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Changing from European to American power supply on clearaudio emotion TT

Recently I purchased a clearaudio emotion TT on eBay from a European seller for what I thought was a great price. However, upon arrival I realized that it's motor is rigged for European voltage and not compatible with American voltage. NChanging a power chord did not fix the issue as the platter spins at somewhere near 40 rpm which leaves records sounding like the chipmunks. Is it possible to change the motor? Is there anyone familiar with clearaudio products that could let me know what solutions are available? eBay issued a no fault refund to both me and the seller so I essentially got the TT for free but I would really love to get it up and running as it would be a massive upgrade for me.

Cheers and thanks for reading,

Shane

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jrbarnes
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Long time since I posted, but anyway I have the same set up , I use a Clearaudio 

Smart Synchro 230v model. Years ago (2018) a 120v motor was 500.00 $ or more,

I also lucked up and found the Marantz version (TT-15S1) for parts or repair for 700.00 $, purchased it for the motor (the only difference I noticed other than the 

voltage is one has a removable metal base ring) and it worked.

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yoyoyaya
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@OP The pulleys on that generation of Clearaudios were either an interference fit or else secured with a small delrin grubscrew - so at least they are easy to get off. You'll need someone good at maths to calculate the new size to account for the change in mains frequency and a good precision engineer to make a new one. And you'll need a 110 to 230v step up transformer. Clearaudio have moved over to DC quite a while ago so I would doubt you will be able to buy a replacement from them - and those motors can be quite expensive anyway.

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