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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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mapman
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Cryo the Machina Dynamica gimmicks and double your pleasure!
isochronism
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Geoff, Yogi Berra
mceljo
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Tonight I visited my local hi fi store and had the opportunity to listen to some fantastic music starting with the newest Clear Audio turntable, Aesthetix products between the source and speakers and Focal Stella speakers with dual JL Audio Gothom subwoofer using Nordost cables and a stack of Nordost Sort Kones. There's a lot more than I could correctly identify, but it was certainly fun to see some of this stuff in action. It's the worst my system has sounded since I've owned it. It's still wonderful, but no match for this truly amazing system.

While I was there I inquired about cryo-treatment of records with a local Focal rep and a highly respected amplifier engineer/designer that was there. The response was in the range of head scratching/shaking. Neither seemed to be aware of the concept which was interesting since they were on hand for the U.S. debut of the Clear Audio Master Innovation turntable. I would expect the amplifier guy to be at the leading edge of LP technology.

In any case, it's the most impressed that I've been with the main rig in the store in a long time. Everything seemed to be working great. On previous visits I wasn't as impressed with the Aesthetix products compared to the previously used Krell, but this time I had no complaints.
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geoffkait
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"While I was there I inquired about cryo-treatment of records with a local Focal rep and a highly respected amplifier engineer/designer that was there. The response was in the range of head scratching/shaking. Neither seemed to be aware of the concept which was interesting since they were on hand for the U.S. debut of the Clear Audio Master Innovation turntable. I would expect the amplifier guy to be at the leading edge of LP technology."

Just as I predicted. At least milk didn't squirt out of their noses, right? :-)

"Everything is relative." - old audiophile axiom
mceljo
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If I were forced to make a prediction I would have guessed the opposite. Go figure.
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