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Power Conditioners/Voltage regularts for 230v

Okay, why is this so hard? I recently moved to Europe -- to Italy, where we live with 230v/50hz -- and getting an affordable surge protector/conditioner/voltage regulator seems to be impossible. Monster (hush, now, they're perfectly fine) makes such a device. However, what costs $500 or so in the states costs $1,400 over here (with the exchange rate).

I bought a decent surge protector/UPS for my computer system here for a reasonable $100 or so. Does the job and has already done so (we lose power on a regular basis).

Any suggestions? I don't want to spend a ton on this gear; I just want to protect my amp and peripherals.
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viclondon
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Welcome to Europe! Everything related even remotely to hi-fi cost here at least double than in the US. This apply even for products manufactured here.
From your post I was under the impression that you are looking also for a convertor 110v to 230 volts.
If you do get one please let us know if you get any degradation in sound. I am interested in getting one but I was always concerned about possible degradation.
As far as power conditioning, most people here believe that it does more harm than good; the theory being that with higher voltage the benefits are inferior
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