PS Audio Introduces Power Plant Series For Superior Audio/Video Performance
New Genre Of Product Generates Pure AC Voltage To Improve A/V Quality PS Audio, a specialist in developing superb high-performance audio equipment, announces the introduction of its Power Plant Series of A/V components that create new AC power- not by filtering or conditioning, but rather through regeneration. PS Audio Power Plants are, in fact, AC power generators for the home. The Power Plant components are designed to improve both the audio and video performance eof Home Theatre and A/V systems by generating pure AC line voltage, which is significantly cleaner than the AC voltage provided by electric utility generating stations. PS Audio Power Plants are also impervious to noise, voltage fluctuations, and distortions typically present on AC line voltage. PS Audio offers four Power Plants, ranging in power form 300 watts to 2,000 watts. They include the Model P300, which powers all low-level products up to 300 watts; Model P600, which is designed to handle small to medium-sized power amplifiers up to 600 watts; Model P1200, which produces 1,200 watts of clean, regulated and balanced AC power; and Model P2000, which produces 2,000 watts of pure AC. ""Power Plant generators out perform any commercially available line conditioner or filter,"" said PS Audio President Paul McGowan. ""We believe we have created in the Power Plant a new category of A/V product, and that its performance and design characteristics represent a leap forward in the voltage regulation available to A/V systems."" The Power Plant Series is based on methodology used in high-technology industries to produce ""laboratory grade"" AC power for scientific and medical applications. PS Audio guarantees Power Plants will have an output distortion of less than 0.1 percent, regardless of the quality of incoming AC voltage. All Power Plants models produce regulated, low-impedance, low-distortion 115-volt AC power when fed from any line voltage source of 95 volts AC to 260 volts AC. The Power Plant Series is virtually impervious to line fluctuations and surges, and offers full protection from lightning strikes. Output voltage fluctuations are guaranteed not to exceed 0.3 volts rms. Power Plant vs. Power Conditioners The primary difference between a conventional power conditioner and the PS Audio Power Plant can be found in their names-power conditioners ""condition"" ñbut Power Plant generates new power. Power conditioners typically consist of either a series or parallel low-pass filter, or simply an isolation transformer. None of these devices are capable of regulating AC voltage, nor lowering the AC impedance of the line voltage. In fact, if you place a series filter power conditioner between the wall socket and your electronics, a higher impedance will be presented to the unit powered by the conditioner. For best performance, a cleaner, lower impedance AC source is needed that is at least 100 times better than what comes out of the wall. This is impossible for a power conditioner, but not for the PS Audio Power Plant. Such a power generator requires a newer perfect AC source and a powerful low distortion output generator. Both these items are inside every PS Audio Power Plant. Since power conditioners filter, they can rob an A/V system of liveliness. Power Plants, on the other hand, produce new energy, adding vitality to A.V systems. Audio produces benefit due to the low impedance and low distortion provided by Power Plant output. Video system benefit because of the output voltage regulation of the Power Plant. By ""producing new energy,"" PS Audio means that Power Plant generates fully balanced, regulated power by first accepting the AC energy coming out of the AC socket, converting it to DC, then transforming it back to AC with distortion products less than 0.1 percent. Using a high-end 300 to 2,00 watt internal stereo audio power amplifier, fed by an ultra low distortion DSP sine wave generator, Power plant models output perfect 60-Hz, 115 volt line voltage that provides a staggering sonic and visual improvement. Power Plant models include a user-adjustable frequency control, dubbed ""power Factor."" Customers are able to increase the output frequency of the AC voltage produced by the Power Plant by a factor of two. PS audio engineering suggest that raising the outpour frequency of the Power Plant also effectively raises the power supply efficiency of the unit being powered by a like amount. Video Applications Video projectors and CRT-based monitors benefit greatly form Power Plant technology, since their demands for current fluctuate with the video pictureís constantly changing brightness level. PS audio has found that the human eye is quite sensitive to this form of ""dynamic video compression,"" which is cause by modulation of the line voltage. Regulating the AC that feeds video projector or CRT greatly improves the perceived ""film like"" quality of a video image. PS Audio Power Plants Model P300 $995 Model P600 $1,995 Model P1200 $2,995 Model P2000 $4,950 For more information, contact PS Audio International Inc. at 877 772 8340