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Step Down Transformer

I just got a TT from the UK that is 220 and I need to get a SDT. Any thoughts on the better ones to buy or can the TT be converted over. The UK seller said they could convert it but had no way to test the TT to see if the work was a
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kenyonbm
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More of a problem is that the UK power is 50 cycles not the 60 cycle/sec that we use here. A transformer will not change this. If the TT uses a synchronous motor in will run at 27rpm+/- not 33! You may have to change the motor.
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nsgarch
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Doesn't Audio Note now make that TT? The original Voyd I believe used Pabst motors (three of them) and they're still in business if you wanted to change the motors to 120V version, although using a SDT would be more cost-effective ;-)

What TA does it have, an Audio Note?
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glory OP
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Neal,

Audio Note bought out the Voyd TT in 1991?
Three Pabst motors is correct.
Changing the motors out to 120V would solve the problem?
I wonder what that will cost me.
Sorry for my ignorance, what is TA?.

Gary
kenyonbm
141 posts
 
Got my calculation backward, it would run fast instead, about 40rpm.
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nsgarch
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Gary, TA (short for tonearm) thought it might have an Audionote tonearm. Doesn't Audionote still make that TT under their name?

In any case, Kenyon has a point about the 50 vs. 60Hz isasue.

The folks at Teres (turntables) seem to know where to source Pabst motors. Also, you might want to talk to someone at Origin Live.
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