Gigaworks G550W speakers for European power and I'm in the US

I have a set of Creative labs G550W wireless surround sound speakers and they are for European power. The plugs are European and the power says 250 volts. IS there any way to use them in the US. The wireless module will work on 10 volts but the plug configuration is different than a standard 3 prong IEC computer plug. Please help me. Expensive speakers and no sound is no fun. Scot

If the wireless module says it will run on 0v then you should just be able to use a travel adapter with it.
As for the rest, there is no easy/cheap way of doing it. The power supplies inside really will be designed for 240v only. You can buy step up voltage converters, but there doesnt seem to be much information on them. What you need is one that gives a proper sine wave output. Most of the ones I can see available are quite cheap, so im guessing they are the ones that output more of a square wave. Electronics will hate these. You also need to be sure it wont have much noise on the 240v output as this may be audible through the speakers. Lastly, it needs to be quiet as you dont want it humming next to you.
Perhaps someone who has tried this before can correct me, but I would think a converter good enough (high quality and high wattage) would cost too much and you might aswell just buy some american speakers.

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