A few times we’ve been approached by customers after they had plugged the U-Turn turntable into 230V AC 50Hz. You can guess the result…the AC adapter gets intensely hot, smokes, melts, and the main breakers in the home trip off. This is a very bad idea! First, it can cause a fire! Second, it can…
Powering U-Turn Audio Turntables
We love our friends at U-Turn, as well as their customers. We have been taking care of both for many years. The U-Turn is designed to accept 60Hz mains frequency in order to operate at the right speed. When folks relocate to 50Hz countries, they need our products to use the U-Turn. We provide exactly…
Visit Us at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2018
“KCC Scientific Clean Power converters will match the voltage, frequency and power (wattage) requirements to your valued device, assuring you are operational anywhere in the world.” Perhaps you finally received that well-deserved promotion involving relocation, or simply have purchased that coveted vintage audio from across the globe. In the new country, the power standards may…
The Dirty Little Secret about Mains Power Line Frequency
We take it for granted. We plug our high-performance audio systems into it. We count on it being there when we need it. Everything from vacuum cleaners to washing machines, and voila, they just work! Sounds like magic; doesn’t it? Of course, we’re talking about the mains power line grid, delivered to us through our…
KCC Scientific Ends Historic Power Grid Conversion Problems for Audiophiles
Perhaps you finally received that well-deserved promotion involving relocation, or you’ve purchased that coveted vintage audio from across the globe. In the new country, the power standards may be very different compared to where you are today. For the World Citizen, KCC Scientific offers trustworthy, high-precision, scientific-grade voltage and frequency converters. Like no other, KCC…
Who needs a frequency converter? I will simply buy an inverter…
Not surprisingly, folks are always grasping for a “cheaper” or “clever” way to do frequency conversion. One curious customer came to us recently and asked this question: “Why do I need a frequency converter? I’ll just buy a cheap, Chinese sine wave inverter and that will do the job.” Pretty interesting idea! Yes, a proper…