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CryoTone™ Tube Conditioner Pro
$2,550.00
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The CryoTone Tube Conditioner Pro is designed as a two channel analog signal conditioner.
Its magic is both subtle and dramatic.
The CTC's circuit is designed to not cast coloration or heavy saturation.
By building those options into the circuit, sound quality is lost. The CTC Pro has no OP amps, tone control or overdrive.
The ultra pure cryogenically processed circuit naturally adds depth, dimension, width and image focus to the soundstage. It also improves textural detail yet tames unnatural digital harshness.
While using the “New” CryoTone Tube Conditioner Pro couldn’t be easier, the new model has a pair of quality VU Meters that monitor the input content so you can be sure gain staging stays correct. By keeping the volume voltage in the normal range, you will insure the CryoTone Tube Conditioner Pro operates as designed, very linear. While many manufacturers try to use tubes to create color through distortion, the CryoTone Tube Conditioner is intended to stay linear while improving sound quality.
The Wathen CryoTone™ Tube Conditioner (CTC) is an analog tube output stage conditioner. It drastically improves the sound of virtually everything. Music, especially digital music, consistently sounds better after it has passed through tubes. It is phenomenal when it has passed through Wathen CryoTone™ Tubes. It is that simple.
The key is versatility. The CTC can be put in various positions and/or combinations:
· After a DAC
· After CD player
· After a blue tooth receiver
· After a personal audio player
· In the tape loop
· After a preamp
Any of these along with combinations of these positions would have the effect of tubing everything before it goes to the power amp.
The CryoTone™ Tube conditioned sound:
· Does not add distortion or alter frequency response
· The dynamics are vastly improved
· There is a 3 dimensional sound stage
· Unmatched sound quality of the CryoTone™ Tubes
· Great Signal/Noise ratio
· Frequency response is flat
· The conditioner adds richness
· Adds body and detail to midrange and bass
As with all Wathen products the CTC is handcrafted from solid wood. The CTC has two sets of XLR jacks, Left/Right input and Left/Right output. It includes two Wathen CryoTone™ ECC88-WC tubes.
Input impedance 470 KOhms
Output impedance < 200 Ohms
T.H.D. < 0.002% 10Hz-100KHz
Frequency response +/- 0.2dB 10Hz-100KHz
S/N ratio better than -100dB Unweighted, better than -118dB 'A' Weighted