I prefer to mod gear to whatever voltage I am running it off of only
when I plan to haul the synth around.. the CS80 will more then likely
sit in your studio in which case the extra bulk of an external
transformer really makes no difference.
plus its nice to have the transformer in case you buy/service any
other gear that requires the conversion.
I'm looking forward to the mods you develop for your new synth. I
just got a CS80 myself and its still blowing my mind on a daily basis
happy new year
-rick
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yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "JH." <jhaible@...> wrote:
>
> > I was under the impression that a 110V CS80 couldnt be
> > converted to 240V. I had my CS80 restored by Kent (KSR) and thats
what he
> > told me.
>
> Well I don't have a 110V version - the plate clearly says 117V.
> And there's a lot of extra cables coming out of the mains transformer.
>
> But OTOH the British, European and North European Specs show the use
of an
> extra contact block where all the incoming 3 mains wires go thru.
Maybe this
> contact block (or whatever it is), is missing in the other versions,
which
> certainly makes conversion more difficult.
> And then again, the Australian Spec appears to run on 240V also, but
without
> that extra contact block ...
>
> JH.
>