Cryogenic treatment of tubes? Anyone with experience positive or negative?


I just ordered a matched pair of 12au7 mullard NOS tubes for my primaluna amp. Ordered them from upscale audio.  They offered the cryo treatment, so for only 8 bucks more, I got it.

wondering if anyone has done enough listening to have an opinion on the sonic benefits, or the technical reason why it makes (or does not make) a difference.
meiatflask
George,

Thanks for sharing the engineer's perspective!  Until proven otherwise through I'm sticking' with what's workin'.
Engineers sometimes think too much. It sounds like he had a close encounter with a Wikipedia page.

Engineers sometimes think too much. It sounds like he had a close encounter with a Wikipedia page.

Now that's funny,Lol.

Kenny.

Don’t knock these electronic engineers they designed everything your listening to, without them you’d have nothing but voodoo/Geoff to listen to.

Cheers George
georgehifi
Don’t knock these electronic engineers they designed everything your listening to, without them you’d have nothing but voodoo/Geoff to listen to.

Cheers George

Georgie old boy, this is simply a case where experience and education Trump someone’s opinion. That someone being your electronics engineer. Let me explain. Electronic engineers don’t get any courses in Materials Science, Engineering Science and Strength of Materials as do Aerospace Engineers and he obviously has zero experience in cryogenics whereas I have 20 years of experience. Therefore his opinion is irrelevant. Your use of his opinion is actually an excellent example of Appeal to Authority. For that you get a gold star.