GK
1) I am surprised that with your extensive knowledge that you didn't know that cryogenic treatment of metals for conductivity is not a new thing. Heck, you can find scientific paper on it.
They show about a 2% improvement in conductivity, unfortunately that is likely near their real measurement accuracy, but that level of improvement would not be unwarranted with partial cryo treatment and it could even be a bit better. I say partial as they likely did not have a 2 stage process that would result in even better results near room temperature.
Of course, not sure why I would pay 20-50X to get the improvement that could be achieved by just going up to the next fuse value.
W.R.T. to your audible claim of direction, since you claim the change is instantly obvious, YOU should be able to easily recreate it (with someone else changing the direction .. or not) ?
geoffkait17,713 posts10-25-2019 10:35am
Now, what is interesting, for the novice like yourself, is how consistent the differences in measured voltage drop are with *listening experience*. And how consistent the improvement in voltage drop is after cryogenic treatment.
So, at a minimum, I think it’s fair to say - based on the measurements data - SOMETHING IS GOING ON. 🤗 it’s not near as BLACK AND WHITE as you believe. A listener who doesn’t have a learning or hearing disorder can almost always tell when a fuse is in the correct direction.
1) I am surprised that with your extensive knowledge that you didn't know that cryogenic treatment of metals for conductivity is not a new thing. Heck, you can find scientific paper on it.
They show about a 2% improvement in conductivity, unfortunately that is likely near their real measurement accuracy, but that level of improvement would not be unwarranted with partial cryo treatment and it could even be a bit better. I say partial as they likely did not have a 2 stage process that would result in even better results near room temperature.
Of course, not sure why I would pay 20-50X to get the improvement that could be achieved by just going up to the next fuse value.
W.R.T. to your audible claim of direction, since you claim the change is instantly obvious, YOU should be able to easily recreate it (with someone else changing the direction .. or not) ?
geoffkait17,713 posts10-25-2019 10:35am
Now, what is interesting, for the novice like yourself, is how consistent the differences in measured voltage drop are with *listening experience*. And how consistent the improvement in voltage drop is after cryogenic treatment.
So, at a minimum, I think it’s fair to say - based on the measurements data - SOMETHING IS GOING ON. 🤗 it’s not near as BLACK AND WHITE as you believe. A listener who doesn’t have a learning or hearing disorder can almost always tell when a fuse is in the correct direction.