This has been going on for years with brass instruments.... There is a whole industry for this, I believe it was conceived by same folks that introduced RoHS. http://www.percryo.com/music.htm "What are the benefits of Custom Thermal Cycling? Cryogenically enhanced instruments "just feel better" and have a mellow and interesting tone quality. Any player who appreciates the special qualities of older instruments will immediately feel at home on an enhanced instrument. The differences are hard to describe but easy to feel. Custom Thermal Cycling will not fix bad intonation or make you like a bad instrument but it will make a good one appreciably better." John Burke wrote: >Er actually I would tell the designers to use bigger capacitors on the power >supplies....or run it on batteries........8-) > >John > > >John Burke > >(408) 515 4992 >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Stearns >Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:38 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [TN] Friday TechnoTopic > >There is a process in High End Audio which purports to enhance equipment >performance , called CryoTreatment. > >In this process the audio gear is subjected to a ramp down to -281F (or >cooler, but not below -320F), followed by a soak of 20 to 40 hours, followed >by a specific warm-up cycle back to R/T. > >It is postulated that the technical explanation for the enormous listening >benefits of the process is a re-arrangement or refinement of the crystal >structure of the conductor metals. The effect is so powerful that objective >listeners reported a significant improvement in audio quality when the AC >power cord for a preamp was so treated. I doubt my aging ears are >responsive to subtleties of this nature. > >Anybody care to estimate how an electronic assembly, surface-mount or >otherwise, including semiconductor devices, would fare thru this process? > >Tom Stearns >3 Brander Court >Nashua, NH >03063 > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >[log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------- >Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >----------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Dave Seymour, CID+ Catapult Communications Inc. 800 Perimeter Park Dr, Suite A Morrisville, NC 27560 Direct: (919)653-4249 Main: (919)653-4180 Fax: (919)653-4297 [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------