The use of an ultra-low noise power supply brings substantially improved musicality.
Having long understood that the power supply of any
piece of audio electronics is critical to its performance, we now
have over twenty years of research and manufacturing experience in
this area to draw upon.
We currently provide three power supplies for use with
our pre-amplifiers and active crossover units, the Flat-Cap 2,
Hi-Cap and Super-Cap. They can also be used to power the Prefix
phono pre-amplifier.
Some of our power amplifiers have built-in regulated
supplies, which can be used to power pre-amplifiers - other than the
NAC 552 - quite adequately, but use of Naim's separate low noise
units brings improved musical performance to the whole system. Their
independent cases ensure correct earthing and hum-free operation,
with large toroidal transformers and smoothing capacitors providing
the audio circuits with much greater control and transient
capability.
Improvements in the system's sound quality go to the
very heart of the music, opening its vocabulary even further,
enabling us to enjoy, understand and respond to it much more
readily. Inclusion of a Naim power supply offers the additional
benefit of allowing the pre-amplifier to be left switched on
constantly, independently of the power amplifier, keeping the unit's
complex circuitry fully stabilised at all
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