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Cryogenic treatment of an LP?

Is this even possible? I am just thinking outloud here and wondering of the benefits and welcome your comments. I'm unsure if an lp could even survive the process normally targeted at metal components. (Warp factor 10 captain). Ultra freezing and then slowly re-heating a chunk of plastic. Still, one wonders exactly what impact molecular alignment would have (if any).

Through the employment of ultra-low temperatures, 300 Below, Inc. cryogenic processing helps improve all kinds of products by realigning the molecular structure of an object, optimally resulting in items which last significantly longer and perform far better than they were previously designed.
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geoffkait
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Why would anyone send me an LP? Hel-looo! Send the LP to a cryo lab. Listen to the cryo'd LP. If you cannot be sure of the results, mistrust your ears, or have poor aural memory, etc. compare the cryo'd LP to the same LP that hasn't been cryo'd. You can even do blind tests, you know, whatever you feel is satisfactory. Make sense?
isochronism
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Geoff, I agree, that does make sense! Tho, the posed question remains..had YOU actually performed this simple test? If not how do you support your claim? Thank you for your answer, in advance.
isochronism
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Let's get to the crux of the biscuit, as it were.
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russ69
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If I cryo treat a glass of water, does it taste better? Is it heavier? Clearer? I'm just saying if you heat treat carbon steel, it gets harder. If you heat treat, wood, it's called burnt-up wood. There is no universal process that makes everything better.
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geoffkait
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I don't think anyone is saying that cryo is a universal process that makes everything better. However, there are by now many audio companies, Meitner, Walker, Jena Labs, Purist Audio, to name a few, who have been using cryo processing for their products, including cables, DACs, CD players, turntables and tonearms, among other things, for many years, so you have to ask yourself, why would a high end outift use cryo if it didn't work? By the way, an alternative to sending audio items like LPs to a cryo lab is freezing them overnight in the home freezer, then let them thaw out slowly in the morning.
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