Description

PC-3 EVO is a technologically advanced power conditioner, designed to power and protect HI-END audio-video systems. This conditioner not only effectively protects from any kind of interference and overvoltage in the power grid, but most of all warrants visible improvement of the sound and picture quality in the powered devices.

The unit excels with a solid construction, usage of selected components and high quality and aesthetics of workmanship. In the construction of the PC-3 EVO we resigned from using separation transformers and applied a worked out, multi-stage, parallel filtration instead. The conditioner is equipped with three independent filtering branches, separate for each pair of output sockets. Due to this solution the filtration of each of the branches was adapted to the character of the load, that will be used on those sockets, different for each kind of devices – digital, analog or high current draw units. The autonomous passive filters allow for isolation from interference generated by devices connected to a common power line. Compared to lower models of conditioners, the PC-3 EVO is based on a new architecture of filters and uses a variety of new components.

Due to the increased efficiency of the new filtering circuits they were mounted using silver solder on massive PCBs with eight-fold content of copper compared to standard PCB. The two layered PCBS have very wide conductive traces made of 280 micrometer thick silver plated copper. Damping of the interference is made in RLC type filtering blocks, built using, among other things, metallized polyester capacitors with low inductance and Super-MSS (Sendust) core filters. In this conditioner we also resigned from using traditional protective elements, like wire or thermal fuses, which throttle the free flow of current to the protected circuits and by this have a negative influence on the sound. The overvoltage protection of the conditioner is guaranteed by the start block, which contains plasma spark gaps, next-generations of TMOV varistors and an initial filter. Those elements, working together with a well designed, modern power grid, warrant a complex protection against overcurrent and overvoltage.