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Krell Industries Evolution One User Manual

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Separate Power Supplies Are Quiet and Powerful

Housed in a separate chassis, the power supply makes use of extensive electri-

cal and magnetic shielding to keep radiated interference out of critical amplifier

circuits. Internal high current line conditioning circuitry filters RF noise on the

AC mains, as well as compensating for asymmetric power waveforms and DC

on the mains. A dedicated 165 VA toroidal transformer with six independent

secondary windings powers the amplifier’s low level stages, gain stages, and

control circuitry. Power for the high current regulators and amplifier output stages

comes from two massive 2500 VA toroidal transformers. These in turn drive eight

35-amp bridge rectifiers and 120,000 microfarads of filter capacitance. High relia-

bility connectors with 56 machined, gold plated, 20-amp contacts transmit these

tremendous power reserves to the regulators.

Advanced Microprocessor Control Monitors
Critical Operational Parameters

If the DC level at the amplifier inputs exceeds a safe level, the microprocessor

control automatically switches in DC blocking capacitors to prevent damage to

the input stages or the loudspeakers. The microprocessor control measures the

load impedance in real time to optimize the performance of the amplifier and

power supply or, in the case of a short circuit, to shut the amplifier off. It monitors

the regulator output voltages, the symmetry between the two halves of the bal-

anced output stages, and it monitors the operating temperatures of the three

main heat sinks. If any of the heat sinks become too hot, the microprocessor

control adjusts the operating parameters of the amplifier and power supply to

help the circuitry run cooler. If the temperature of any of the heat sinks becomes

unsafe, the microprocessor control shuts the amplifier off until it cools down.

In the event of a major protection fault the microprocessor flashes a diagnostic

code on the power/stand-by LED (4). The RMS output voltage and current sig-

nals used by the microprocessor are also used by the power meter (6) (7), on the

amplifier front panel, to display accurate power measurements. For more infor-

mation on diagnostic codes, see Amplifier Troubleshooting, on page 26.