The CryoTone Tube Conditioner Pro is designed as a two channel analog signal conditioner.
It's 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 while taming digital artifacts.
It's 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 while taming digital artifacts.
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
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
The CryoTone Pro Tube Conditioner went in seamlessly, inserted into our signal path between FOH Console and the Speaker Processor. The CryoTone tubes offered us improved clarity and sparkle on the top end, while simultaneously improving definition in the entire sound stage and improving low end response.
The systems we deploy across campuses are all Meyer speakers, and voiced similarly, but the unit actually made the most of the subwoofers at our West Campus, which are smaller in size than our other campuses due to some power constraints.
All in all, I was extremely pleased with the added fidelity across the entire audio spectrum, and again impressed with the unit’s ability to make such sweeping improvements to the entire sonic experience - improvements that are simultaneously subtle and massive in their impact for the listening audience.
Kevin Hester
Technical Arts Director
The systems we deploy across campuses are all Meyer speakers, and voiced similarly, but the unit actually made the most of the subwoofers at our West Campus, which are smaller in size than our other campuses due to some power constraints.
All in all, I was extremely pleased with the added fidelity across the entire audio spectrum, and again impressed with the unit’s ability to make such sweeping improvements to the entire sonic experience - improvements that are simultaneously subtle and massive in their impact for the listening audience.
Kevin Hester
Technical Arts Director