Hi Line cable Failure

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Possibly, but no design is ever perfect….

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I broke my Hi-Line accidentally when leaning over the back of the rack to plug something else in. Was repaired free of charge by Naim.

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I wholeheartedly agree. A Hi-Line was supplied with my ND555, but owing to the known propensity to fail (and the fact I got a good deal on a new Super Lumina equivalent), I decided to sell it on and use the SL instead. To be fair, I think the Hi-Line sounded better than the SL, but I didn’t want to have to face the risk of failure and return to Naim Audio.

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With all this talk, I better check-in on my Hi-Line! My ring snapped once about a year ago but it’s been fine ever-since

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Do Naim take on and repair HiLine cables bought second hand or do you need to be the original owner?

Regards

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Mine was preloved and repaired FOC last month.

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Thanks, good to know. I have been thinking of trying a HiLine for the NDX2, but was a bit sceptical buying second hand because of its ”reputation”.

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Mine sits in its box in a cupboard, hopefully still OK.

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My NDX2 recently received a HiLine upgrade and it was definitely worth it👍🏼

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It seems that the HiLine needs to be re-designed or taken off the market.

It does Naim no good to have a cable (or any other component) that is so likely to fail in normal use.

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I’ve booked a service with AVO for a 72 & 140, their new line of UPOCC cables looks interesting. I’m also using a Hiline, how does it compare?

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Mine was second hand as well but the person in St. Louis had it inspected before selling it to me.

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The HiLine cables are great but they are terribly flawed in that the rings break too easily. I had that problem and Naim (Focal-Naim N.A.) fixed it free of charge. I have two ( DIN5-5 and DIN4-5) but I think if I get broken rings again I may just secure them with black electrical tape and call it a day. That’s what I did the first time, because I had to wait almost a year to get mine repaired due to all the Covid delays at the time.

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Mine must be one of the newer ones as I haven’t had any ring breakage issues. I’m not possitive as I bought it pre-owned.
It replaced a good quality hi-end cable, but the SQ improvement was immediately noticeable. My wife just turned and looked at me, and said keep it. I had noticed the difference, but for my wife to be so succinct about it, really says something.

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I had an issue with a Hi Line cable which my dealer promptly repaired, the connection just snapped. I was and still am surprised how low quality it seems the cable seemed.

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I’ve seen a couple of used ones at reasonable prices recently and the thought crossed my mind to try one, but this reputation has certainly put me off.

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Get it fixed then flog it
Get RCAs sorted. :+1:t2:

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Same here. Looked at getting some a few years back, but didn’t like reading about the failures.

The dealer recommended Chord Co Signature X cables, so went with them, which I got at some good prices.

DG…

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I recall some note a while back about Naim only fixing ones owned by the original purchaser i.e. not purchased second hand. That may of course have changed.

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That would be completely understandable

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