a few observations
millercarbon 'the US is really 240v but you get 110v in your wall.
??eerrrrgh. In UK the local substations get 7kV but it doesn't mean that is in your wall.
But yes, good contact with 220v is quite a jolt. I know from when it was 240v and have been very careful since then.
True your power amp probably runs on 400v rails and just transforms to that from whatever it feeds on. But an easier transformation if you start with 220v and easier to engineer distortion out.
For Glupson: UK was 240v until 2003 when it harmonised with EU at 220v.
The French had been on 110v up to that date and changed instantaneously to 220v. But to this day they still use the mickey-mouse thin plastic plugs and sockets AND HOUSE WIRING!!! designed to handle 110v. This would be an issue in the USA also - if it were to move to 220v, the kit would need upgrading.
Does anyone remember using Krell 200KRS in the US? I have these now 35 years old and refurbished. Full Class A, they are said to draw 1.2kW per side. On 110v ???your wall would catch fire.
millercarbon 'the US is really 240v but you get 110v in your wall.
??eerrrrgh. In UK the local substations get 7kV but it doesn't mean that is in your wall.
But yes, good contact with 220v is quite a jolt. I know from when it was 240v and have been very careful since then.
True your power amp probably runs on 400v rails and just transforms to that from whatever it feeds on. But an easier transformation if you start with 220v and easier to engineer distortion out.
For Glupson: UK was 240v until 2003 when it harmonised with EU at 220v.
The French had been on 110v up to that date and changed instantaneously to 220v. But to this day they still use the mickey-mouse thin plastic plugs and sockets AND HOUSE WIRING!!! designed to handle 110v. This would be an issue in the USA also - if it were to move to 220v, the kit would need upgrading.
Does anyone remember using Krell 200KRS in the US? I have these now 35 years old and refurbished. Full Class A, they are said to draw 1.2kW per side. On 110v ???your wall would catch fire.