The 300 connects to the preamp power supply using a pair of mono 4 pin DIN to XLR leads. They don’t use a Y cable. Just have a look at the back of your boxes and you’ll see them. The standard leads are perfectly fine, although Naim can also supply a Super Lumina variant for the best part of £4,000. Whether these would make sense depends very much on the rest of your system, but I very much doubt they would. You’d almost certainly be better spending the money on improving other parts of your system. Or just be happy with the standard leads, which is probably the best advice I could give.Hi. I currently run a Nac 82 connected to a Nap 300 through, I assume, a Y cable (I am assuming that as my dealer installed it for me). My question is, is it possible to upgrade this cable as it seems to me to be an important connection in my system
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Thanks folks for your replies. Yes, I have a hicap powering the 82, a future upgrade to the supercap is on the list. The 82 only has a single output to the power amp whereas the 282 has 2, hence the Y cable. I guess I will stick with the existing cable for now and look for a used supercap or 282.
Thanks folks for your replies. Yes, I have a hicap powering the 82, a future upgrade to the supercap is on the list. The 82 only has a single output to the power amp whereas the 282 has 2, hence the Y cable. I guess I will stick with the existing cable for now and look for a used supercap or 282.
No, you’re spot on there.Another thought, in order to upgrade to a 52 or 252 I would need a supercap in any case. Or am I being an idiot again?
Thanks again folks. This just proves what a total novice/idiot I am when it comes the set up of my system because I did not know that the nap 300 was connected to the hicap rather than the 82. Thanks for clarifying. Same question though, would it make sense to upgrade these cables? WH Morgana seem to get good reviews and is recommended in this thread
I did not know that the nap 300 was connected to the hicap rather than the 82
Many thanks. Just so that I understand you correctly, are you saying that if I get the mod to my 82 I could still use it with my hicap or would I still need to upgrade to a supercap?And if you get a Supercap you can actually get the 82 (reversibly) modified to use more of it than a 52 would. That gets you right into 52 territory and can be a planned upgraded. The Superlink mod is entirely backwards compatible so you wouldn't need a Supercap straight away. https://witchhatservicing.co.uk/82-superlink-mod/
If you're wondering, that's me on that page, and I designed the Superlink mod so happy to answer any questions.
Many thanks. Just so that I understand you correctly, are you saying that if I get the mod to my 82 I could still use it with my hicap or would I still need to upgrade to a supercap?
Cheers. That’s good newsI am not @MJS, but yes, the mod is completely backward compatible so you can use it with a hi cap in the meantime.
Yes, that was the aim. We wanted to make it fully backwards compatible with every way of powering the NAC82 like it was from the factory. For that reason we left the NAPSC as it was - every NAC82 was sold with one. It also means that it's fully reversible should anyone want to go back to factory spec, but no-one has yet. It uses 10 rails of the Supercap, much like the NAC252 does because we added rails to specific circuit areas.
For the record, you don't need a Supercap straight away with this mod, we supply a cable and a set of link plugs which together with Naim's own mean you can power the NAC82 from:
How's that for versatile?
- One rail from a power-amp like the NAP180 or 200
- Two rails from a single Hicap
- Four rails from 2 Hicaps, or one supercap
- Ten rails from a Supercap