Icarium
Headphoneus Supremus
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So I am in Japan for 2.5 month and thus naturally brought my headphone
amp with me. It's a old model Headroom Homeroom amp.. basically
I was wondering how to best utilize it with Japanese outlets.
For one thing they are all two prong.. I expected this and brought
a couple of 3 prong -> 2 prong converters. Of course I stupidly
forgot my power cable so I have to try to buy one of these.
So the main different I know is that Japanese outlets are 100V while
US ones are more like 120V... so my question is.. is the 2-3 prong converter
enough? Like will the outlet power my amp sufficiently and safely with
an emphasis on safely really as these amps aren't cheap.. I don't see it
hurting it but I am no expert.
If the answer to both is no... well I am thinking about getting
something like this:
http://www.buytravelconverter.com/tr...120v/index.asp
what wattage should I go for? And what other power differences
will affect me? I heard that AC hertz is different and that explains
why my alarm clock isn't working well with the stockoutlet.. does that
affect me? And anything else? Will try googling myself but am hoping
someone can help me out. Thanks.
amp with me. It's a old model Headroom Homeroom amp.. basically
I was wondering how to best utilize it with Japanese outlets.
For one thing they are all two prong.. I expected this and brought
a couple of 3 prong -> 2 prong converters. Of course I stupidly
forgot my power cable so I have to try to buy one of these.
So the main different I know is that Japanese outlets are 100V while
US ones are more like 120V... so my question is.. is the 2-3 prong converter
enough? Like will the outlet power my amp sufficiently and safely with
an emphasis on safely really as these amps aren't cheap.. I don't see it
hurting it but I am no expert.
If the answer to both is no... well I am thinking about getting
something like this:
http://www.buytravelconverter.com/tr...120v/index.asp
what wattage should I go for? And what other power differences
will affect me? I heard that AC hertz is different and that explains
why my alarm clock isn't working well with the stockoutlet.. does that
affect me? And anything else? Will try googling myself but am hoping
someone can help me out. Thanks.