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Dumb question? Issue with hooking up either a DAC or preamp to two different "systems?"

Seems like a dumb question, but might anyone know if there would be a problem with hooking up a DAC or preamp to two different (semi) systems at the same time? For example, a Cary SLP05 or a Cary DAC200ts that have both rca and xlr outputs. I believe both run simultaneously.

Say run the SLP05 RCA to a solid state amp and speakers and the xlr to a tube amp and different speakers. Just not turning on one of the amps.

Or the DAC with xlr to a loudspeaker system and rca to a separate headphone amp?

Thanks for any suggestions, cautions, etc. If it’s just a dumb question, fair enough, too. Lemme have it.
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I would not do it. I have heard of people using home theater equipment with (double duty) stereo equipment. To me mixing and matching unlike equipment or for unlike purposes complicates the system. Keeping things simple always sounded the best to me.
Once I had a stereo amp, preamp, DAC, and CD player as a single source system. I took the preamp out of the system and it sounded better, because my DAC could act as a preamp.
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