@yyzsantabarbara , thanks yyz. This is where my concerns are and appreciate your candor. I’m not about to start building big rig 2.0, although the last two pair just in deserve the big rig. I’m looking to give the secondary system a nudge to give the O/93 or Andra a fighting chance of sounding up to par. The PT Amp500 was the direction I was leaning for this room but it sounds like I’m wasting time with the 150 as source pre. Smart move would be upgrading the entire integrated to the next level once I get a good feeling about which speaker works better in this space. It really needs to stay simple (minimalist) in there since it is the formal living room.
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?
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?