# NAC 282 Slightly overwhelmed **URL:** \ **Category:** Hi-Fi Corner\ **Created:** [May 28, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/nac-282-slightly-overwhelmed/23621 "2022-05-28T16:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 82
**Author:** ![Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/alley_cat/32/7330_2.png) [@Alley\_Cat](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Alley_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/nac-282-slightly-overwhelmed/23621/82 "2022-05-31T21:59:39Z")
> [@NAC 282 2nd Hi-Cap](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/nac-282-2nd-hi-cap/1291): > > My understanding is that 2nd HiCap or Supercap enable different parts of the NAC 282 to be powered independently. Two Hi Caps may introduce earth ground loop issues I gather as separate devices. Appreciate many find no improvement with 2 HiCaps or worse, but can someone kindly explain which bits of circuitry each SNAIC connection powers, or does one power left channel, the other the right? Just thinking that if you have 2 Hi Caps, if one might be better than the other (I know it’s suggested n… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/nac-282-slightly-overwhelmed/23621)._