Line voltage is 116 not 120 why?


I measured my line voltage with a volt meter it stayed steady at 116 shouldn't it be 120.Will this effect the sound of my amp since the voltage is lower?Can anything be done to bring it up to 120?
Mike
hiendmmoe
Magfan - Not necessarily. My amp (Rowland 102) has SMPS and produces the same maximum power for supply voltage 85-265V.
Kijanki,
Off topic, just curious if you ahve your JRDG 102amp powered up directly from the wall or power conditioner?
Nasman - I had it powered from the wall but recently I added Furman Elite PF20 conditioner. Rowland is plugged into high current bank of outputs. It removed bass resonances (nodes) while not affecting dynamics and opened midrange a little (Furman supposed to increase available peak current to 55A). I'm not sure if midrange is due to Rowland or Benchmark DAC1 (that drives it directly) that is also supplied thru conditioner. It could be that bass resonanses were masking midrange. The really strange thing is that TV picture got cleaner, brighter and more vivid (stronger colors). Furman supposed to correct for power factor and TV is DLP (projection). Maybe just bulb is brighter now in addition to digital noise reduction (HDMI).
Hiendmmoe - Amplifier will be louder at 120V (unless is regulated) than at 116V by less than 2%.

(120^2/116^2)^(1/3.5)= 1.0195
Kij, Yes there are many SMPS which run at a wide range of voltage. My charger for my Canon camera will run on anything it'll plug into. anywhere. NO DC.

But, in general, is it true that lower voltage makes for higher current draw? If your PS draws 1 amp at anything from 85 to 265 volts, that would make it 85 to 265 watts, if it was a pure resistive load (I'm sure it isn't)
But, for 100 watts, the current would vary from 1.2a to 0.4a for the same 'power' in watts.
I don't know the answer.