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Bassole · 28th December 2005

I’m in the market to pick-up a pair of either the K&H O300D or Adam S3A monitors. I will be purchasing these from Germany, and had a question regarding the electrical voltage requirements for these monitors. It looks like these monitors shipping from Germany are 230V standard. The K&H manual says that there are export versions available with the appropriate voltage, which tells me that the monitor doesn’t have one power supply that adapts to the existing voltage (like my AMEK DMCL does) and it’s not as simple as swapping around a fuse (like the power supply for my UM92.1S Gefell). Can someone let me know if this is correct for the K&H and the Adam, since I believe both musicians-gear.com and www.thomann.de can only provide these in the standard European 230V.

Musicians-gear.com has suggested that I pick up a couple of their 110V to 230V step-up transformers to power the Adams. I guess this would be the same solution for the O3000D monitors? Also, are there any performance issues I need to consider by using one of these step-up transformers with either the Adam or K&H monitors? I would imagine that as long as it is providing the proper voltage everything should work per the specs.

I’d appreciate the input on this issue.

Finally, apart from www.Thomann.de and musicians-gear.com, does anyone know of another decent dealer in Germany that sells either the K&H or Adam for less and ships to the US? Thomann sells the K&H O300D for around $3,200 (add shipping, credit card fee, Import Tax/Fees) and it’s around $3,645 total. Musicians-gear.com sells the Adams S3A for around $4,090 (after fees, shipping, taxes, etc.).

Thanks.

28th December 2005	#1
Bassole Gear interested Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 20 Thread Starter	K&H O300D / Adam S3A - Voltage Question I’m in the market to pick-up a pair of either the K&H O300D or Adam S3A monitors. I will be purchasing these from Germany, and had a question regarding the electrical voltage requirements for these monitors. It looks like these monitors shipping from Germany are 230V standard. The K&H manual says that there are export versions available with the appropriate voltage, which tells me that the monitor doesn’t have one power supply that adapts to the existing voltage (like my AMEK DMCL does) and it’s not as simple as swapping around a fuse (like the power supply for my UM92.1S Gefell). Can someone let me know if this is correct for the K&H and the Adam, since I believe both musicians-gear.com and www.thomann.de can only provide these in the standard European 230V. Musicians-gear.com has suggested that I pick up a couple of their 110V to 230V step-up transformers to power the Adams. I guess this would be the same solution for the O3000D monitors? Also, are there any performance issues I need to consider by using one of these step-up transformers with either the Adam or K&H monitors? I would imagine that as long as it is providing the proper voltage everything should work per the specs. I’d appreciate the input on this issue. Finally, apart from www.Thomann.de and musicians-gear.com, does anyone know of another decent dealer in Germany that sells either the K&H or Adam for less and ships to the US? Thomann sells the K&H O300D for around $3,200 (add shipping, credit card fee, Import Tax/Fees) and it’s around $3,645 total. Musicians-gear.com sells the Adams S3A for around $4,090 (after fees, shipping, taxes, etc.). Thanks.