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Audio and the "jet set" - please help

Hi all,

It's looking like my life will be global for the foreseeable future, with 2-3 year stints in countries all over the world (including the U.S.). This poses some challenges for my audio obsession. Constantly changing voltage requirements and shifting room sizes mean that long-term planning is difficult. Are there others in this situation? How do you cope?

I've tried a few things. Shifting away from speakers to great headphones is what I'm doing now, especially because space is very limited, but in the end, I'm a speaker guy. I've also tried to focus on components with switchable voltage, but in the end this is just really limiting. I've thought about relying on step-down transformers, but this scares me a little (should it?).

Anyway, I'd love to hear from any of you in similar positions who have found ways to make it work.

Thanks!
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Phones are certainly one route. My career may put me in a similar position one day soon. I am not sure I can give up my vinyl collection though. It'd have to come with me.

One reason I purchased a Nagra pre and phono is exactly this reason, international voltage ability. I know their VPA amp has a selector for various voltage settings.

I am sure other mfg have this ability to, so you maybe able to make some prudent buys that can follow you...just another option to consider. Good luck !
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