How Challenging is it to Convert Voltage (from one Continent to Another) and not Lose what designer intended?

[caesar]

If one gets a piece of gear from a different continent that has a different voltage, what does it take to maintain the same sound?

Can using wrong parts mess up the sound that the designer intended?

 

[Another Johnson]

Even in the same country you might not get what the designer intended due to a wide range of power generation and distribution issues. I had this problem in spades with a US manufacturer.

And unless you can be two places at once, there’s no way to do a serious comparison.

FWIW, some gear is more sensitive to power variations than others. You really have to take this question on a case by case basis.

 

[caesar]

Even in the same country you might not get what the designer intended due to a wide range of power generation and distribution issues. I had this problem in spades with a US manufacturer.

And unless you can be two places at once, there’s no way to do a serious comparison.

FWIW, some gear is more sensitive to power variations than others. You really have to take this question on a case by case basis.

Excellent point. I always found power products to enhance the nature of the sound of the original component, but change the nature completely?