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Peachtree Nova 150 as a pre only?

Has anyone here used their Nova 150 or 300 as a pre amp with any separate power amps?
I’ve had my Nova 150 for a couple years and enjoy it as an all in one solution with TT to phono input, streamer and cd running digital to Nova.  Neat and clean hook up with minimal wiring.  Also have a Wyred4Sound STI-500 that rotates in from time to time but that forces the addition of stand alone dac and phono pre plus rewiring, which is not a big deal to me.  Recently found some alternate speaker pairs for that system / room and thinking about powering them with different amp typology.  Tube amp and class A amp on my purchase radar.   
I am curious about the Nova 150/300 pre amp performance with external amplifiers if anyone here has done so and what were your results?
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russ69
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I have no experience with the Nova 150 but there is no reason it would have trouble doing that job. 
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bryhifi OP
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@russ69   I hear what you’re saying.  I’m sure it will work but I’m curious as to how good it will sound.  I feel like I read a thread or article somewhere that they (PT) did not perform as well when split apart.  Have searched here and the asylum but can’t find the article for reference.  Now wondering if it may have been in reference to the W4S STI integrated that performed better in unison. 
yyzsantabarbara
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I did that test with my Nova 150 preamp and amp separately. The preamp and DAC were the weakest link on the 150. The amp section was actually pretty good and made me consider the amp500.  I had the 150 for 2 or 3 years. I enjoyed it when I owned it.
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