Hey all, need a bit of help. I recently purchased a Viva 845 amp, but its a Euro version. I am looking for a high-quality step down transformer or converter (possibly with silver or silver-coated wiring). I see a bunch on Amazon etc, but I am not sure which ones are good, and which ones are not...

Does anyone own a 220V/230V DAC and paired it with a 150w voltage converter before? I have acquired a DAC (Audio Exklusiv P 0.8) with a European plug and it is 230V and I am wondering if a 150w voltage converter is enough for it. Thanks in advance.

Hello Headfi., my first post here. I recently purchased the Stax SRM-1/MK2. It has both the normal and the pro connectors. I am confused about its voltage selection. The back of the unit says that it supports 100v, 117v, 220v and 240v. Also on the back there was a plate that I unscrewed which...

Hello! I wanted to ask a clarification about the receiver that I'm using, a Pioneer SA-540. My question is, could it be able to drive my AKG K702s (62 ohms, 91 dB/mW), or is it better for me to stick to a dedicated amp? I attached an image taken from the receiver's manual where the output...

My hypothesis is this: Let's say that my DAC normally outputs a signal which can reach a maximum voltage of 3 volts. This way, I understand that the DAC 'represents' the signal's dynamic range with a bandwidth of 3 volts. Now I lower the volume of the DAC (either through hardware or software)...

Normaly when buying an amp there is a selection that will ask if I need 120v power supply or 220v power supply. On the amps I do own they are all 120v according to the power bricks but is there any benefit to selecting 220v? Aletrnativly are there any issues or dangers from selecting 220v over...

... to work their magic on higher impedance headphones? Case in point, I use a FiiO A5 to feed my Sennheiser HD700 with 150 Ohm impedance. I usually have the volume pot @ 1/4 the way around to get about ~70 dBr which is comfortable listening volume. However if I increase the volume pot to...

I have an old Channel Islands VHP-1 amp and when I measure its DC Offset it's very close to 0v, showing 0.0 mV on my multimeter. But when I change the volume, gain setting, or turn off the device the DC Offset can spike up to 30, 80, 175 mV respectively, then slowly make its way back down to 0mV...