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The Great Cryo'd Outlet Test

Some have wondered about the Cryo'd outlet test that this skeptic has agreed to do, thanks to the generous loan of an outlet by another member. The situation is that the outlet, and its non-cryo'd twin have been breaking in for several weeks and I think we can agree they are ready for evaluation. Performing the tests will involve littering the room with various amps and speakers with the associated wires strung around, so, and I am sure you understand, I need to wait for a free day when my dear wife is elsewhere occupied.
A report will be made.
eldartford
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
Not so limited Kana813 - I must've seen 'em live at least 10 times, and they actually crashed at my house one night on their very first tour; we even jammed. However, you are correct in noting that any conclusion involving the sainted 'Mats may not be rationally supportable...

Anyway, you whizz on your amps; I'll whizz on my outlets ;^)
stehno
1,453 posts
 
FWIW, Last Friday evening I installed my cryo-treated Hubbell (non-plated) 20 amp wall outlets for every component and noticed a very nice improvement after only two hours of burn-in.

I'll spare the details but in short, the improvements were on the order of only perhaps 50% of the improvements noticed when I replaced my amplifier's Hubbell 20 amp IEC connector with a cryo-treated version of the same make and model.

On Saturday, I installed 2 Marinco and 1 Hubbell cryo-treated wall plugs on the ends of my passive in-line conditioners and then installed two cryo-treated Schurter 15 amp IEC connectors on the other ends of the remaining two line conditioners for the cdp and pre.

Did not notice any improvement here. The Schurters are of inferior build quality to the standard Hubbell IEC's and will be replaced soonish with 2 cryo-treated Marinco IEC connectors.

-IMO
s23chang
615 posts
 
Are they the same Hubbell wall outlet "before/after" cryo treatment? How do you compare them since you can't swap things around quickly enough and there is no turning back to non-cryo stage?
sherod
1,681 posts
 
Hi Stehno. I just noticed that you still have the FIM 880 outlets listed in your Virtual System. Have you determined that they are still the best in your system?
stehno
1,453 posts
 
Sherod, I have the FIM 880's up for sale.

S23chang these are not the same hubbell outlets prior to cryo-treatment. How can I tell the difference without A/B the outlets quickly? That would have been a question I could have answered quickly and confidently a few weeks ago. Today, I would still answer a question like that exactly as before, but now I dare not say quickly and confidently. :)

-IMO
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