A method to more quickly extract the benefits from a Perfect Path Mat, Alpha Card or Gate



I first wrote and then spoke to Tim in late September of 2017. I am one to keep all my emails and most of my messages including the first contact a PM from Tim sent to me thru Audiogon. We conversed because of my questions about adding graphene to a practical carrier and be able to apply to most any connection. He responded that he had a material that was soon to be brought to market. That product was the TC.

While the TC is a very potent product once it fully cures, it is not always great while it sets up some 8 weeks or so after the time it is first applied..Not only have I applied this mixture to connectors but also to tweeter bezels, woofer frames and utility boxes. With these larger treated surface areas you could listen for hours and days as the product setup and influenced the soundscape, and change by the minute in my audio room.
  
Now who here wants to listen to the paint dry and watch the grass grow? We are all wanting the real deal right away. The latest PPT products move us closer to an immediate Wow but not quite yet..they still have to do their dance with the energy fields. And I don't know why but I am always seeking the answers.The new Mat + sound as if they are an energy multiplier not just a doubler. By itself the Mat+ is nearly a Wow.

Much has been discussed on these pages about break in and it is always frustrating to bare. It is hard to make comparisons of products and materials as there is always the change factor to figure into anything newly added.. It could be less than a 1% material change and easily heard. The Mats and Cards have a major influence sooner on high power devices than they do on devices of descending current draw and operating voltage. For example the  main breaker box at 100 amps or greater vs. a  DAC that operates at 5 to 9 volts and 1 to 5 amps. Greater difference out of the gate on a solid state amp vs. a solid state preamp. The addition of the Mats to the mains vs. a low powered audio device made me ask Krissy to try the following test.

From the same material mix or batch make me 4 Mats. Take 2 and set aside. The other 2 will be placed on the breaker box for several days in her lab. At the end of 4 days in the evening place the 2 untreated mats on 2 devices in your well played and cooked system..and then spin some music you know well..Mute the system and remove these 2 untreated mats and replace with the 2 Mats at the same location as those that had been pretreated via the  breaker box over 4 days. And she did so and she listened and the result was WOW ! Huge difference.

We then discussed sending me the same mats in 2 separate packages via postal.. They were to remain apart in case the energy field would migrate from one to the other. We also wanted to hear if the fields would be reduced over the course of their travel time said to be 2 days. All of this happened over the Christmas rush. The untreated mats got to me in the expected 2 days while the treated mats arrived 4 days after being mailed. So the pre treated E Mats+ were in transit for a total of 6 days plenty of time to discharge you would think .

I waited until  I had all 4 mats in my audio room before I ran the experiment with these same mats, one on each of my power amps. The untreated E Mats + sounded great but the pretreated E Mats+ made for a huge and immediate improvement. Not slight but great!  There was such a difference of impact and soundstage. 

I want to say the precharged mats didn't lose any of their power in transit. What is the charge about. The precharged E-Mat+ makes for an even greater difference than moving up from the original E Mat to the E-mat +  It is an immediate you no longer need to wait for the breakin to happen period of time ..So the moral of this story is precharge all your mats and cards first on your breaker box and then onto your gear..

Will an industrial breaker box of much higher potential will that add even more to this true story? Why did this happen? Tom


theaudiotweak
Precharging--microwaving--do what you want, but what I enjoy with a new mat is knowing my system sounds better every day I turn it on for the next few weeks.  I am excited to hear the differences---you just don't get that experience in audio very often, and then you get more mats, and you extend the fun into months---however long you want.
Microwave? You're on your own with that.  It may be safe, but does it alter the mat in the long run?   
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Congratulations to theaudiotweak for perhaps the greatest tweak of  a tweak!  A few questions please.  How long does it take to charge the mats?  Is the effect permanent or do we need to periodically recharge the mats?  Will mats charge best in a breaker box with or without a gate installed?  I think it's established that the greatest effects of the mats seem to be achieved by placing them around a breaker, speaker, and then the power conditioner, possibly in that order.  Are there placements that will help some, but the mats would better be doubled or tripled in other areas, and therefore should be relegated to last in the chain?   I have a mat on the cd player, under the power conditioner, 2 in the breaker box, and one under each Vac signature mono tube amplifier.  I'm not certain this makes a huge difference.  I'm tempted to remove them and place them elsewhere.  Unfortunately, (or fortunately) I'm in the process of moving to a new house over a several month period and I work long hours, so my critical listening time has be severely truncated.  Any thoughts? Leon
Hello Leon

Sorry for the delayed response to all your well perceived questions.  My breaker box is inside my audio room sealed and covered over with a home grown acoustic panel. It is time consuming to remove a mat and then weather seal the breaker box. 

I may have found another method to precharge the PPT products..I have an old 15 inch JBL pro driver that I rescued..but it has a frozen voice coil. 
I am now useing this to precharge all PPT products with including a New Device I am listening to right now..Place the mats and cards and the New Device directly on the raw speaker magnet and then hold your breath and try not to scream.  You may consider buying all your cd's back and dusting off your spinner...Tom
 
Last night I reorganized the mats inside my main household breaker box and smaller box that feeds the 3 dedicated 20 amp circuits on my audio wall. 

I measured and trimmed the Emat + s so they would fit on the inside of the door lid so when it was closed the mats were nearly touching the breakers. The portion of the mats that were left over I was able to add those to the larger mains box over and under the 3 disconnect breakers at the top of this enclosure. I trimmed and placed 2 + mats on the inside of this door so when it closed it was near and over the top of this series of breakers. When I closed the doors I added several of the original mats to the outside of the steel door on each box.  I then weather sealed again that area as it is on an outside wall in a walk out basement. The outside meter and incoming  feed is directly attached to these boxes.

The system had been on all day and was fully warmed up all except my dac which is battery powered from a 12v deep cell marine battery. This thing has to go as it takes an hour or more of playing time for this dac to come alive. Not just on but playing.  Even cold I could tell right away that there would be some special event occurring in this audio space.

The bass was powerful and strong as was the midbass..more texture than I ever heard before playing the same Zappa disc. The highs were rolled off but I knew from experience that like clock work the highs would come alive by the end of this 46 minute disc. They did and I had to repeat the same 1st selection..just amazing. The wall and the room was totally filled with nuance and texture I never noticed before..  They have been there all this time in disguise. Maybe the presentation is like the fabled Phil Spector Wall of Sound except this evening it was present and real at my home.  Tom