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You can purchase a transformer here https://airlinktransformers.com/category/japan-uk-voltage-converters and it will work absolutely fine. The frequency is irrelevant for an amplifier.

Turn them off completely. That way they will last longer.

Don't buy a valve (tube) amplifier. They are overpriced and mediocre.

If it doesn't ever happen when there are no lights on in the room it could be related to that. I had a TV that switched channels occasionally whenever a CFL light was switched on.

Those graphs look pretty good. No audible peaks.

You don't need balanced inputs for the tiny wire lengths used in hifi. There's no sound quality differences.

You could compare them if someone had tested them, but not otherwise. You can only go by the specs.

Even budget amps these days have flat responses and inaudible levels of distortion if used under the maximum power. The McIntosh isn't going to sound better.

Laws of physics? You use them with a sub. Personally I think they're overpriced/ overrated, having heard them.

If you don't like the sound change the speakers. It's as simple as that.

You own these?

I wouldn't change the amp at all. That won't change the bass. Just add a sub, something like the excellent BK XXLS400.

What if you get wood speakers. Do they sound woody?

I find that AT microline stylii sound and track the best. Wasn't impressed by the shibata, although it did beat elliptical.

The old A1 was class AB, but forward biased to provide around 8 watts in pure class A. It also had a design defect that meant that the volume pot would go noisy because it had DC on it. The B1 was a better effort all round, and more powerful as well. Class A amplifiers are not really any...