Step Up/Down Transformers - what to look for & where?

You don't need one for your laptop or iPad, they're universal voltage. When I moved from the US to Europe I sent my equipment I wanted to keep to the manufacturer to convert it to 240 volts and sold what i didn't. I don't know if sound quality will be different from one to the next but make sure you have enough power. You want a step down that's 2-3 times what the device is rated. I brought a treadmill with me that needed a 3000 watt hospital grade transformer while the Nintendo Wii I brought needed some tiny little thing. If you're going to be there for a while I would get things converted.  If you ever want to sell something there rather than in US you'll be happy you did.

Mine's Audio Consulting. What you're talking here is low current, won't need much, 100VA should be plenty, but this does not have to match, if you find a good deal on 500VA or whatever go for it. Most things like laptops that use a charger to convert to DC are very low amperage and really only need an adapter. They don't care about voltage, I have used mine from Russia to Rarotonga, wildly varying voltages, even my CPAP machine too, cell phone, all that stuff, just need an adapter to plug em in.  

Also note that while here in the US my system runs 240V to the step down. You might need 2-3X to handle motor start surge for a table saw or air compressor but no way, for stereo you don't even need 1X. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367