PC-4 EVO+ Reference Power Line Conditioner

GIGAWATT PC-4 EVO+ is a reference model of power conditioner, considered by many reviewers to be one of the best and most advanced designs of its kind in the world.

FEATURES

• Allows connecting up to 12 devices

• Ideal also for high-end power amplifiers

• Significantly improves sound quality in every aspect

• Does not limit the dynamics of the system

• Optimal current filtering in 3 independent sections

• Effective protection of equipment from the consequences of surges and short circuits

• Constant monitoring of network voltage (display can be turned off)

• Built-in DC-Blocker – reduces the adverse effects of DC components in the network

• PowerSync ULTRA power cord included in the set

TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Based on a unique eight-stage filter architecture that uses the most advanced, uncompromised components. The conditioner is equipped with three autonomous filtering branches, serving separate three sections, consisting of four outlets each. This allows isolation of individual loads from mutual interference generated by connected devices using a common power line.

The innovative two-stage power distribution system is based on massive distribution rails made of silver-plated CFHC C10100 oxygen-free copper bars of 99.997% purity. The first stage allows for lossless and even voltage distribution to the individual filter branches. The second stage delivers current directly to each quart of output sockets. The company's semi-multistrand conductors with enlarged cross-section, made of silver-plated oxygen-free copper insulated with Teflon, are responsible for the transmission of current between the individual modules. These solutions ensure even and stable power distribution regardless of the load on the individual outputs of the conditioner.

The company's anti-interference capacitors are responsible for the essential filtering of interference, and are manufactured under GigaWatt's specifications. Surge protection of the conditioner is provided by high-end components with increased absorption and aging resistance. A two-pole hydraulic-magnetic circuit breaker custom manufactured to GigaWatt specifications was used as overload protection. This component acts as a circuit to control the value of current flowing through the internal circuits and as the main circuit breaker of the conditioner. Lossless current transmission is ensured by printed circuits with extremely wide conductive paths made of silver-plated copper of extreme thickness representing up to fifteen times the thickness of standard PCBS. Interference suppression is provided by RLC-type filtering blocks, built using, among other things, the company's Audio Grade filter capacitors and filters based on cores with significantly lower power losses, enabling a significant increase in the value of the current flowing through the filter.

Standard equipment of the PC-4 EVO+ V21 is the DC Offset Blocker - a circuit that eliminates the unwanted DC component of the electrical grid. It allows to effectively eliminate this phenomenon, without causing compression or any other negative effect on the sound.

The design of the conditioner's internal components allows it to handle an instantaneous load of 10DA! To ensure the highest possible impulse response, the PC-4 EVD+ is equipped with a dual buffer circuit with Audio Grade compensation batteries of our own design. The circuit increases the current capacity of the conditioner allowing almost unlimited impulse capabilities, unparalleled by other similar passive conditioners and unattainable by active conditioners. The impulse capabilities of the PC-4 EVO+ v21 exceed even the current values of a pure power line without additional devices.