After some thought, I decided to take my higher spec LP12 to my basement listening room and forego a digital end for the time being. With that being said, my Supercap DR is currently on my 282 in that basement room. If I move the nicer LP12 to the basement, would I be better served putting the supercap on the superline or keep it on the 282. I have an olive hicap running a stageline in the second systerm now that I can put on the superline or use it for the 282. I guess my ears will eventually help me decide, but was looking for the best starting point.
Well, I have a SCDR on my 282 with a HCDR on the superline. This, for me, produces a very nice, detailed sound. My next change would be to swap the 282 for a 252, but I’d only be doing that if a 252 presented itself at a bargain price.
I have all of the cables I need as I used to run my LP12 in the main system by using the supercap dr on the superline. When I put a second system together with the 282 and 300 DR I put that supercap dr on the 282 and ran a snaic from my 552 to the superline. I have another CB hicap as well. Perhaps I put both the olive and CB high caps on the 282 and run the supercap dr on the superline. For the other LP12 with the stageline, i plan to just run that from the 552 via a snaic.
When I had a 282 I tried both and found that SuperLine / SuperCap DR into 282 / HiCap (non DR) was better overall. There were trade-offs, and I eventually got a second SuperCap for the 282.
252 prices are looking attractive right now. Although the ones I have had my eye on on eBay would require service. A supercap on a 282 tends to lead to only one thing…
That’s fair and some of us like a 52’s sound just as much as a 252. Mind you, the service probably matters more to the Supercap than the preamp itself…
Ive just had my 282 serviced at Class A, despite it being only a 2011 model. But at least it gives piece of mind.
When i bought my SC i sold one of my 2 HCs. This, and not having the burndy mean i cant try the SC on my superline.
If you connect your Superline into the aux2 power and signal plug while the 282 is powered with your SC the Superline will already be powered by the SC. Removing the SC from the 282 and just powering the Superline with it will be a retrograde step in my view and rather ilogical.
When I first got my Superline, it was powered via aux 2 of the 282. It sounded good. My original plan was to sell both HCs. Before I sold the second one, I got a 5-4 Naim interconnect and put the HC on the Superline. I was secretly hoping I would not be able to hear any difference, not least as I have no room in my rack for another HC. But, I could hear a difference—another level of clarity—so the HC stayed, on its side beside the rack. I’d imagine a SC would be even more transformational. But as my other source is an NDX2/555, I leave the SC on the 282 so that both sources can receive any benefit. I’m not convinced that the SC is significantly better than two HCs. If I were going to live with the 282 forever, I would have been better off just having two HCs on the 282 and one on the Superline. The SC just brings a 252 closer and quicker.
I do not think an SC on a 282 is much better than an HC (single or dual) but that was not the question in the OP unless I have misunderstood it.
In my listening experience, there is no particular benefit in putting a separate power supply on a Stageline or Superline when the pre-amp is already powered by one and will pass on that benefit to the Phono stage through the Aux2.
I do think a SC makes a 282 sound different to when powered by an HC but whether a person thinks it is better or not is a matter of taste as much as anything.
There are other threads on this and not all agree.
We found with 82 we needed a Hicap to power the Superline. When I got a Supercap, experiment showed that SC on 82 was best.
Swapping to a 52 reinforced that point - Aux 2 power for the SL was clearly better than a Hicap (once I had got the SL plugs right). This can be beaten of course, at least to some ears - but only by having 2 Supercaps.
Now I have a 552 and Aux 2 power seems to work brilliantly for the SL with the 552 as well. A separate Supercap is not to us clearly better than using the dedicated rails from the 552’s PS.
I hope that helps, but do bear in mind that other people with other ears and systems may hear it differently.
I used to have this Supercap DR on my superline in my main system and I thought it was better than just with the aux2 of the 552. So I buy into the Supercap/Superline combo. I can give it a go though with just using the aux2 of the 282 while the supercap is on the 282. I also plan to use a hicap (or 2) on the 282 with the supercap just on the superline.
I suspect the key to extracting the best from a SC is simply to use the burndy and hear the benefit of all those regulated supplies. Moving to a 252 unlocks that for the 252 at least. Running a Superline from aux2 on a 552 brings the benefit of a power supply powered from a seperate winding on the 552ps transformer. Something i have assumed a 252/sc does not benefit from.
Either way, unless the superline is directly fed from a sc, it is only getting 2 power supplies to feed it.
In my journey moved from 282/HCDR to non DR SC - the musical improvement was outstanding, took the 282 onto another level, so SCDR IMO should bring even more 282/SCDR really shows what the 282 can deliver