Does anyone know a good multi voltage home theater audio receiver?

Question

Hi, I 'm looking for a receiver that I can use with my speakers temporarily in the U.S., and once I relocate from the U.S. branch of my job to the Europe branch, I want to move some stuff including the receiver. 90% of the electronics in my house are multi voltage automatically (110-240v 50/60hz), without me even noticing. (desktop, laptops, PSP, Nintendo DS, monitor, digital piano, etc.) Why is it so hard to find a good receiver like this?

The only ones I'm finding are Coby and Jwin brand, which are not what I'm looking for. My only requirements are having 5.1 decoder, multivoltage, and $550 and under. All of the Denon or Onkyo models are only 120v 60hz, unless you buy them in Europe. Can anyone help? Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

The noise from a switching supply with that kind of range is not desirable in audio electronics, it creates undue hum in the system. The price you stipulate means no toroidal transformer for the supply. Which is needed for the switching noise from the solid state trans-orb, only cheap models that are single run produced will work for you.

Best bet is to wait.

Answer 2

42 is right. You need a big fat toroidial power supply that can be tapped at different points.

Why not spend the $1000 rather than buy one here, and then buy one again there? You'll have twice the unit, and be twice as happy for twice as long. It's only money. :o)