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In Reply to: RE: Bats posted by geoffkait on May 06, 2014 at 17:42:40
...you're grasping at bats in support of cryo for audio. Did you read the WSJ article (other link is dead)? It doesn't make the case for cryo bats. It did mention that grain orientation was the acknowledged primary factor in bat strength apart from physical geometry and basic wood type. This from conventional research. Since the cryo guys make a specific claim of 26% increased strength due to cryo processing, unlike audio apps, this is easily verifiable by independent parties...no DBT needed. I'm aware of no independent verification.
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For audio applications will cryoing maple stands, maple boards, improve the sound and if so why? Since cryoing just about anything improves the sound, why not try cryoing maple, or speaker cabinets for that matter, if there are cryo coolers big enough, which I actually doubt. Any type of wood, Mpingo discs, Mpingo record weights, high end tonearms, tonearm wire, stereo cartridges, wire, dielectric material, brass and steel threaded rods, record platters, speaker drivers, various plastics, CD players, CDs, and LPs benefit from cryo why not maple?
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You make the most ardent right wing christian seem positively Humean.
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May your tubes be lively and long-lasting. Holy be thy heater.
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...The cryo crowd has never been seriously concerned with the "how's and whys", why start now?
"Since cryoing just about anything improves the sound..." I suspect most persons who've subjected their stuff to cryo processing, in reality haven't the faintest idea what was actually done. For all they know, the stuff was placed on a shelf in a warehouse at the "cryo" facility for a few days and then shipped back with nothing done at all. Same for mfgrs claiming OEM cryo. The user can't know what was actually done in nearly all cases. It's a faith based practice where the masses blindly follow the recommendations of the anointed few based on faith and hope. To be clear here, I'm not saying audio cryo is totally ineffective and a fraud, only that there are far too many loose ends to the claims made for it.
OTOH, I do admit the idea of improving a Twinkie thru cryo processing is attractive although I'm not sure it's sound will improve. But surely the flavor and mouth feel will.
You were the guy in the back of the class throwing spitballs at the teacher.
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