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After an extensive period of listening to
the Power Plant in different systems, we
have gained a lot of experience, and will
attempt to summarize those listening
experiences as follows:
Increased depth.
Listen to a good recording that has
some measure of depth that extends
from the speaker plane to behind the
speaker plane; you should notice
greater depth when powered by the
Power Plant. That depth should further
increase if you raise the Power Factor
frequency from 60 Hz to a higher fre-
quency, but it should be noticeable even
with the Power Plant in service at its 60
Hz setting.
Increased instrumental space.
With careful listening, you will notice
that each instrument and each voice
has an allotted area with respect to the
other instruments that share the sonic
stage. We notice a major increase of
that space with use of the Power Plant,
so that instruments sound more "you
are there," more three-dimensional.
Better bass.
The bass on recordings should sound
tighter, fuller, and in many cases, actual-
ly extend lower, as if you removed a
high-pass filter (bass cutoff) from your
system. This effect has ranged, in our
experience, from subtle to extraordinary.
Try listening with and without the Power
Plant in the system.
Less "tinny" quality.
Many recordings, even when played on
fine, high-end systems, tend to sound
strident or harsh relative to live un-
amplified music. Our experience is that
with use of the Power Plant, much of
that "tinny" sound vanishes and is
replaced by a richer, sweeter sound.
Effect ranges from subtle to huge.
Greater slam and impact.
Power conditioners rob your system of
life; the Power Plant renews life. By
"life" we refer to the energy and tran-
sient dynamics found in music, which
can also be described as slam and
impact, commonly associated with
drums, quick bass attacks, and quick
transient voices. It should appear that
we have removed a "veil" from your sys-
tem, with respect to dynamic range.
Video.
When connected to a television, or a
video projector, the Power Plant can
make a stunning visual difference.
Deeper, richer blacks, better edge defi-
nition, and a clearer, more film-like pres-
entation can all be expected.
We do not recommend use of higher
Power Factors for video.
A note about listening.
All Power Plants sold as new from either
PS Audio or your dealer come with a
30-day money back guarantee.
Exceptions to this may include a distrib-
utor within a particular country.
To some of you, in fact to many of you,
one demonstration of the Power Plant in
your system will be all you'll need to
determine if it is indispensible. Plug it
in, listen, and that's it. But for others, it
may be a bit more difficult to make such
a determination. I understand. I've
done listening tests with equipment
most of my adult life. So, I can usually
sit down and judge the merits of some-
thing in a few minutes.
Here are a few tips from a guy who's
been around the block a few times:
Don't expect too much.
Sometimes we build ourselves up to
expect that something will sound so dif-
ferent that we're disappointed if it is still
the same cut of music. Keep your
expectations realistic.
Differences can sometimes be more
noticeable AFTER you go back to what
you started with. I have noticed that I
can listen to the standard system, put
the new unit I'm evaluating in the sys-
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