Control Amplifiers are actually Variable Gain Power Amplifiers with multiple inputs. Users can select any one of 5 input sources and control the gain of the power amplifier via the front panel control or through the supplied remote control, which results in the volume to the speakers being controlled. Control Amplifiers are unique in the world of audio and are the shortest and purest audio path of any product on the market. While Control Amplifiers resemble an integrated amplifier in their operation, they are not integrated. Integrated amplifiers are a marriage of a preamplifier, or input volume attenuator and a power amplifier. Because of the PS Audio Gain Cell, the GCC Series of products does not attenuate the input signal and do not "throw away" the unwanted signal. Instead, the GCC Control Amplifiers vary their gain in response to the user's front panel or remote commands. This creates the world's first Variable Gain Power Amplifier, or the GCC Control Amplifier.The GCC-250 Control Amplifier is a dual mono Control amplifier, capable of driving nearly every loudspeaker load with ease and beauty.
GCC power amplifiers are based on PS Audio's unique and proprietary Gain Cell technology for the input electronics and SDAT Class D switching power amplification for the output. The GCC series have high efficiency digital amplification stages that allow them to run cool to the touch even while driving demanding loads and should offer years of trouble free performance of the highest standards.
The GCC-250 provides up to 250 watts per channel, both channels driven, into an 8-Ohm load and doubles its power rating into a 4 Ohm load.
You should expect state of the art performance and sonic from any of the GCC Series Control Amplifiers. These Control Amplifiers are unmatched by any other power amplifier/preamplifier combination on the market in terms of performance within their rated power levels and will provide excellent performance in either a two channel or multi-channel environment.