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I happen to be where the tour ended and still have the discs until I send them back to Dave on Monday. I'm interested in a description of the nature of differences, from early participants who heard a distinct difference. To my ears and on my current system, I don't hear any real difference, but am happy to explore this before sending back to Dave. I'm not claiming to be a golden-ear, but I am a former musician and typically have no trouble identifying changes in cables, power filtration, components, tweaks, etc., which is why I'm a bit flummoxed. Maybe my age is finally catching up with me!Mike
When they are sent back.. I would like to hear if cleaning them up.. IE resurfacing them affects the Cryo??And when sent back can you tell if they ARE your original discs? or some were replaced with crummy copies?I realize damaged data sides cannot be fixed.
When will you be posting each persons results?
I was able to readily hear the difference and greatly preferred the non-cryo discs. The cryo'd disc has a strange fatiguing smear to it.
Hi : I wasn't part of the test but followed this with interest. If the cryoed disc X was preferred, is it conceivably because the cryo process improved the clarity of the polycarbonate (? ) of the disc, enabling the laser to give a better "read" of the data? Also, was the process identical for both of the cryoed discs ? D.D.
I did not participate in the study so my observations are limited to what I gleaned by reading the responses here.At least three testers (Rclark, jriggy, SoCalWJS) heard differences and preferred the non-cryoed CD. It appears that cryogenic treatment does make a difference but a difference may not necessarily equal an improvement.My current opinion is that cryogenic treatment is not guaranteed to make what we would consider improvements. It can, in some cases, be beneficial. But its application needs to be judicious and tested and not accepted blindly. I am extrapolating this to all cryo treatment, not just CDs.Not to pick on jriggy who fessed up with good humor. He thought the best sounding disk must be the cryoed one. I would have (previously) leaned toward that same assumption