Yes, this is an old problem with some decks, bought in US (110VAC) and used in Europe (230VAC) or vice-versa, because not all decks were made with multi voltage transformers!
Running these decks in with a step-up / step-down transformer is really annoying, and extra cabling and space is needed.
The nice guys at Peebles Audio Engineering (we) have designed a brand new, made-to-order Toroidal Transformers, to fit older Nakamichi Models. The model currently under testing will fit at least these models: 1000ZXL, ZX7, ZX9, RX505. They will be dual voltage, pin to pin compatible with these decks. This means the units will be 0-115-230V, so they should be good World Wide!
Some of the advantages are:
- Get rid of the pre-transformer – for ever, these units are multi-voltage!
- Toroidal transformers are more efficient than isolated core
- The transformer is more compact that an E core equivalent, so mounting options are greater – it will fit inside your deck!
- Low dispersion field, lower noise. Get better performance!
- Easy to fit: It will fit inside your deck, and comes with the exact same color code as the original!
Customer feedback
Our customer and friend Andrea E. from Italy, has been very kind and has sent a couple of pics of the toroidal installation on a Nakamichi ZX-7, it looks very neat and is a great fit.
In his own words:
“Hello Luis,
finally i found time to install transformer in my Naka ZX-7 and all is OK!!
I installed with an aluminium plate I realised ad hoc and screws.
I send u photos with my obvious permission if u would publish them in your website. Thank u very much!!
Andrea.”
Thank you very much for the feedback Andrea, it is really great to see happy decks and customer around the world!
