Here are Audio T, we have a long history of offering high quality mains filtration devices, but mains regeneration is a relatively new thing to us and one that is exciting!

Most of us are fortunate enough to experience a Hi-Fi that sings along beautifully without any problems. Unfortunately, there are those times when it just isn’t quite performing at its peak. The culprit can often be the variable quality of mains power coming into the house. Sadly, this is rarely as advertised, with a clean and consistent 230V being a distant dream, whilst distortion through the mains is always present, to a greater or lesser extent.

PS Audio is an American manufacturer that specializes in high-fidelity audio components, equipment for audiophiles and the sound recording industry. They currently produce audio amplifiers, preamplifiers, digital-to-analog converters and audio streaming solutions. But the purpose of this article is to discuss their power related products, more specifically their mid-priced Power Plant 12, which is currently in use in our demonstration room at Audio T Oxford.

How does it work?

Using an ultra-low impedance analogue power amplifier and a proprietary DSD sine wave generator; incoming AC is converted to DC and then back to form a perfect AC sine wave.

The Power Plant is not a mains conditioner. Instead, the Power Plant actually rebuilds the mains, delivering clean, distortion and noise free voltage, providing a properly regulated 230V supply to your equipment. It also reduces radio, mobile and computer interference to a massive degree. In a nutshell, you will be getting the mains supply that your equipment was designed for. It will improve the performance of any item of equipment attached to it, making for an overall system upgrade.

Features

Up to four zones and a total of 1250W are available, so the Power Plant can power most systems, allowing you to build a great foundational improvement for your Hi-Fi for many years to come. A colour touchscreen makes set up and monitoring easy and also conveniently shows the “before and after” improvement.

So, how does it sound?

The Power Plant 12 gives a system a truly astonishing deep black background, the noise floor having plummeted. As a result, the timbre and layering of both vocals and instruments improves greatly, as do the all-important micro dynamics. A greater dynamic range also seems apparent. If there is a downside (and in our opinion there isn’t), the level of insight can occasionally expose poor recordings, warts, and all.

Conclusion

If you love your music and you want to improve your whole system, both now and for any future changes, then you owe it to yourself to try a PS Audio Power Plant!

Join us for a forthcoming event…

We will be joined by PS Audio on Thursday 24th November, where you can experience first hand the affects these products have, as well as have a chat with the UK distributor. Please find out more Here.

Thanks for reading.

Rob and Jon - Audio T Oxford.

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