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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
drubin
3,277 posts
 
Nice report, thanks.
zaikesman
3,017 posts
 
Followup postscript: Today (next day) I received a powercord I bought here on Audiogon, and threw it right into the system, supplying the power amp. Swapping it a few times with my reference cord, and playing one cut repeatedly in a similar test to the one described above (different CD though: Red Garland Quintet "All Mornin' Long", chosen because this test required me to run in one-speaker mono), I had little difficulty hearing changes in the presentation, which only got easier to identify with certainty as I went through about the same 1/2 hour round of casual auditions as with the outlets/lines yesterday. Take that info for what you will...
kana813
956 posts
 
Zaikesman- Perhaps you should follow Mr.Stinson's lead and whizz on your amplifier so that all these changes won't sound any any different. This would provide you with more actual music listening time. Of couse, this conclusion may not be rationally supportable due largely to your limited opportunities to observe Bob. ;-)
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
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