Possibly moving to ITALY Will my U.S. gear work?

I wen thru this in 1994 when I moved to Rome. Once I factored in the cost of high quality outboard transformers and/or the hassles of converting mu gear to 220, I simply sold everything and purchased new gear. In fact, I bought a Linn system in the US for the primary reason that Linn gear is easily switched between 220 and 110. The funny thing is that when I moved back to the US in March 2000, I sold all my Linn gear except for the analog front end. As for the price of hi end gear in Europe, it is true that imported equipment (especially anything not European) is outrageous in Italy. However, you can buy awesome Italian equipment for much less than what it would cost you in the US, and there is a very active second hand market in Italy via ads in the leading hi fi magazines (Suono, Alta Fidelita, Audio). It all depends on what you own now, but if its not super expensive gear that you purchased new, I would definitely consider selling it and buying second hand Sonus Faber speakers and electronics by Bernardo Aloia, Pathos, Unison research, etc., etc.