220 to 110 coversion - mistake?


I have got this incredible price on a CD player and wondered if anyone had used a transformer to step down the voltage from 220 to 110 - and what were the sonic ramifications?
audiotumbler

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I used an inexpensive transformer from Powerbright with a 220V mid-level CD player and couldn't hear any negative effect. I think I paid less than $30 on ebay. The smallest of them should provide more than enough juice for a CD player, http://www.powerbright.com/transformers.html. Might be worth a try before you go to something more expensive.
If you go back to Fry's, to the car audio section, you'll find a product called "Dynamat" that's designed to kill vibration and dampen sound. It's expensive bought in the small kits they sell so if you're willing to wait a few days you can get generic versions of it from places like Parts Express. You apply as much of it as you can make fit inside - or outside - the case.