Is a Powerline wasted on a 282?

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Just something that crossed my mind…

Is a Powerline wasted on a 282 due to the NAPSC’s own power cable feeding into the 282?

Just a thought I had. Obviously can’t test as I don’t have one! :joy:

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If you mean is it worthwhile putting a Powerline on the NAPSC of a NAC282, then there’s only one way to find out…

I’ve never tried it myself, but I’m sure somebody here has done so.

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My understanding is that the NAPSC only powers the digital circuits in the 282, not the audio.

The 282 itself needs a power supply to power the audio circuits, a HiCap being commonly used. So the question is whether or not it’s worth putting a power line on Hicap which is powering the 282 ?

Don’t know, but perhaps your dealer could demo.

Good luck, paul

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Just bought a Powerline for the SCDR powering my 282 but yet to install it as means stripping down the system and re-dressing all the cables.
Will try to remember to report back…

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I’m pretty sure @MDS ran a Powerline on a NAPSC.

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I certainly know the answer to that as a Powerline on my HiCapDR certainly made a difference!

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I did not run on NSPSC but did on HCDR, going into 282, I have powerline on my SC for 252 and Titan cables on NDX and 300

I from my experience best of source if not powered by external PSU

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I did. At the time I was running a 282/SC/250.2. I didn’t have any Powerlines at that point and my dealer (following a discussion he had had with one of his Naim contacts, IIRC) suggested it would bring an improvement. One miserable, rainy, Friday evening when I got home from work, tired and not really in the mood for appraising system modifications, my dealer brought a PL over to give is a try on the NAPSC. I wasn’t expecting to hear any difference. Ten seconds into Seal’s Killer my dealer and I were gob-smacked at the improvement we heard. The demo PL didn’t leave the house.

This experience caused me to reevaluate what the NAPSC was contributing to the system. Hitherto I had followed conventional wisdom which said the NAPSC should be sited off the rack and plugged into a different circuit from the main system. So I later put the NAPSC on the rack and plugged its PL into the dedicated circuit that the system enjoys. I heard further improvements when this was done, though not as large as that achieved by using the Powerline.

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