Hi all,
If I need to power 4 naim boxes, which one is better for sound quality:
Appreciates any comment or advice about this.
Cheers,
Dargo
I plug everything Naim and my Luxman CDP, into the Isotek sigma v5. Lowers noise floor. Sounds great.
I put all Naim gear into a power strip, but it has been said that it can be better to plug the amp straight into the wall. I’ve personally never tried it.
Giving model details of your 4 Naim box’s may help others to respond.
With four boxes and two sockets you’ll need a power strip anyway, which means you’ll be able to try the two options for yourself. When I had a 300 and a 555PS it sounded better with them plugged into a MusicWorks G3 block than connected directly to the wall. I’ve no idea why as it was totally counterintuitive.
Make sure you get a good block without filtration or surge protection, unless you have particularly noisy mains. Remember too that a good clean supply to the socket is really important.
Alternately, wire in another double socket next to the original wall socket.
Neater arrangement and less wiring.
DG…
Not sure of your location but if a Sean Jacobs PowerBlock (Custom HiFi Cables Ltd.) is an option, nothing has outperformed it in my system.
My findings are, and other will no doubt disagree, is that with 500 series and to an increasingly lesser extent as you descend, Classic series, a power strip works well, my rationale is that it get’s the case earth potentials close as well as giving a bit of vibrational isolation from the wall. Plug order also has an effect if the block is linear, quite plain with 500, more marginal at 282/250 level but still there, again there’s not full agreement on which is best, I run digital source, pre ps, other sources and power last but you can play around with it yourself, particularly if you have a turntable, with it’s ps the difference between first and last socket wasn’t hard to hear.
When I had a NAD tuner in the system it was best direct into the wall, even when listening to another source.
New Classic has abandoned some of the system grounding scheme of the earlier amps and might well react differently.
The 4 boxes are 2 npx 300 for 332 and 333 and 2 for 350. So I need 4 outlets.
I have 2 outlets within reach of the right rack, which consists of 2 350 and 1 npx on top. There is other duplex on the other side which I will plug my power strip into. I use AV Option super wiremold power strip.
AV Options gives 2 scenarios, first plug all four into super wiremold and the second plug 350 into wall duplex and the rest to super wiremold. He mentioned something about the grounding. I don’t understand the reason. it seems to me that plugging everything into one strip will limit the current, cause all 4 boxes drawing power from it.
As the 350s have two plugs, they will take both sockets and you won’t be able to use the strip anyway. The strip will be just fine.
There is another duplex away. I plug the power strip there as an extension as well. I need power strip for sure because I also have CD player.
So I still have option to plug 350 into duplex.
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