220 to 110 coversion - mistake?

As Herman says, many products have wiring provisions so that they are easily reconfigured for different line voltages. Sometimes it is as easy as a switch. Also I am seeing more and more electronic equipment with low power draw (like a CDP) that will operate on any voltage within a wide range. The Behringer DEQ2496, for example, takes 85 to 250 volts, 50 or 60 Hz.

I used an inexpensive transformer from Powerbright with a 220V mid-level CD player and couldn't hear any negative effect. I think I paid less than $30 on ebay. The smallest of them should provide more than enough juice for a CD player, http://www.powerbright.com/transformers.html. Might be worth a try before you go to something more expensive.

What model is the CD player?

Best is to contact the supplier and ask if it can be converted. The vast majority of transformers I have come across allows to be wired for both 220v or 115v, so you may well not require an additional transformer.

Regards
Paul

Audiotumbler,

If you are in the US and just bought a 220v cd player, you will need a step-up transformer rather than a step-down.

I live in a 230v country and uses products from the US and Japan. I have several step-down transformers and these have 100v and 115v taps. Products from Japan goes into the 100v and items from US to the 115v. The step-downs come out from the power distributor which itself is a conditioner. I can't tell if the transformer have deteriorated the sound in any way.

Thanks for all your responses. I could have gotten a shanlin CD player out of Hong Kong for about 25 dollars on ebay - The additional rub, besides being 220, was the shipping... almost 200 bucks. That pretty much nixed the whole idea, but at least in the future I would not be averse to the 220 set up.

Thanks again guys