SuperCap DR

[CalumF]

Can a Supercap be incorporated in to this ? On 202 ?

CD5XS/Naim DAC/XPS-DR (on DAC)/200/202/HC-DR/NAPSC

[Alley_Cat]

Pretty sure you could use it instead of the HC-DR but I’m not sure this would be money well spent, and would probably only give marginal if any improvement over the HC-DR itself. You’d only be using a fraction of the Supercap DR’s potential.

[robert_h]

It’s a stepping stone towards a 252 though!

[Alley_Cat]

That’s what I keep saying to myself

[JosquinDesPrez]

…but I’m not sure this would be money well spent, and would probably only give marginal if any improvement over the HC-DR …

Well, maybe. I don’t know about a 202, but swapping a Supercap DR for the HiCap DR on my 282 was a massive improvement. Even my wife noticed it causally from another room when I started playing it. I did end up with a 252 about 6 months later. Nevertheless, even though the 282 couldn’t take advantage of everything the SCDR had to offer it was still a very worthy upgrade over a HCDR.

[anon4489532]

The simple answer is yes, you can directly replace the Hicap with a Supercap. I’d suggest a comparison between 202/SC and 282/HC to see which you prefer.

[nitrous]

I tried a supercap on 202/napsc in place of a hicap DR and I didn’t like what it did. I was hoping to make it a stepping stone to a 252 but I couldn’t have lived with the sound in my system for the 1-2years I would need it before I could have afforded the 252.

You need to try it.

[Dynaudio1]

I originally added a Supercap to my 82 in place of a CB Hicap and it was a big improvement in every respect. Just recently my two Supercaps (one now running on a 252, the other on a Superline) were DR’d and serviced at the factory. Again, very big improvements and well worth it.