Installing a Hi-cap

Steve - why not power everything down? Fumbling around with cables to connect a Hi-Cap should take all of two minutes. Thus, warming the equipment up again should not be an issue.

Erik

Geoff, nice one

Steve

I agree with the above points too (especially the cuppa tea bit), everything must be shut down. The short period of time makes little difference to the warm-up, and is better being safe than sorry.

Remember that the cable with the hicap goes from the preamp to the hicap. The cable you already have will go from the hicap to the power amp. Also ensure the cable directions are correct: preamp->hicap-140.

Don't forget to plug in the NAPSC (!!).

Andrew

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And when you've finished let us know what you think!

Steve B

..bloody marvellous! If you haven’t got a hi-cap already, I suggest you go and get one as soon as possible. It’s totally transformed the presentation into something far more bouncy, agile and fun. All those that have said a hi-caps effect is marginal are talking rubbish. Fiona (the Mrs) noticed it straight away and she was sat in the next room! In hi-fi terms, it pulls everything into focus, bass notes are far better controlled and the upper frequencies are much cleaner with added detail a bonus.

Installation was easy (yes, I did power everything down), as was cabling seeing as the labels on the back of the hi-cap are easy to understand.

Heed of warning though – a hi-cap is a hefty little fella. I carried mine down to the train station tonight from my office (about a mile). By the time I got there, my arms felt like they were going to explode! Do Naim make these things out of Kryptonite?! It certainly felt like it!

Right, no more boxes (for a while..) – more music!

Steve

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Heed of warning though – a hi-cap is a hefty little fella. I carried mine down to the train station tonight from my office (about a mile). By the time I got there, my arms felt like they were going to explode!

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Harden up, fella. I carried mine around a ferry from wales to dublin, and then again from belfast to liverpool in a fit of "our car'll get broken into on the car deck" paranoia. Yes I know, unlikely, but wanted to avoid the hassle and not tempt fate. Perhaps you should acquire a couple of SNAPS to train with for a while, before you build up to pumping hicaps.

Pleased to hear it's sounding good for you - and it's interesting to note that with this kit, no matter how hard we try to avoid it the old "heard the difference from the next room" cliche keeps on coming back for more! The only time I've heard this bettered was "I heard it thru the telephone line" from Jawed, on Dev's system improvements.

Rico - SM/Mullet Audio

Dumb question perhaps, but what does the NAPSC do?

A SNAPS i assumed was the fore runner to the Hi-cap.

Cheers
Martin

From the products section:

"In addition, sound quality can be further enhanced by adding a NAPSC to power the digital control circuitry of the pre-amplifier, reducing noise and significantly improving performance"

Seems to do the job

Steve

Another one of note: "Even my Girlfriend/wife could tell the difference" etc etc.

I guess we use our better halves to justify our purchases, so funny.

She made the observation, simple as that If I want something, I get it (eventually!)

Steve

...the NAPSC is the only issue here. As soon as the 140 gets turned off, the 102 will be off anyway (right?).

The CD player can probably stay on...

- GregB

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Cheers Steve!