Gigawatt PowerControl Including Gigawatt Powercord

Gigawatt PowerControl Including Gigawatt Powercord

Retail Price Including Gigawatt PowerSync Plus Powercord : € 6.950,00
Available at an additional charge with other Gigawatt powercords

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General : Gigawatt PowerControl is the newest model of the Gigawatt power conditioners. The PowerControl is a further development of the PowerPrime. Important updates are the standard built-in DC Blockerboard, the (switchable) display showing the Voltage and of course the doubling of the number of outputs. The Gigawatt PowerControl has no fewer than 12 outputs, distributed across 3 separately filtered zones. The Gigawatt PowerControl provides effective protection against overvoltage and simultaneously delivers clean, well-filtered power to the devices. This makes the Gigawatt PowerControl an essential part of any audio system.

DC Blockerboard : A DCB removes the last remnants of DC components from the current. Although we use 230 Volt AC in the Netherlands, it often happens that there is still a DC residue in the supplied current. Your equipment may react poorly to this. The transformer may hum, and your HiFi equipment may also start behaving erratically. A DC Blockerboard removes the DC components from the current so your HiFi equipment performs optimally.

Construction : All elements of the Gigawatt PowerControl are mounted in a new, inflexible, steel / aluminum chassis with a modular structure. The housing sits on anti-vibration feet, which ensure that the Gigawatt PowerControl is not affected by vibrations and resonances. The new front panel design is made from a thick piece of aerospace aluminum, the surface of which is anodized in two color variants after precise milling : black or silver.

Connections : The Gigawatt PowerControl also has an LED light that indicates when it is not phase-correct or connected without ground. The Gigawatt PowerControl is equipped with twelve sockets, divided into 3 zones, the connectors of which are silver-plated, without the use of intermediate metals such as a copper or nickel layer, which can cause harmful series resistance and thus reduce the voltage. A strong, stable connection, larger contact surface and a thick layer of silver guarantee perfect contact with the connector pins. In addition, the sockets are cryogenically treated and demagnetized.

Protection : The Gigawatt PowerControl has no traditional protective elements, such as fuses, that slow down the free flow of current and have a negative impact on sound. Overvoltage protection is provided by a protection block integrated into the filter, equipped with plasma spark gaps and a new generation of UltraMOV varistors. This method of protection barely impedes the flow of current and still provides good protection for both the Gigawatt PowerControl itself and the equipment connected to the Gigawatt.

Internal Wiring : All electronic components of the filter are mounted with silver solder on PCBs with extremely wide conducting traces made of pure copper (total thickness of conducting layers is as much as 70 micrometers). Due to the short connections and a very large cross-section of the signal paths, the transition resistance is reduced and the current capacity of the entire filter is considerably increased. The internal wiring is based on Gigawatt powercords made of OHFC copper with a cross-section of 4mm2. There are also large, pure distribution bars built in. The large cross-section of each distribution rail (30QMM) and the high wiring conductivity guarantee even and stable power distribution to each output connection - regardless of the load on the other PowerControl outputs.

Buffers : The device uses a buffer system with a Gigawatt Audio Grade compensation battery, which increases current efficiency at non-linear loads, such as power amplifiers, and reduces the difference between the power from the input to the output of the power conditioner. This allows for almost unlimited impulse capacity, unheard of in other similar passive conditioners and unreachable for active power controllers.

The Gigawatt PowerControl is the ideal large power conditioner with many outputs for a good price and is standard in stock at Ohm-Audio B.V.

See also the excellent review by HiFi Knights : Gigawatt PowerControl Review

Specifications :

Brand : Gigawatt Poland

Model : PowerControl
Type : Passive Power Conditioner

Power Inputs : 1 x C19 IEC input

Power Outputs : 12

Output Zones : 3
Maximum Output Power : 3680 Watt

Finish : Black or Silver