I have one power lite naim cable in my system on the nap200DR and the other one on the NAPSC 2 is a standard naim cable … I am not sure wether there is any benefit changing the NASPC 2 cable to one of the better Naim power lite Cables.. System sounds Fab just appreciate some input …
I did swap the standard Naim plug top on my NAPSC(1) with a Naim Lite plug top which was spare. Can’t say I heard any difference, but it looks better against the other Powerlines on the power block.
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When I had an all Naim system I had one Powerline on my pre. Dealer pulled a face when I talked about Lite but allowed me to loan a set to hear for myself.
They looked nice.
Sounded indistinguishable from the cheap stuff previously in place. Back they went.
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Go straight to the Mains Cable Shoot Out 500 Series thread, do not pass a Naim dealer, do not collect a Powerlite…………………
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It may make a small improvement. If it would make you more content to have a PowerLine Lite on both components then go for it. You can easily find them new on eBay, being sold by Naim owners who already have a full PowerLine and don’t need their Lite, and then the cost is much more modest.
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Sometimes the completest, matching visuals,removing nagging doubt aspect can be worth its weight in gold for system enjoyment ….
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Hi @lackso
Referring to your profile statement, spend your money on the odd beer…… no difference IMHO. Look nice but that is it. I put lites on all my Naim boxes some years ago and for me they made no difference. I am sure many will disagree, but that was my conclusion.
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Exactly my conclusion.
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I am surprised that they seem to offer no improvement over a standard mains cable ? I may take Keltik advice and just get one so all the mains cables match. The system sounds lovely anyway and the innuos Zenith mk 3 has a lovely sound that seems to match Naim very well. I may buy a new stylus for my P9 now and put it in the system. Will probably buy a Naim phono box? Just need to dig out all the old vinyl from the garage.
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Meant to reply last night but was too say a little lost in listening to music after a 12 hour shift
We updated our system this year introducing Intro 1 , XPS to support our CDX and a 250 DR to really bring the system alive.
Keeping in mind that our interconnect and speaker cables were all from Witchhat and quite old and the fact that Intros were voiced with NAC A5 we upgraded the interconnects to Hi Line, Chord and speaker cables to A5.
Our oldest piece of kit is our CB Hicap from 1984 and we had all the old mains leads from previous updates/ changes etc .
We purchased a complete set of Power Line Lites because as we moved the kit it was apparent that some IEC were loose and on opening the MK plugs some of the tops of the terminal screws were fractured.
So the change was required, these along with a Russ Andrews Power Block finished off the power side. Did they make a difference, not sure but the peace of mind was worth it
Sounding fabulous last night.
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I’m using full powerlines in the main system which left me with some spare lites which I’ve converted to use with my BD160 and snaps.
Peace of mind as they had the original Bulgin plugs which can be unscrewed 
and the cable was quite thin (unsure of the gauge)
The 160 does have a bit more weight to the sound with one of these leads
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update. very much enjoying the Textures presented in the music.. love the Nac 202 nap200 NAPSC 2 .. have never thought of changing the harbeth ps3r speakers … guess thats a good thing. The denafrips enyo is in situ at the moment . A very fluid DAC . have just introduced a shawline din to rca .
The two Powerline Lites that came with my new Nait 50 and CD5si were not needed as I have Powerlines, so I put them on our Sony TV and Blu ray player (4K). I think they sound nicer than the previous Chord mains cables I was using. Sound just through the TV speakers.
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I’d take the 13A fuses out though with it being 0.75mm cable. 
My Powerline Lites are in the boxes in storage.
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Yes thanks, I hadn’t thought of that! I’ll put in some 10A ones. Incidentally I purchased a box of what were supposed to be Bussmann fuses a few weeks ago from Amazon and it appears they were fakes! So I bought some from a local hardware shop that were sold in a sealed packet under the Masterplug brand which seem to be kosher.
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Ah yes
The Masterplug ones are the real deal they come in their plugs too.
Masterplug Permaplug HDPT13B-01
Great plugs.
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PowerLines yes, PowerLine Lites no, easy, peasy.
ATB, J
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Sadly they are all over the place, couple of months ago a box of odds and ends went in the bin, including half used pack of fuses. Variously labelled, an independent hardware, two pound type shops, discount homewares, two national DIY stores. All the packs contain “Bussman”, all appeared fake, shiny endcaps, big dimples. @Skeptikal made me wary.
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It’s alarming that these are here at all. I’m sure most people would just buy them and use them without a second thought. Surely there are controls in place to prevent this sort of thing from happening, or at least to rectify it quickly if it does happen?
Before I bought the Masterplug pack of Bussmann fuses I had called into a Screwfix store to get some. Fuses I mean. In there you have to ask the assistant for stuff as it’s all behind the counter in a warehouse. I asked if they sold Bussmann fuses and got a blank stare. I then asked if I could look at some fuses that they sold as I wanted Bussmann ones and I wanted to make sure they weren’t fakes. The guy, who was in his 20’s, looked at me with the kind of pityful look that people give to others who are clearly not well. He was very polite and spoke in a soothing voice telling me that of course I can look and he’ll fetch them for me. He probably thought I was a nice old guy who was obviously a slice of bread short of a full loaf and needed to be humoured. Anyway they were SEM fuses not Bussmann, so I thanked him for his patience and left.
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You missed an opportunity - all bar one of my powerlines and lites have SEM fuses as supplied by Naim.
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