New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies


Many of you own or have read of the highly-regarded PPT Omega E Mat, one of Tim Mrock’s revolutionary signal-enhancing accessories. Just prior to his untimely passing, Tim had finished developing a new generation of his Omega mat, soon to be available. Krissy Mrock has asked a few of us to introduce this new mat, here given the working title of The Double Omega.

In distinguishing the Double Omega, we know the original Omega, herein called the single, as a 7.5” by 10”, rather heavy and somewhat pliable mat, a bit more than 1/8” thick and with a vinyl-like feel. One face is glossy white, displaying the PPT logo and Omega name, while the other is black, smooth and magnetized. Sandwiched between these faces is the active material that causes components to reject the EMI that saturates everything in our surroundings. The Double Omega is much the same, with one important difference: the magnetized face has the finely-textured feel of around, say, 220-grit sandpaper. This texture, it is presumed, comprises yet a second active layer of EMI rejection. Presumed—because working details of the Double Omega are not well understood—better yet to know how to apply it.

With the understanding that the single Omega E mats generate field effects from both faces, mats have typically been placed under and over components and vertically over circuit breakers. How you apply the Double Omega will depend on best use and experimentation. In my case, I have removed two single mats, lying side-by-side, from the top of my large Wadia CDP and have replaced those with two Double Omegas. The Wadia is a one-box player that contains a pre-amp, so I wanted that second, strong field effect exerting downward as well as upward. I also have several singles placed underneath, just as before. Going straight to amps, this player is my only source, so I want it fully protected from EMI. Your priorities will differ.

As of this writing, I am only thirty-hours in on placing these Double Omegas, and I can already tell you they are powerful in their prevention of EMI within my digital source. Yet another veil has been lifted—all instruments and voices are even more sorted out in the aural space with new information heard within that space. There is much more decay heard against a new silence behind and between the musicians. I am already so pleased and excited about what the Double Omega E mats are doing. As Krissy told me, Tim was really stoked to have these new mats available. Rather than wait for the the fourteen-day window of improvement, I want to get this intro out so others can relay their experiences sooner.


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Geoffkait this is what I was referring to as shown above:

”A conventional digital electronic system conveys a binary signal (think 1s and 0s) through pulses of electrons carried through a conductive wire. Spintronics can convey additional information via another characteristic of electrons, their spin direction (think up or down). Spin is related to magnetism. So spintronics uses magnetism to align electrons of a certain spin, or "inject" spin into a system.”

Also if Tim worked out a semi-conductor like material that can control the spin of the electron ie “spin-coupling” as discussed above and put that device in The Gate I can see why he would charge $5,000 for it and be discussing its use for industry and municipalities.  

I posted this about a year ago trying to explain how I think the PPT products work. Ethan don’t go nuts on me, I don’t claim to be a scientist or have objective measurements of the PPT products.  I’m just trying to add (hopefully productively) to the discussion.  

Spintronics (the direction electrons spin around the atom i.e. quantum physics), you want to get the electrons spinning as uniformly as possible in the signal passing through your components, cables and speakers....At some point, I’ll probably get more E-Cards and put them along my speaker cables and crossovers just to keep that spintronic effect uniform all the way to the drivers.

Just thought I'd share some interesting reading:

Spintronics

A conventional digital electronic system conveys a binary signal (think 1s and 0s) through pulses of electrons carried through a conductive wire. Spintronics can convey additional information via another characteristic of electrons, their spin direction (think up or down). Spin is related to magnetism. So spintronics uses magnetism to align electrons of a certain spin, or "inject" spin into a system.

If you've ever done the old science experiment of turning a nail into a magnet by repeatedly dragging a magnet along its length, then you've already dabbled in spintronics. The magnet transfers information to the nail. The trick is then transporting and manipulating that information, which requires devices and materials with finely tuned properties. Researchers are working toward the milestone of a spin transistor, a spintronics version of the electronic components found in practically all modern electronics. Such a device requires a semiconductor material in which a magnetic field can easily manipulate the direction of electrons' spin -- a property called spin-orbit coupling. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190110160941.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150505082944.htm

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-graphene-layered-magnetic-materials-ultrathin.html


Ethan - I truly would like you to read the links I provided and explain why or why not Spintronics would or would not apply to audio electronics. I think you and Geoffkait are the actual scientists on this thread.  
Geoffkait - "Why did they two physicists work in a tiny little garage? Because they were quantum mechanics."  Ha,ha :-)

Geoffkait - you have implied throughout this thread that quantum physics explains what is going on with the E-Mats. You've alluded to the WA Quantum Chips, for example, but you don't clearly state anything. You make jokes and act like everything is self-evident. If you think there is confusion regarding spintronics in audio electronics then please explain why. You seem to say the signal is a photon so case closed. But, as you know, electrons and photons interact. As the articles above point out:

"Electronics is based on the manipulation of electrons and other charge carriers, but in addition to charge, electrons possess a property known as spin. When spin is manipulated with magnetic and electric fields, the result is a spin-polarized current that carries more information than is possible with charge alone."

We know Tim uses graphene in his products and was using it with many different materials when he invented, or perhaps stumbled upon, his "secret sauce". The articles above, and many more, show graphene is at the center of spintronic research.

Slaw - I took the MC-05s out of my system after putting-in the e-cards and mats. But the Akiko Corelli is staying.  Akiko products work very with the PPT stuff.  
slaw and jafreeman - I removed all my tweeks before I added the PPT products. I then started adding them back based strictly on listening. I ended-up leaving out and selling my High Fidelity MC-0.5s and Bybee QSE (internal and external versions). They seemed to mess-up the soundstage and dull the sound. My Synergistic Research and Akiko stuff work very well, however, with the PPT products. 
Hi all - This morning I heard a world class violist practicing his solo for a series of concerts this weekend.  As good as we think our stereo systems are they are humbled when compared against the real thing.  The power, warmth and emotion simply can’t be replicated. I strongly encourage everyone to take in as much live music as you can this holiday season and enjoy!
Yes, Frank exactly! 

Fleschler and Uberwaltz - agreed. It’s about the music!  Have a good one.  
I recently added more E-Mats and a couple of E-Mats+ to my system as well as E-Cards to my speakers and speaker cables. Wow! Everything is more natural sounding which is the highest compliment I can give. 
I've placed E-Cards on the speaker connectors and cables. I put E-Mats on top of my speakers. I suppose I could use Blu-Tak to put them directly on the back of the cabinets. Haven't tried that yet but it would probably work. Don't think where on the speaker cabinet you put them is as important as actually putting them on there.
Seems the active versions of these products (Corelli & Gate) work better than the passive versions which makes sense. Hopefully, there will be a plug-in version of the Gate soon.
@c_avila1 and @jerrybj  - I agree they work well together and probably have similar tech. In addition to the Corelli, I also have a Akiko E-Tuning Gold laying on a power conditioner that has a Tuning Stick plugged in to it. I've found the Akiko stuff works the best on power sources.
@willgolf -  I've put E-Mats on the back of my speakers and they work great. Putting them on the inside would be even better. Just make sure its in there securely and put any speaker wool (stuffing) that was in that area back over the top of it.
@fleschler - obviously don't want to go off on a SR tangent but the Atmosphere and Black Box work great in my system. So I guess it's room/system dependent like everything else. (I did spend a LOT of time messing with the Atmosphere settings which was pretty tedious)
@tony-t1 - Welcome to the thread and thanks for your post! I've placed E-Cards a long my speaker cables and the improvement was significant. I'm getting the impression you are literally wrapping the cables with E-Mats which seems like a great idea. I'm going to try it out this weekend!