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Offline glitches

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on: July 14, 2015, 09:36:30 AM
Hello - Sorry for my silly question. I'm completely new to this and excited to order my kit but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to go with a 120VAC or 240VAC. I have no idea what that means or what they do. I'm pairing them up with Sennheiser 650s.

I'm planning on also ordering the speedball upgrade but not sure if I need any additional upgrades like the black molded IEC power cord. All I know is the bottlehead badge is a required option ;). Thanks!


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Reply #1 on: July 14, 2015, 09:48:55 AM
Where do you live?

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Reply #2 on: July 14, 2015, 11:21:43 AM
California / USA


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Reply #3 on: July 14, 2015, 11:43:00 AM
No, you need the standard (120V AC) transformer.


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Reply #4 on: July 14, 2015, 11:55:57 AM
Quote from: Grainger49 on July 14, 2015, 11:43:00 AM
No, you need the standard (120V AC) transformer.

So a lot of the world uses Non-Standard voltage?? >:(


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Reply #5 on: July 14, 2015, 12:30:11 PM
Well, they kinda think its standard ;)...John

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Reply #6 on: July 14, 2015, 01:00:38 PM
Quote from: Chris65 on July 14, 2015, 11:55:57 AM
So a lot of the world uses Non-Standard voltage?? >:(

lol.  FYI

(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwikitravel.org%2Fupload%2Fshared%2F%2Fd%2Fdb%2F800px-Map_of_the_world_coloured_by_voltage_and_frequency.png&hash=8c2a00a8c9726b45d2ade4ffadc3cd12cc08711f)

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Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 01:18:49 PM
Japan, Jamaica, Madagascar - you might want to get with the program.

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Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 01:44:22 PM
That little blip in west Africa got me curious too, turns out its Liberia which has a rather interesting history. 

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Reply #9 on: July 14, 2015, 02:08:33 PM
Thanks guys! Whats your opinion on the power cord?


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Reply #10 on: July 14, 2015, 03:13:09 PM
I built a power cord using Belden 19064 (I think) cable, a right angle plug to go to the amp, Wattgate for the power strip, covered with techflex. The cable is shielded and I find the noise floor reduced. The point is the Crack does respond to power cord differences

Crack/Speedball, SEX 2.1/C4S, Bryston BHA-1

Sennheiser HD600/Cardas cable, Beyerdynamic T1 2nd Gen, Hifimam HE560/Hifiman balanced cable

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