Do cold temperatures damage audio equipment?

Also, how do you think the stuff gets from the manufacturer? If its coming from overseas, there is a good chance that it might be air freighted in an unheated cargo hold in the stratosphere at -30 or in a container on the deck of a cargo ship passing through the Panama Canal; 95 degrees, 98% relative humidity outside; 125 degrees inside. I wouldn't worry about it, beyond Al's right on the mark advice about letting it aclimate before starting it up.

I've found both of the above comments to be correct. Last year I moved from Alaska in the dead of winter. The temperature was -15 F when everything was packed into a steel box which went by barge to Seattle, then trucked to up-state New York.

All of the components were given a day in their new home to thaw, I checked closely for condensation, plugged them in, and had no problems.

Dave

Cryo treatment should cost extra. Don't mention to Fedex ;-)

Good one S......how those Merlins treatin ya..

When equipment is really cold, such as being in the trunk of a car when it's been below zero, let the equipment gradually warm to room temperature first before powering up. The reason is that there are metals of different kinds that expand at different rates during temperature change. Componets are designed to handle that fine from room temperature to operating level, but not from extremely low temperatures.