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Voltage conversion in Wyred4 Sound DAC

Dear friends,
I am from India. I have a plan to purchase a Wyred4 Sound DAC2 from Audiogon. But I have no idea about changing the voltage from 110v to 230. Does the unit posses any external switch to convert the voltage? PLEASE HELP ME.
Thanks in advance.
gnanasekhar
gnanasekhar OP
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Please also suggest some more dacs under $2000 with external switch for voltage conversion.
thanks.
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kijanki
4,454 posts
 
Gnanasekhar, electronics equipped with switching power supply will often operate over whole voltage range. One example might be Benchmark DAC2 that operates 88-264V 50/60Hz.

I have older version - DAC1 but it is not universal (linear power supply).
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stereo5
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Dac 1 and 2 both have a linear power supply.
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kijanki
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Not only that Benchmark DAC2 has switching power supply but also
has many of them inside. It uses main +12V switcher and then
DC/DC converters to create +/-18V. I don't know of linear power
supply that can operate from 88 to 264 VAC without any switch and
at the same time to be able to operate up to 373VDC.

services/dac-modification/benchmark-dac2-
modification/>http://mysoundaffairs.com/modification-
services/dac-modification/benchmark-dac2-modification/

Look at the picture - perforated metal box in front is Switch Mode
Power Supply.

[url]http://www.audiostream.com/images/112613benchmark7.jpg[/url]
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