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Subtle Distortion
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Posted : Nov 7, 2007 22:49
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Has anyone ever done this? More importantly has anyone ever done this between countries with different power standards? Say if I moved from USA to Europe and wanted to bring my studio over, will using power converters cause any issues that I would want to look out for?
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vegetal
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Posted : Nov 7, 2007 22:57
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I´ve bought alot of equipments when i´ve been in the US and brought it to Sweden.
My Rane TTM56 mixer and PODXT works great over here with a converter. By tomorrow ill get my Mackie HR 824mkII from US, the biggest issue when it comes to monitors is that they draw alot of power, i checked with the tech-spec on my monitors, they consume 135W each full load and the converter isn´t dimensioned for more than 100W, i don´t think it will be a prob but we´ll see
Ill give an update.
So check how much power your equipment consume in the manual. otherwise you should be fine
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Subtle Distortion
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 01:11
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What kind of output (wattage) do you guys have there in Sweden? I would imagine that you might loose frequencies in your low end witch will affect your mixing to subtract 35 watts. HR824s have a pretty extensive low end range so yeah keep my posted im curious . I'm also wondering if converters might cause any issues with any hardware to create noise.
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vegetal
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 01:40
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On 2007-11-08 01:11, Subtle Distortion wrote:
What kind of output (wattage) do you guys have there in Sweden? I would imagine that you might loose frequencies in your low end witch will affect your mixing to subtract 35 watts. HR824s have a pretty extensive low end range so yeah keep my posted im curious . I'm also wondering if converters might cause any issues with any hardware to create noise.
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Wattage? depending on your house fuse
You mean voltage? 220V, 50Hz AC here
Umm i think you misundertood me, i mean 135w when you have MAX the amp, im not gonna mix in a 110dB/spl enviroment thats one thing thats for sure
So no loosing low freq is not gonna happen.
the only thing i can think of is that the fuse inside the converter might go pop when there is to much current passing throu
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 02:50
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i moved my studio from israel to the U.S. and the only problem i had was the shipping.
My computer got squashed.
aside from that, everything worked fine.
as a side note, on the way back, i decided to pack my studio myself and carry it as overwhight luggage on the plane. It got back exactly as i shipped it and it cost less.
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Trip-
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 08:26
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vegetal,
135w each will mean 270w both.
You should have at least twice the power from your converter for a proper operation. Meaning:
a converter at 600 v/a.
I've just recently bought a 750v/a converter for my Hafler P3000.
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vegetal
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 09:01
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On 2007-11-08 08:26, Trip- wrote:
vegetal,
135w each will mean 270w both.
You should have at least twice the power from your converter for a proper operation. Meaning:
a converter at 600 v/a.
I've just recently bought a 750v/a converter for my Hafler P3000.
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Yeah i know, thats why i have 1 converter for each monitor and nothing more attached to them.
Problem i´ve found is that most converters are only dimensioned to max 100W of outtake, and i bet my ass once you reach thoose heights in outtake the outtake starts to become nonlinear. We´ll see how they work today =)
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Posted : Nov 8, 2007 11:57
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What you gonna need is step down transformers.....
the day you forget that any of your equipment need a transformer you'll be fucked.. I burned the amp of my old monitors long ago . since then I sold all the gear I bought in america that did not have a variable input.... lol !
you might have to pay duty taxes when you bring your stuff depending on how lucky you are.... as far as I know the best thing to do is sell the stuff that is easy to get here in europe like synths and stuff cause you can get them on ebay at a descent price .
the pc or apple often have a 110/240v input switch. and if they dont you just have to change psu. a lot of outboard gear are like that. so you might getaway with selling little stuff.
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