05-20-2015, 04:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2015, 04:40 AM by That90'sGuy.)
I believe in the differences of cabling (which people often argue doesn't make any audible difference), but I've never thought that exposing something brittle like glass to extreme temperatures is a good idea. I might be misunderstanding things here, but I believe the general concept something is "cryogenically freezing the tubes lines up the electrons for better electrical conductance"? If it was for that purpose alone, the freezing process is going to be negated once the tube warms up when in use anyhow. Several manufacturers like Callaham believe in the hardening of metals due to cryo treatment and I'm inclined to believe in it more there, but I haven't heard of one person saying that the reason why their tubes failed was because of the metal softening.
My concern is that it seems like all it's really going to do is wear out your tubes faster and stress the manufacturing (and we all know modern tubes aren't built as well as older ones). I'd love to be wrong though and I'm looking forward to hearing more about them if there is something positive to gain from the treatment
My concern is that it seems like all it's really going to do is wear out your tubes faster and stress the manufacturing (and we all know modern tubes aren't built as well as older ones). I'd love to be wrong though and I'm looking forward to hearing more about them if there is something positive to gain from the treatment