KVR Audio

Koe:rade · Post by **Koe:rade** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:20 am

I'm in Japan at the moment, and theres some great (and really cheap) music stores here.
I'm thinking of buying a synth or two here. The thing is I am from Australia and I'm wondering if the difference in voltage will fry my synth when I get back home and plug it in (the power here is 120V and aus is 250V).

Has anyone here had experience with this type of thing? How did you get around it? How did it turn out? Any advice would be great thanks!!

Koe.

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:30 am

On some equipment you can change the voltage it runs on. If you can't you will fry it if you connect it to the wall socket.
If you're lucky the plugs will differ so you can't make that (expensive) mistake.

What you need is a 220 to 110 volt transformer.

Koe:rade · Post by **Koe:rade** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:33 am

Thanks for the reply.

That sounds good. Hopefully I should be able to find a transformer back home.

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:54 am

Some newer stuff even autodetects the voltage and runs on anything from 100 to 250 volts. But RTFM thouroughly first to make absolutley sure that is the case. It isn't common but it exists. As i said,if you mess up you'll let out the magic smoke and have one expensive boat anchor.

Peel · Post by **Peel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:11 pm

These days most electronics come with one of those wall-wart transformers that let the device work safely internationally. Check the label on the wall-wart; it should say something like "100-240v / 50-60Hz" in which case you're safe.

Midinovela · Post by **Midinovela** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:09 pm

or just buy a power supply in Australia... I do so in Argentina. (If the conector is nothing special of course)

Buying Equipment Overseas.