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Got today a December 2010 PS Audio Newsletter with an announcement from Paul McGowan:

“…So, in January 2011, we will release one of our secret projects that have been in the works for two years now, the PerfectWave P5 and P10 Power Plants.  Not necessarily a replacement for the venerable PPP, but two new additions to an already powerful (pun intended) AC power line.

Both the P5 and the P10 are completely redesigned from the ground up to be the best and most reliable performers we have ever built.  There’s a whole host of features and functions you’ve been asking for, all bundled up into these great designs.  Certainly a major upgrade step from the PPP, so if you’re looking to kick your system up a notch or two, this is the ticket.  A P5 or P10, compared to any other power conditioner in the world, just stomps them.

 Because this is just a sneak peek at these new products, we’re not releasing any more information than what we are presenting here to our Newsletter readers.  The full story in January.

The P5, which is the smaller of the two, is housed in a gorgeous matching PerfectWave chassis and is capable of a continuous 1000 watts of power, with peaks up to 1200 watts.  It has 4 isolated and switched zones and one of the zones is specially designed and optimized for high power applications like big power amplifiers.

Inside the P5 we have twice the number of capacitors for greater energy storage, ten times lower output impedance through a four-fold increase in output devices (compared to the PPP).  Better dynamics, blacker blacks, and extended voltage range are all waiting for new P5 owners.

From the front panel, there’s an amazing new touch screen controller for both models.

 With the touch screen you can now fine tune your unit’s output voltage, switch individual zones on and off with a touch of your finger, measure the wattage being delivered and used, the THD and voltage in and out.  But here’s a real kicker: we added an oscilloscope to the touch screen!  Now, for the first time, you can actually see the incoming and outgoing waveforms on your line.  So, not only can you measure the distortion on the line, you can see it.

And because the new PerfectWave Power Plants reduce distortion over 10 times, we will show you the residual or the difference between what’s coming in and what’s going out.  I can’t wait for you to see this in action.  It’s freaking awesome.  Wait till you see what the difference between incoming and outgoing power looks like on a scope.  It’s downright frightening - and keep in mind, no power conditioner can fix any of these problems.  Only a Power Plant can.

But wait, we haven’t yet written about the P10. Housed in a beautifully stretched PerfectWave chassis (same footprint, just taller) which is, incidentally, the same chassis as we’ll put our new power amplifier in - the P10 is a real gem to behold.  Massive heat sinks along the sides cool without fans and this beast weighs in at more than 65 pounds.  Truly a force to be reckoned with.

Performance wise, it’s a stunning achievement.  1200 continuous watts of pure sine wave power and 1500 peak watts handle just about anything you can throw at this AC regenerator.  It features 5 zones, two of which are optimized for high current applications, each switchable from the front panel touch screen which has all the cool features I just mentioned above.

Inside , we have twice the magnetics, twice the capacitive energy storage, four times the output devices of the Premier and this baby just rocks.

Both the 5 and 10 have what we like to refer to as extended voltage range as well.  This feature solves one of the problems we’ve had with the Premiers: over voltage in some areas.  Sure, the PPP can protect your equipment, but in some cases, the PPP itself could fail or have worse performance when too large a voltage swing happened.

Now, with the 5 and 10, we can get crazy voltages without any penalties.  For example, in places like Australia where the nominal voltage is 240 volts, we see swings up to 280!  The PPP could not handle such a big swing, but the new PerfectWave Premiers can, no sweat.

 Lastly, there are a number of cool internet based features that give the new Power Plants green features as well as monitoring from a web page.  Both the P5 and P10 connect to our Globalnet servers and allow you to access them over the internet.  Just go to your unit’s web page, schedule the PerfectWave Power Plant to turn equipment (or even itself) on or off according to any schedule you want and everything is handled.

This new addition to the Power Plant line is very exciting and the culmination of two years of engineering.  Both models will go on sale next month, January 2011.  For those of you wishing to step up to a PerfectWave Premier, we will have an aggressive trade up program available worldwide to assist you in this.

Get excited.  It’s worth it.

Pricing is different depending on the voltage because of the different magnetics required.  Suggested retail for the P5 is $2999 for 100 to 120 volt units and $3,499 for 230 volt units.  The P10 is $4499 for 100 to 120 volt units and $4999 for 230 volt devices.

We’ll announce the official worldwide trade up program in the January Newsletter.”

Well, it is hard predict what it will be. From what Paul describes it look like it will be the same old PP but with new bells and whistles. The interns ass is not particularly bad, it is nice to tonal to own network and turn the amps on to make sure the they are warmed 30-40 minutes before you airbed. Sure it will have a remote control and remote controlled bypass switch. It looks like the topology is the same - class A/B amp. That is good that PS Audio stuck within it. We need a diversity of approaches. Paul said that his new regenerators are “completely redesigned from the ground up”, well why not to gullible and to believe. I do not see why the new Power Plants shell sound better then old one as PS Audio never acknowledge any sound problem with old Power Plants but let to have open mind about it. I still have one PS Audio Power Plants and I might trade it up of the new Power Plants sound acceptable.

If somebody near Boston get the new Power Plants then bring them in for an evening and we see how the new generation of Power Plants do against my (hopefully fixed) Purepower PP2000

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