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World Power AC Products World Power offers the high-conductivity Hubbell model HBL5362BK duplex wall receptacles with doubled deep cryogenic treatment (no other vendor, to our knowledge, offers such thorough treatment). It is rated for 20-ampere circuits (actual tested capacity is 28 amperes), and features a near ~75% copper content, which is, to our knowledge, higher than any commercially available receptacle. This heavy-duty grade duplex can replace standard wall receptacles and those duplexes used in various power strips and AC line conditioners (space permitting, as the HBL5362 is slightly larger than standard grade). The HBL5362BK offers a relaxed, mid-hall presentation, with layers of depth. The sound field is quite spacious, musicians and singers are presented with organic wholeness and rock-solid image specificity, and speakers tend to completely disappear. Extensive discussions with senior Hubbell representatives confirm that the HBL5362 is simply the highest-grade duplex receptacles Hubbell manufactures. The HBL5362BK is the identical Hubbell outlet that Jena Labs and Sound Application used to sell (respectively) for $100 and $125 many years ago. Please take a look at the other fine, less expensive, double-cryo'd Hubbell IEC inlets and wall plugs we are offering as well. World Power seeks to level the playing field with a more reasonable direct-pricing structure, while providing a superior “deep” cryogenic treatment, that we call Cryo�™, due to the extended treatment time (the term “deep” is normally used for cryogenic processes achieving -310� F and below). We have enlisted the services of Cryogenics International, as they have been performing this deep cryogenic treatment since 1986, and are a leader in the industry. While a 15 to 24-hour “soak” time is the norm for commercially-available vapor treatments, World Power has asked Cryogenics International to perform a doubled-soak process lasting a full 48 hours (at core temperature), to ensure the permanence and performance factor we associate with high-performance audio & video playback. Their patented, precise computer-controlled process utilizes a liquid nitrogen reservoir just below the treated materials… this is the exact physical location where the liquid nitrogen (LN2) boils off at -320� Fahrenheit, allowing for the coldest possible treatment temperatures. Commercial, injected vapor treatments do not reach this deeper temperature. There is no
add-on cost to World Power customers for our doubled Cryo�™ treatment. For
added value, all HBL5362 receptacles will be conditioned for For more specific information about cryogenic treatment and its many applications, please visit: www.cryogenicsinternational.comyogenicsinternational.com
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"Valise-style" hospital grade AC wall plug (15 amp/125 volt): $25 Furutech gold-plated 15-amp chassis mount IEC: $25 Hubbell H320C 20-amp female IEC: $25 Kaiser straight-line 15-amp female IEC: $25
Kaiser down-angle 15-amp female IEC: $25 A PRIMER ON CRYOGENIC TREATMENT Simply put, LN2 cryogenic treatment dramatically increases the useful life of various components, perishable tooling and wear parts. It does so primarily by realigning the molecular structure, thereby relieving internal stresses and distortions caused by the casting and/or drawing out process. In the case of steel and its alloys, cryogenic treatment removes the built-in kinetic energy of atoms, which is the energy of motion. There is a normal attraction between atoms that makes them want to “get together”. But their energy of motion keeps them apart unless that energy is removed by low temperature cooling. Cryogenic treatment sufficiently cools and slows down the atoms, allowing them to converge, actually “shrinking” the molecular structure. After the required heat treatment of ferrous metals (such as for dies and castings), final treatment at temperatures of -300� F or below transforms soft austenite into hard martensite (approx. 4X harder than austenite). This transformation improves surface wear and provides heat resistance as well. All of this translates into greater durability, together with greater internal strength. Parts simply last longer, and are far more effective for their intrinsic design. These ultra-cold temperatures greatly increase the strength and wear life of all types of metals, including ferrous and non-ferrous. Other benefits include reduced maintenance, repair and replacement of tools and components, reduced vibration, rapid and more uniform heat dissipation, and improved electrical conductivity. In addition, controlled deep cryogenic treatment processes (lower than -310� F) are capable of treating a wide variety of other materials, such as metallic alloys, carbides, plastics (including nylon and Teflon) and ceramics. Due to these factors, racing professionals (including NASCAR, NHRA), custom gunsmiths and knife makers, and even oral surgeons have been enjoying the benefits of longer lasting parts, materials, and technical instruments. Cryo is not just for industry. Certain musical instruments, including trumpets & saxophones, have been cryogenically treated for improved performance. High-quality, high-end stereo & home theater is now benefiting from this process, with the results being more articulate and refined sonics, together with greater clarity and highly-resolved video playback. Raw wire, electrical connectors, fully-populated printed circuit boards, capacitors, system cabling, and even transformers are being cryogenically treated. Music and home theater lovers can rejoice! OTHER TREATMENTS Freezing has been referred to on audio forums as a "cheap cryo", but it is not any type of "cryo" whatsoever. Cryogenics is considered a controlled process that meets or exceeds -300� Fahrenheit, which is what most commercial vapor-injection processes achieve. The better processes utilize computer-controlled temperature descent and ascent to/from core temperature. "Deep" cryo processes can achieve the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (LN2), which is -320� F (similar to turning water into steam, where the gas is most volatile *and* at its hottest). There is a difference... the LN2 is at its coldest and most effective at the boiling point. And by the way, those using dry ice techniques are not performing any cryo treatment either... that's considered deep-refrigeration. Questions have been raised by some regarding the use of iced-water quenching that knife and sword makers have used for hundreds of years... this is considered "cold tempering". Again, cryogenics reaches temperatures at or below –300� F, and requires very specialized equipment (and electricity) not available hundreds of years ago. This is equally true for the Damascus process from the Middle East and the superb swords and knifes from the Shogun-era in Japan. For any further questions regarding the deep-cryogenic treatment of World Power products, please contact Alan M. Kafton at 602-277-0799, or at alan@audioexcellenceaz.com
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