn’t quite enough power, you can hook up a separate, more powerful amplifier. The preamp maintains a high level of detail while also taming harsh, compressed digital music. The iDecco has a USB input for your computer, one coax, and one optical input for other digital sources like Squeezebox, Apple TV or Airport Express, Sonos, and XM or Sirius tuners. It also has one analog input for a tape deck or phono preamp. iDecco covers the bases like no other product!

A great headphone amp, too
The iDecco has a “Class A tube” headphone section that rivals some of the best headphone amps available today. When headphones are plugged in, your speakers are muted so you can rock on when silence is a necessity. Headphones have never sounded better than through the iDecco.

Preamp
Class A Preamp output stage
<30 Ohms output impedance
Hybrid tube design using triode (Stereo 6922)
6.5V output @ 2.0V input
Polypropylene caps in the signal path
1 Aux input
4 Digital inputs (all transformer coupled)
iPod, USB, Toslink (optical), Coax

Headphone Amp
Class A output with 6922 tube in the circuit
Suitable for all electro-dynamic headphones
Frequency response: DC ~ 100 kHz +/- 0.1dB
Voltage gain: 10dB
Maximum output voltage: 7Vrms
Output impedance: <30ohms
Maximum output power: 100mW into 8 Ohm / 300mW into 150 Ohm / 150mW into 300 Ohm

Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)
4 digital inputs: 1 iPod, 1 USB, 1 Coax, 1 Toslink (optical)
ESS 9006 Sabre DAC w/patented jitter reduction circuit
24/96 upsampling
11 regulated power supplies
Class A output stage (for use as an external DAC)
Transformer coupled digital Inputs for ground isolation
Galvanically isolated USB stage
>118db S/N
<1 picosecond jitter measured at the Master Clock (Super Clock)

AC 115v/230v switchable from back panel

Dimensions (H x W x D in inches): 5 x 14-¾” W x 14 (including volume knob and speaker terminals)
Weight: 23 pounds
Finish: Black Gloss