From ChristianH Sent Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 11:06
From ChristianH Sent Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 11:06
No real experience with different power systems, but one thing may be important: If you have synths with fixed power cables (like the Jupiters or Polysix) you can't accidentally do it wrong, simply because the US plug won't fit into a european socket. But - if you have 3 prong IEC connectors on the synth side, it's all too easy to use a 230 V euro cable with a 110 V synth. Obviously, it's no problem with more recent stuff with a switched power supply accepting anything from 90 to 240 V. For that reason I would be a little nervous with a mixed studio. Chris On Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:40:10 +0100 Sxnths <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I am starting to contemplate a possible studio move from the US to France. > I remember reading here the story of Vince Clark who preferred to sell it > all and buy it fresh. Or may be was it Gary Numan? I am no Vince or Gary > but I would move around 6 relatively large synthesizers (Jupiters, SH's, > PolySix, ESQ), some medium sized ones (XPander, Nord), drum machines and > rack gear. > Without getting into the question of customs and transport costs quite yet, > I have first a kinda silly question: power. If I really wanted to bring a > synthesizer back to Europe, is it common practice to change the transformer > of the synthesizer? Or are there really professional (not noisy) converters > out there? I have had few of them, and a lot of them do noise, or don't > have enough juice for multiple analogs. Has somebody even created a special > outlet in their home? I just want to get a feel of what if feasible / > preferable and if it makes sense to have half of my studio potentially on > US converted power or if there are drawbacks to that setup. > I am interested in the shared stories, if anybody had experience with this. > > Thank you > ben