Albertporter only needs 50


Hey Audiogoners,

Albertporter has made a great offer to coordinate the bulk purchase of cryoed Hubbel outlets. My feeling if it's good enough for Albert's system, it's good enough for mine. But we need more people to participate to make it worth while. Check this post out: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?hbest&1021587031&read&keyw&zzoutlet

If you don't have time to check out the entire post here is Albert's offer:

"If a group of you want to go together, buy a box or case of outlets, I can get a quantity discount for us for the full cryo treatment. There will be no special packaging or wrappers, but you will have ultimate performance for a fraction of the cost.(This is exactly what I did)."

I spoke with Albert earlier today and he is willing to arrange for the purchase of the outlets in Dallas, have them treated and then probably ship them out Fedex ground. Albert would be doing us all a favor and his only interest is in helping the audio community. Let him know how many you are interested in. I'm in for six (6).
grandpoobah

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How many hours and at what temperature will they be treated for? This is very important to know!
Hey guys, remember this: If you don't burn in your cryoed outlets for 96 hours on a good cable cooker or something similar, they will sound VARY HARSH for about 30 days. If you do use some type of cable cooker it will still take several days of use for the outlet to settle in!
Maxgain,
Sean had a post a while ago that talked about how to make a homemade cable cooker. If you can't find it by doing a search, email him.
No offense meant to anyone on this post (or site) but that’s why I chose to purchase a Hubbell from someone who has put three months or more researching the best receptacle, the best method of cryogenic processing/temperature/number of hours, etc. That’s not to mention beta-testing with 5 individuals including 3 reviewers who already owned other cryogenically treated outlets. Finally, he cooks them on a cable cooker for four days.
For that magic recipe I don’t mind paying a little more, knowing that what I have is the real thing and not a product that might not work to 100% of its ability. The only reason I point this out is because I have done a lot of A/B testing and blind testing and believe one’s best intentions could possibly provide a cryogenically treated outlet that sounds harsh for 30 days or is less than what it could have been depending on how it’s cryogenically treated and broken in.
Anytime I purchase any audio item new or used I clean the contact points with Kontak.
Since most of you don’t have a cable-cooker I suggest running a house hold fan in your outlets for about 30 days to help break them in and get rid of the harshness. Listen to them on occasion to hear how they mature. That’s why I prefer to purchase mine from a place such as http://www.audioexcellenceaz.com/ after cryogenically treating them they will use their cable cooker for several days on the outlets. This process will make the outlets sound the way they should, or only require one or two days of use for them to mature fully.
At any rate I hope everyone hangs in there, they will sound better. Have a great Thanksgiving.Remember the USA, home of the free and the brave!
I’ll bet when the cryoed outlets finally break-in, whatever component you plug in {to the outlet (s)} will sound as if they got a shot of steroids (which should be a good thing in this case)!
Drubin, that's a good question and I don't understand enought about the process to explain it. The man with the answers (I think) would be Alan Kafton. You could email him from his website:http://www.audioexcellenceaz.com/index.html
Perhaps he would be willing to post here?
In my experience I have found that if one side is used to the point of break in then the other side sounds good also. I don't understand why it works that way, but it does for me.
Sometimes you have to pay a flat fee and then $/per pound in order to have items cryo'd. Check out details carefully!
Hdm is correct; " all cryo is not created equal".