Audio Research Reference 3 voltage conversion

ridiculous!

what if owner wants to move to a different country? he has to sell it and buy another one so ARC can get fat? I have moved out of the country more than once due to work, I am glad I did not own ARC gear and I probably never will after learning this fact.

more the reason not to buy ARC!

Simi, you're absolutely right on that one!

I do know (or I have heard) that Audio Research do not convert the voltage of their products, but I've learned that it's pretty simple to do on some AR products for a qualified technician.

So I just hope that anyone knows if the Ref 3 and the CD 8 is the easy ones that only needs to switch a few wires or if these units would have a brand new transformer (or multible transformers).

Looking forward to your answers. Thanks.

Sorry Semi for spelling your name wrong.

Just take it to a high end audio engineer in your country. I had an integrated amp converted to my local voltage for about $90 Euros.

Can you use a seperate wall transformer. It is a preamp, so unlike an amp the power draw shouldn't be a problem ? (note this a question).

I had the same problem, but the other way around. I drove 100 miles for what I thought would be a killer deal on an ARC preamp only to find out it was a 220V model. (then later, I wondered if I could have used a transformer or voltage regulator or something?