voltage
Posted by: anselm on 23 December 2003
can naim amps from euroland be used in this country without too much modification?
obviously i would send it to naim to be done, but is it posssible in principle?
Merry Xmas one and all
Anselm
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obviously i would send it to naim to be done, but is it posssible in principle?
Merry Xmas one and all
Anselm
all art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
Posted on: 23 December 2003 by anselm
even with the differing voltages in europe?
Anselm
all art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
Anselm
all art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
Posted on: 23 December 2003 by Derek Wright
UK has been dumbed down to 230 volts so that there can be a free interchange of electrical toys between the nations apart from the plugs - did you not vote in the referendum
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Posted on: 23 December 2003 by Mike Hanson
I friend of mine (a former Naim owner) felt that Naim systems generally sounded excellent in the U.K., but were generally lackluster over here in Canada (which is why he isn't a Naim owner any longer). Other than the standard explanations of "the room", "setup", etc., one thing he suggested as a possible cause was our differing voltages.
Is it possible that having double the voltage in the U.K. would make the equipment sound better? I realize that the modifications to the transformer wiring should make the two environments essentially the same, but it wouldn't be the first time that something in the stereo world didn't make intuitive sense.
If it makes a difference, I guess the next issue would be whether it's worthwhile to get all of my gear rewired for 230V, and then change the 110V dedicated-circuits to 220V.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
Is it possible that having double the voltage in the U.K. would make the equipment sound better? I realize that the modifications to the transformer wiring should make the two environments essentially the same, but it wouldn't be the first time that something in the stereo world didn't make intuitive sense.
If it makes a difference, I guess the next issue would be whether it's worthwhile to get all of my gear rewired for 230V, and then change the 110V dedicated-circuits to 220V.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
Posted on: 23 December 2003 by anselm
[QUOTE] did you not vote in the referendum
<< i was a paid up member of the referendum party, i even met MR Goldsmith himself! >>
Anselm
all art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
<< i was a paid up member of the referendum party, i even met MR Goldsmith himself! >>
Anselm
all art is contemporary; it is the way we look at it that changes...
Posted on: 29 December 2003 by David Dever
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If it makes a difference, I guess the next issue would be whether it's worthwhile to get all of my gear rewired for 230V, and then change the 110V dedicated-circuits to 220V.
Been there/done that, sounds worse (and may not even work in some locales depending on how the 120V phases are derived); not enough time to go into all of the permutations here...
(This excludes, of course, all of the usual caveats about homeowners'/renters insurance liability, safety, etc.)