dogville Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) I'm going to buy the new RH-1 and would like to know if I will have any trouble using it in Europe and what's in favour and against of buying it from an american website. I mean different voltage and so on. Is it worth buying anyway?Regards Edited April 15, 2006 by dogville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuge Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 You may not get local warrenty . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 as the RH1 will be released in Europe with all the same features as the American one and almost at the same time (IIRC)... why bother with importing from the US? If it's not available locally, just try German or British etailers... they are sure to carry it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogville Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 as the RH1 will be released in Europe with all the same features as the American one and almost at the same time (IIRC)... why bother with importing from the US? If it's not available locally, just try German or British etailers... they are sure to carry itNearly the same features. I'm interested in buying it outside Europe because of the capped volume. I don't want a capped one and that's not possible in European models, unless you know this is going to change, which I doubt bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 I'm not that bothered by the Euro-capping:- get more efficient headphones and your music will sound loud enough- wait a bit and the service manual and with it the way to uncap the RH1 will become 'public'- get a portable pre-amp for driving those huge and inefficient HiFi-phones you might want to use and get some efficient ones for light travelbut especially I do not think this is that big a drawback so it warrants the drawbacks of importing from the US:- possible duty/import taxes to pay on top of the regular price- you (at the very least) need an adaptor for the AC-plug (and I do not like those things and would not trust one for regular use) as the USB->AC-thing probably can't be found easily separately in Europe (without paying too much)- possibly you'll need a different adaptor altogether (not sure about that)- no local warranty (which might mean you'll have to send it back to the US for repairs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogville Posted April 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I'm not that bothered by the Euro-capping:- get more efficient headphones and your music will sound loud enough- wait a bit and the service manual and with it the way to uncap the RH1 will become 'public'- get a portable pre-amp for driving those huge and inefficient HiFi-phones you might want to use and get some efficient ones for light travelbut especially I do not think this is that big a drawback so it warrants the drawbacks of importing from the US:- possible duty/import taxes to pay on top of the regular price- you (at the very least) need an adaptor for the AC-plug (and I do not like those things and would not trust one for regular use) as the USB->AC-thing probably can't be found easily separately in Europe (without paying too much)- possibly you'll need a different adaptor altogether (not sure about that)- no local warranty (which might mean you'll have to send it back to the US for repairs)You have convinced me with your reasons. Only two things I don't agree with.1/ I know a place on the internet where the rh-1 will be cheaper with taxes included2/ Don't feel like carrying with a portable amplifierI guess my Sennheisser CX-300 and the Koss 55 will be efficent enoughAs for the rest, I think it's better to buy it here.Thanks to all for your opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FezzFest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I'm not that bothered by the Euro-capping:- get more efficient headphones and your music will sound loud enough- wait a bit and the service manual and with it the way to uncap the RH1 will become 'public'- get a portable pre-amp for driving those huge and inefficient HiFi-phones you might want to use and get some efficient ones for light travel[...]And what about the equalizer on EU-units? You can't use custom equalizer-settings (since 2nd Hi-MD generation) with them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 @ fezzfest: it's no sure this eq-limiting will be the case with the RH1, still, once we get the 'hack' to change region code all of that would be history again@ dogville: first...i was only explaining why I probably won't go through the hassl of ordering overseas... not trying to convince you - if you can get an RH1 for cheap overseas and can work something out like marking it as agift or something the taxes can be avoided and it might be interesting still! I do not know of such a place and I can't really be bothered to look real hard - I don't like running around witha preamp either... I just use my panasonic RP-JE50 in-ear phones on trains etc...they really lock out external noise so you just do not need the same volume to hear the music just as wellfor me personally the warranty is the main reason: my NH900 did need/has had repairs and I wouldn't stand sending it to the US and waiting god knows how long for it to be repaired/returned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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