My Naim 300 and 282 have been boxed up for the past 7 months, due to a house move etc…Since then I have added a SuperCap DR (Which replaced the HiCap DR) and a NDX 2.
It’s now time to unleash my music. However, I’m having a blonde moment!
I have read the instruction manuals of the 300, SuperCap, and the 282, until I’m blue in the face.
I’m stuck with the two 3 pin cables on the 300. (CH1 Left Ch2 Right) I’m almost sure they go into the SuperCap, but where? Please see the attached screenshot.
I have connected the Burndy, and SNAIC cables without issue.
That won’t matter (at the Supercap end), but what will is that you use the green banded cable for Channel 1 (Left) and the red banded cable for Channel 2 (Right).
Both Supercap outputs are stereo so it doesn’t matter which. But the leads are mono so you must connect the green one to Ch 1 on the 300 and the red one to Ch 2.
My connections are exactly as per the diagram. I disconnected them and reconnected them, but still no sound.
With no source playing, you can hear the slight hiss from the Right speaker, but nothing from the Left.
Could the issue be with the 300? Is there a way to test the Left Channel? It was working fine when I boxed it up 7 months ago.
One more thing to try. The two SNAIC5 cables between the 282 and SC. Swap them over. I take it that there are no flashing lights (source mute button on the 282) ?
If no change and you’ve checked all is well with the cables between 300 and speakers, then it’s time to call your dealer as from what you describe with no hiss at all on the left channel, it could be a 300 issue. I take it you don’t have another spare Naim power amp knocking around ?
You’ll need to go via a dealer as you can’t ship stuff straight back to Naim yourself. They’ll be able to help you troubleshoot by substitution to find where the fault lies.
