Can you do that with cables?

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As some of you know, I just got a 252 and a Supercap four days ago. They both have high serial numbers and had never been played with when I picked them up.
So I’m in the process of breaking in the system.

At the risk of being accused of worrying too much, I’m going to jump in anyway.
It’s no secret, and well known here in the forum, that you can stress-relieve Burndy cables, even Snaic cables, to achieve satisfactory sound reproduction. Usually, this helps the bass.
I have de-stressed my cables, and the bass is fine in itself. Keep in mind that I set my 252 to play from Thursday, so it has been playing continuously, or has not been turned off for three days now. -

But the salesperson told me something when I picked up the system. He said that it is a good idea to merge the Snaic cable with Burndy, precisely to improve sound and balance. See the picture I sent…
What is this all about? I don’t think I’ve come across this explanatio anywhere else in the forum.
Of course, I can use my ears, but then doubt creeps in and disturbs the whole picture. Am I worrying too much again?

Many Regards from a happy 252 owner who can hear an improvement from my previous 272+555…

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The advice is the run the two cables close together. I’d try that in preference to actually wrapping the Snaic around the Burndy.

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Thanks HH. I can off course try that too. But I don’t know if you get a significant improvement in sound quality from it. One way or another
There you go. Back to speculation again :wink::joy:

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It’s Naim’s recommendation, so why not just follow it, sit back and enjoy the music.

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Again, your right.. thanks :folded_hands::heart_eyes:

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You’re definitely over thinking it. If you think it sounds great and you’re happy why change or search for answers? It’s a dangerous game and I often ask myself what is missing, how can I improve things and am I enjoying the music? If the only one you can answer definitively is the last one then sit down and enjoy your music. This comes from a person with, on paper, a far inferior system to yours who is as happy as Larry, whoever he is.

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Always best to separate if possible.:+1:

I can’t think of any reason that crosstalk or interplay could be in any way be good. :thinking:

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It’s about earthing,so very important to have the Burndy close together (without touching) it’s in the manual or second best touch in one place.

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Earthing through insulation.

Sorry I’ll hard pass on that one.

Oh and any coiling is a no no it creates inductance.

I thought Halloween was past.:ghost:

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This setup helps minimize induced currents into the ground, keeping the audio signal more accurate.

It’s easily to hear that separated does not work properly,especially in the bass performance.

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:joy: wishing you all well

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Do you seriously mean that you didn’t hear the difference ,

when you had a Nac 52,Nac252 or Nac 552 ???

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Not sure that this first paragraph makes any sense whatsoever. In fact, if I analyse it, it seems to imply that SQ should be decreased.

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I tried a single turn but preferred hanging loose, make sure no other cable crosses between them.

If you’re running in you may find there’s some day to day variation in the sound until things settle.

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No problem ,just do the test and you will hear the difference.

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I find it’s best to run the Burndy and the SNAIC as close together as possible along their lengths without touching. If need be you could cross the cables once (can help to keep them together if you’re having difficulty getting them to run closely parallel) but I wouldn’t do any more than that.

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It is in some people’s psyche to want to know, to want to understand. That certainly is the case with me, and I have been like that all my life (and it took me into a fascinating and rewarding profession). I hope it stays with me to the end f my days, and that my last words other than goodbye will be what, why and how.

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:wink::grinning_face:

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In my setup, the SNAIC hangs well below the Burndy at the midpoint of their run. I’ve not tried wrapping them, but my instinct is to follow the “close but not touching” recommendation. I use a couple of small elastic bands to keep the gap small.

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