[martycat]

Hi all! Anyone knows the difference of the new "Cyro Treatment" version from the old one? Thanks!

 

[d-cee]

cryo treated means it's been exposed for while in extremely low temperatures, usually with the help of liquid nitrogen

i don't know how it affects the sound, here's more info about cryogenics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogen...nic_processing

 

[kwkarth]

Here's a worthwhile link to Cryo treatment techniques for cable:
http://www.jenalabs.com/cryogenics/cryo-jena.html

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by martycat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi all! Anyone knows the difference of the new "Cyro Treatment" version from the old one? Thanks!

Can you expand on this question of yours? What is the context?

 

[Faust2D]

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Originally Posted by martycat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi all! Anyone knows the difference of the new "Cyro Treatment" version from the old one? Thanks!

Where can you get one that is Cyro treated?

 

[ericj]

You know, my uncle James, who developed neutron diffraction instrumentation to allow the study of the molecular structure of superconductors, told me a lot of things about the advantages of supercooling conductors.

The one that comes to mind at the moment is the way that the effect is only good while it's still frozen.

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by martycat /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi all! Anyone knows the difference of the new "Cyro Treatment" version from the old one? Thanks!

Which new version do you talk about?
For what I know the SR-001mk2 is not cryo treated. But I 'might' be wrong...

 

[Faust2D]

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Originally Posted by ericj /img/forum/go_quote.gif You know, my uncle James, who developed neutron diffraction instrumentation to allow the study of the molecular structure of superconductors, told me a lot of things about the advantages of supercooling conductors. The one that comes to mind at the moment is the way that the effect is only good while it's still frozen.

I am not about to buy one

I am just curious where people get these things

 

[E.B.M.Head]

As far as I know Cyro treatment of electrostatic drivers is supposed to give you the same effect as hundreds of hours of burn in. So you just plug them in and they have already the full potential and there is no need to burn them in further. But I never heard a Cyro treated estatic, so I don't know if it's true or just a trick to sell them.

 

[d-cee]

i'm also a bit confused about which part is being cryo treated...

the whole headphone? i mean i thought plastic would become brittle and break... the drivers i understand...

link to said cry treated phones?

 

[spritzer]

I didn't know about a cryo version of the S-001 but the Airbow SR-SC1 is a double cryo treated 404 and it sounds much, much better to me. They cryo treat the cable and the drivers but the housing is also an option as it would change the resonance frequency.

Cryo works on items that were molten or heated to high temperatures during manufacturing or the crystal structure was in some way altered. By freezing cables for instance you would rearrange the crystals and they stay that way until heated above 100°C or so. I guess it would have a positive effect on the mylar as well, making it smoother and more evenly stretched.

 

[Faust2D]

So can some one just place an entire headphone in a cryo chamber or does it have to be dissembled?

 

[spritzer]

The metals could shrink more though then the plastic so I guess we'll just have to try...

 

[Faust2D]

Sounds scary....

 

[facelvega]

it sounds pretty cockamamie to me, too, but Spritzer and Carl have confirmed that to their ears there is a noticeable difference and improvement, so I withhold judgement until I get a chance to hear whether in this instance the cockamamie really works.