Possibly moving to ITALY Will my U.S. gear work?

Having imported many used American audio products from USA to Italy, I have some experience with this problem.
Actually most of the products have a power transformer with a double primary windings. So, the conversion should be quite easy . Unfortunately, many manufacturer (probably to discourage the grey market) has made quite difficult to understand which are the wires to move, and in which way they have to moved. There are also some few products, as some old Audio Research, that have dedicated transformers for the different markets, so tey cannot be converted.
Anyway, I would suggest to try to get all the information in USA, and maybe have the equipments converted by your local technicians, before you arrive in Italy. Here it will be very difficult (and often impossible) to get this kind of information from the italian distributors.
Also, please remember to check the value of the fuses on the power supply. Here they should have a value one half than in USA. That is, if you amp has a 5A fuse in USA, here you have to put a 2.5A fuse.

Paolo is perfectly right about the fuses in your electronic equipment. I forgot to mention this very important detail!

I wen thru this in 1994 when I moved to Rome. Once I factored in the cost of high quality outboard transformers and/or the hassles of converting mu gear to 220, I simply sold everything and purchased new gear. In fact, I bought a Linn system in the US for the primary reason that Linn gear is easily switched between 220 and 110. The funny thing is that when I moved back to the US in March 2000, I sold all my Linn gear except for the analog front end. As for the price of hi end gear in Europe, it is true that imported equipment (especially anything not European) is outrageous in Italy. However, you can buy awesome Italian equipment for much less than what it would cost you in the US, and there is a very active second hand market in Italy via ads in the leading hi fi magazines (Suono, Alta Fidelita, Audio). It all depends on what you own now, but if its not super expensive gear that you purchased new, I would definitely consider selling it and buying second hand Sonus Faber speakers and electronics by Bernardo Aloia, Pathos, Unison research, etc., etc.

Thank you all very much for your very informative responses. You have all been very helpful and your feedback is very appreciated! -DaddyO