fenrirlupus Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 has anyone here tried them? are they noticeably better sounding or longer lasting than tubes that have not been cryogenically treated? http://www.cryoset.com/ it costs about $4 more for a tungsol 12ax7 reissue here than at musicians friend or music123... is it worth $4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-theory Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Try them and see. I personally doubt it very much. I smelled marketing hype the moment I saw those, and as I recall, they initially targeted the over-budgeted and highly gullible tube amp hi-fi market, so one could totally expect it to be nothing but hype. Seems as though all you need to do in order to sell overly-priced products to that market is to waive any kind of mystical hocus pocus over it, claim that the mystical hocus pocus makes your product better than anything else, and distribute some marketing materials to support that claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Try them and see. I personally doubt it very much. I smelled marketing hype the moment I saw those' date=' and as I recall, they initially targeted the over-budgeted and highly gullible tube amp hi-fi market, so one could totally expect it to be nothing but hype. Seems as though all you need to do in order to sell overly-priced products to that market is to waive any kind of mystical hocus pocus over it, claim that the mystical hocus pocus makes your product better than anything else, and distribute some marketing materials to support that claim. [/quote']true, the problem is, i don't really want to buy both a tungsol from here and from somewhere else... and i don't want to buy another sovtek 12ax7WA... and yeah... hi fi... http://www.amazon.com/Vacuum-Tube-Amplifier-System-iPod/dp/B0010ST660/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1239418992&sr=8-2 "warmest sound and the clearest highs ever heard from an ipod docking station" i'd like to give those people a good slap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 well, i've heard that somebody else bought two JAN tubes, one treated, the other not, they forgot which one was, and can't tell the difference... so i guess i'll just spend less and not worry about snake oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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