PowerCell 14
The Power for Passion
Has Never Been More Evident
For over a decade, we’ve been incrementally refining and improving our PowerCell models to deliver best-in-class, award-winning line conditioning for the most demanding audio enthusiasts. Now in development of our forthcoming flagship SRX PowerCell, we’re completely rethinking and re-engineering our newest generation of PowerCells to take your system to even greater heights with regards to effortless dynamics, engagement, and realism.
Introducing the all new PowerCell 14. The power for passion has never been more evident.
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A Comprehensive Redesign of Our Patented EM Cell
Our Electromagnetic Cells are the foundational building block responsible for line conditioning. While previous upgrades to the PowerCell brought forth improvements, the advancement has not been as revolutionary as it is today because we’ve fundamentally rethought the construction of the EM cell versus continuing to refine it:
- A comprehensive redesign of the EM cell, inherited from our forthcoming flagship SRX PowerCell, more efficiently filters out contaminants to the signal, resulting in a lower noise floor and better dynamics.
- The overall surface area of the cell as gone up 100x from previous generations to deliver a significant increase in electromagnetic conditioning.
- Doubling its function as a supercapacitor, the amount of available energy has gone up 100x, enabling even the most power-hungry amplifiers to sound more dynamic with better leading-edge transients plugged into the PowerCell than plugging it straight to the wall.
The end result enables more information to pass through in both a smoother and more holographic and accurate sound field than previous generation PowerCells.
Re-engineered ULF and DC Biasing
ULF, in its most basic principle, is how we ‘reclock’ our music to the Schumann Resonance by passively addressing and filtering out ambient RF and extreme high frequency noise that would otherwise degrade sound. The PowerCell 14 utilizes the Galileo SX PowerCell’s power supply and ULF Field Generator and improves upon it in the following ways:
- We implement a reformulated Ultra Low-Frequency RF bias captured from learnings gleaned from our SRX PowerCell and Voodoo streamer/server development programs.
- The nature of how we bias ULF has dramatically changed.
- The way we integrate both ULF and DC into EM cells has also changed.
- The power supply that generates the DC bias to EM cells has been radically evolved.
- New 24k Gold UEF tuning circuits bring harmonic richness and enhanced musicality.
With these advancements, SR is now able to precisely control the phase points between the frequencies used for bias. When selecting between the two biases on the PC14, they reflect SR’s most current understanding of ULF treatment and will deliver a more favorable, welcoming response to your music.
Three frequency bias, one perfect sound.
Blue (Default): This option offers a laid-back midrange with a linear transition of notes from low frequencies to midrange to highs, creating a large and enveloping sound stage.
Green: The midrange is slightly more forward compared to the Blue option, with a bit more bass emphasis.
Red: Convincingly portray large-scale performances and electronic music.
Grounding, Elevated.
The internal power supply and ULF Generator included in the PowerCell 14 are further enhanced with a UEF Ground Plane first developed for the Galileo SX PowerCell to lower the noise floor and increase soundstaging. And to take this performance to a higher level still there is the option to ground the PowerCell 14 to one of our Active Ground Blocks which improves low-frequency weight and attack as it lowers the noise floor further still without sacrificing one of the duplexes, so you have the full 14 outlets to filter all components in your system without loss of current.
Form Elevates Function
The PowerCell 14 chassis is mechanically and electromagnetically voiced. Machined from aircraft-grade aluminum, carbon fiber and plexiglass, its design strategically dampens and directs mechanical resonance from the ambient environment, the energy created by your speakers and how that feeds back into the circuit, and the vibrations generated by the transformers in the unit. The material makeup, physical size, and windows into the unit optimize the efficiency and directivity of the electromagnetic fields generated by the EM cells to bring sound as close to life as possible.
9 Lighting options
Change the color and intensity of the light that illuminates the front and a top circuit view window. Select between Galileo White, Synergistic Research Blue, Dante Red, and McIntosh Blue to match its lighting to the other components in your system. And if you prefer no light at all you can choose to be boring, it’s all up to you.
Pricing
Bundled with
5 ft. Atmosphere SX Euphoria AC Cable
($3,495 MSRP)
110V - $13,995
230V - $14,495
Bundled with
5 ft. Galileo Discovery
AC Cable
($6,995 MSRP)
110V - $15,995
230V - $16,495
Specifications
Wiring
- All 10 awg. Silver Matrix point-to-point discrete wiring
Connector Output US:
- 14 UEF Purple 2.0 Outlets
Connector Output International (EU/AU/UK):
- 14 UEF Purple 2.0 Outlets
UEF:
- Graphene treatment throughout unit
- Internal “Active” Gen 2 SRX Linear power supply for biasing EM Cells
- Dual Channel, Dual Setting SRX ULF (Ultra-low frequency) Generator applied to each individual electromagnetic cell to bias AC to the Earth’s Schumann Resonance for a dramatic drop in a system’s noise floor.
- 2 each SR Power Transformers
- 8 each SR Quantum Capacitors in EM Cell power supply and ULF field generator
- Machined Aluminum and Carbon Fiber chassis
- Seven New 2nd Gen, SRX Folded EM Cells topology acts like a ‘Super Capacitor’ to increase peak current on demand allowing components to draw more current than when connected directly to the wall for added dynamic headroom
Internal Active UEF EM Horizontal Plane Cell area:
- 5187 square centimeters
- 7 x Internal 2nd Gen, SRX EM Folded Carbon Fiber Cell area:
Connector Input:
- 1 each Neutrik 32 amp PowerCon
- 3 Isolated Output Banks; can be used to isolate analog from digital components
99.995% Pure Silver Ground Strap:
- 62 square centimeters
Weight and Dimensions:
- 5.2″ x Width 17.5″ x Depth 14.2″
- 28 lbs.
Voltage and current Rating:
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- Input rating US: 20amp/125v
- Input Rating International (EU/AU/UK): 16amp/250v
- US Version: Rating is limited by the US Outlet rating of 20amp/125v
- International(EU/AU/UK) Version: Rating is predicated upon the Schuko Outlet rating of 16amp/250v
PowerCell Intl.
Take your conditioning international.
Available in North American, Schuko, UK and Austrailian outlets
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“Will the internal struggle to reach nirvana ever end? Probably not. As much as we like to complain about the journey, this is what provides much of the joy and interest in this hobby. The PowerCell SX has the ability to get us amazingly closer and without major upgrades to the rest of the system—closer than any other cable or power conditioner that I have heard in my listening room. The PowerCell SX clearly pushes the envelope.
Robert Youman, Positive Feedback, July 2020
“The non-current-limiting PowerCell SX is one of the rare exceptions, and for that alone, it gets into the top tier and deserves high praise.”
Alan Sircom, Hifi+, November 2023
“The SR PowerCell SX and Galileo SX power cord are engineering breakthroughs that are well made, deliver on their promised performance, and have taken my system to a level I never thought possible. Ted Denney pulled out all of the stops on this iteration of the PowerCell. Although the admission price is high, the increase in overall system performance in relative terms justifies the cost. Far worthy of a StereoTimes “Most Wanted Component” award recognition… My new reference.”
Mike Girardi, Stereo Times, July 2020
