PEACHTREE AUDIO / B&W / SONOS
Peachtree Shift
THE PERFORMANCE OFPortable Digital
Audio is improving rapidly, with the
advent of high performance players (Astell
& Kern for example), and a number of
high-quality portable Digital to Analogue
Converters coming onto the market,
most notably from Oppo and Chord.
The latest player to enter this field is
Peachtree with ‘Shift’, a portable USB
DAC and headphone amplifier. This unit
bypasses the headphone output of your
smartphone, tablet or laptop. It will drive
the most demanding headphones, and
can also be used between your laptop
and powered desktop speakers. The
improvement that the Shift will bringto either your smartphone or laptop is
considerable. The DAC utilised in these
devices is generally second-rate at best,
and restricts the performance of your
music. The use of a device such as Shift
is a great way to improve on this.
The Shift sells for $599.FEATURES
t 32bit/384kHz USB input
t PCM and DSD decoding
t Both USB ‘A’ and ‘B’ inputs
t Variable or fixed output
t Hi/Lo gain switch
t 8 hours playback from a single
battery charge.Like/lenwallisaudioon FacebookBluetooth Peachtree
Bluetooth is now one of the great convenience
features of modern audio. The ability to stream
from your smartphone, tablet or laptop has
opened up a new world for many. It is now
easy to turn any audio system, assuming you
have a spare analogue or optical input, into a
Bluetooth-enabled device. There are numerous
Bluetooth adaptors on the market, and we
have tried a number, finding that they are not
all created equal. Our adaptor of choice is the
Peachtree BT1 – which sells for $220.SONOS OFFER
For existing Play:5 owners: It has taken some
time, but it appears that the world supply of the
new Sonos Play:5 has caught up with demand.
We understand why demand has been so high- the second generation Play:5 is a considerable
improvement on the earlier model, which was
already a very good product.
Looking to upgrade? Until the end of May
we will trade back your existing Play:5 and move
you up to the new Play:5 Generation 2 for a
changeover price of $450.
Not convinced! Drop in and have a listen –
you will be impressed.
B&W update: We announced the new
800 D3 series in our last newsletter.
Since then we have been struggling to
get a representative range on our floor.
Quantities coming into the country have
been limited, and most of what we have
received has been pre-sold. However we
are now getting on top of this, and by
the time you read this we should have
most models on the floor. If you have
the opportunity, drop in for a listen and
see what all the fuss is about.06