Playing vinyl makes a great contribution to the enjoyment of recorded music. The best vinyl has a uniquely immersive musical quality, and thanks to the SuperLine phono stage this gets even better.
SuperLine is a high performance MC phono stage built in the aluminum cabinet typical of Naim reference products with an anodised front panel. It features all the latest Naim technologies and uses ambient isolation techniques to support the most delicate analogue element of any hi-fi system – the moving coil phono signal. SuperLine requires external power – which can be the power output of a suitable Naim preamplifier or the SUPERNAIT and NAIT XS integrated amplifiers, or, even better, a dedicated FlatCap XS, HiCap or SuperCap.
SuperLine manages to bring out all the qualities of vinyl – timing, accuracy, clarity, detail, and the unmistakable naturalness with which records are rich.
Characteristics
- RCA and BNC inputs
- MC only, with impedance adjustment according to the cartridge (20 possible different load combinations)
- Suspension system for delicate electronics (as in the 500 series)
- Requires 24V power from NaimUniti 2, NAIT XS 2, SUPERNAIT 2, Hi-Cap-DR, Nait XS-3 & Supernait 3, Naim preamplifiers (except NAC-N 172 XS), FlatCap XS, HiCap or SuperCap
- Anodized black front panel
Technology and Construction
At the heart of the SuperLine is a new single-ended two-stage Class A discrete amplifier with a passive RIAA filter that runs on 25 internally regulated power supplies and uses the "quiet room" transistor thermal isolation technique originally developed for the amplifier. NAP 500. Thermal insulation is also ensured by the SuperLine's massive sub-chassis and high-Q spring suspension system – used here for the first time on a phono amplifier.
Dual phono and BNC sockets provide versatile inputs and four resistive load sockets combined with three capacitive ones allow for impedance adjustment depending on the cartridge. Twenty different standard load combinations are possible in combination with the internal input load of the SuperLine.
SuperLine is also available in a low gain aversion: SuperLine E. SuperLine E is identical to the standard SuperLine model but has been designed for cartridges that have a higher output voltage than most MC cartridges.