Much has been said about the benefits of traveling.

I often see tourists who preffer spending all their time taking pictures of some stones or whatever buildings and not at all getting to know the local culture.

I think it’s very important to dive in the culture of the country where you travel. That is where the real mind expanding experiences come from. When you get to see how other people think and act, that will be of more gain than any fancy cruise on a 5 star ship where you only get to take pictures.

Speakers and other electronic devices are not usually built with dual voltage.
If you buy speakers in Australia let’s say and you take them with you when you move to US you will fry them, unless.

Unless you buy a voltage converter. These have a price that vary from 15$ to 100+$, depending on the power that they have to output to the device. There are different dyes of voltage converters, step up, step down converters.

Make sure you buy the right ones. Check amazon, altough you can find specialized shops as well.

I needed a voltage converter to ensure that I will be able to listen to my Klispch Promedia 2.1 when going back to Europe.

After checking the internet I found dvdoverseas.com and even managed to buy directly from their deposit in Illinois as I was near them. Great stuff and very attractive prices ! I bought 4 ( four) voltage converters - one massive 500W and 3 small 50W for house appliances, about 8 plug adapters grounded and not grounded , paying for all these less than 70$, taxes included !

One thing that is useful to know and I didn’t see it mentioned in other places - the electricity frequence does not matter for electronic devices. For example, in Europe the electricity usually comes at 220V / 50 Hz . In the US is usually 110 V / 60 Hz.
The voltage converters only convert voltage. But you don’t need a frequency converter, unless you have something like an industrial engine or some other this kind of equipment. For electronic devices - electricity frequence does not matter.