PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 10 Owner's Reference Manual - page 10
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Owner’s Reference
PerfectWave Power Plant 10
Voltage Regulation, Mode Setting, Trigger & IR Commands, and Setting Individual Zone
Parameters
Screen #1: GENERAL SETUP — By selecting the HOME SCREEN icon labeled Setup you can
enter screen #1 of the setup menu. Here you will be able to influence four different general
settings for your Power Plant 10.
Voltage Regulation: The Power Plant
10 provides user adjustment of the
output voltage. By applying touch to
either the “+” or “-” selector, one can
adjust the output voltage by one-volt
increments.
Mode: Here the toggle exists between
two different general settings. Low
distortion and high regulation. If
the Power Plant 10 is being used in
an area with relatively consistent,
relatively accurate input AC, then it is
recommended that the Low Distortion selection be made. This will focus the Power Plant 10’s
efforts on decreasing output THD as much as possible. If the P10 is being used in an area with
erratic input voltage, or input voltage that is consistently higher or lower than the level 120V or
240V (depending on region), it is suggested that the High Regulation selection is made. This
will focus the Power Plant 10’s efforts more closely on regulating the output voltage to a nominal
output, and on this setting you may notice the output THD climb slightly higher.
As general guidelines, tube equipment and electrostatic speakers will benefit from the High
Regulation setting, whereas solid state amplifiers and video equipment will benefit from the Low
Distortion setting. In the incoming AC is within 5V of the base-line output, either mode will offer
great performance. Outside of five volts, the user can maintain voltage regulation at the slight
expense of THD control with High Regulation, or can maintain THD control at the slight expense
of voltage regulation using Low Distortion.
Each of the five Zones (labeled A, B, C, D, and E) can be independently controlled for sequenced
power-cycling combinations.
Setup