>I'm going to buy my first MD, a Sony Mz-R91 from Hong
>Kong for use in Australia.
>I'd like to know whether its better to buy the 110V
>japanese version or the slightly more expensive
>Hongkong version which is 220V.
>However australia uses 240V.
>is it ok to just get the 110V and use some converter
>to change it to 240V?
Well, the 220 is actually designed to work with any voltage of 220 to 250V,
that is because all former 220V countries are gradually increasing the
voltage to a final 250V. The same thing is happening here in Holland.
And yes, you could also use a transformer to convert your 240V to 110V, the
diiference is that you then have two transformers, one outside your md, 240
-> 110, and one inside which converts from 110 to 12 or so. the point is
that loss occurs in every transformation, although this is very little
there still is some. and there'll be always some current flowing in the 240
-> 110 converter unless you want to turn on/off the converter and md every
time, so there's some loss to.
So all in all, you would be just fine using a japanese one and a converter,
but buying a Hongkong version would be better. the only thing to consider
is frequency, in europe we use 60 Hz in America they use 50 Hz, I don't
know about other countries, and I don't know if the md is bothered by it...
if it is you'd have to use a converter anyway.
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