MillerCarbon,
Your spreading some ignorant nonsense. Most places in the US have close to 120VAC - and if running an apparatus with a 100VAC primary winding you will end up with 20% over voltage on the input to all internal DC regulators in it. This can be a serious issue because the regulators now will have to dissipate an additional 20% of heat and if marginally heat sinked, this is trouble.
Most definitely use a step-down transformer, even better if you can find one with isolation as well - this will produce cleaner AC power to your amplifier thus resulting in higher SQ.
Good Listening
Peter
Your spreading some ignorant nonsense. Most places in the US have close to 120VAC - and if running an apparatus with a 100VAC primary winding you will end up with 20% over voltage on the input to all internal DC regulators in it. This can be a serious issue because the regulators now will have to dissipate an additional 20% of heat and if marginally heat sinked, this is trouble.
Most definitely use a step-down transformer, even better if you can find one with isolation as well - this will produce cleaner AC power to your amplifier thus resulting in higher SQ.
Good Listening
Peter