Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat

It's four weeks today since I put 16 mats in place (two on my power panel, and 14 in my system). Wow! Basically, the longer I leave them in place, undisturbed, the more real, solid, immediate, involving and natural sounding the music (and the space it is being performed in) gets.

If your experience is like mine, you will hear improvements in transparency and detail immediately, or fairly soon after, placing them. During the first two weeks the sound will vary from day to day, with it being “off” some days (usually followed by being really “on” the next day). Around two weeks, there will be a “pop” in the the sound quality. It will then continue to improve consistently out to three weeks, then four...and beyond?

Wow, I did not have your experience.  I installed six and after one day, the system sounded great.  It sounded better as soon as I put the first six in.  Installing the last three of 12, one per day, gave me diminished sound for less than a day.  I never had worst sound after that until the third week when it stabilized at a maximum improvement (I've had them in for 2 or 3 months now).

16 mats is a tad less than 10,000 dollars.  Probably a hard question to answer but what is the optimal number based on cost, probably system dependent.  Another way of asking is how did you come up with the number of mats to order.  What should someone spend on mats relative to the cost of their system?  

I wanted to put two under (or on) each component (including my power conditioner and speakers), and two on my power panel. This many was a stretch for me, but I knew that's what I wanted eventually, and I decide to go for it, so I only have to go through the “charge up” period once, rather than several times.

Speaking of the Omega mats I have just ordered three more. " tommy lion" has taken one approach of putting the Mats in place all at the same time. He has proven that the "just go for it approach " works and will get a system to that highest level in the minimum amount of time.

Since the Mats have been available I have been placing them in my systems two to four Mats at a time. I have not yet tried Mats under the speakers, or on top of the Synergistic Research Power Conditioners.
All of my audio components sit on Synergistic Research Tranquility Bases. All components have had a further improvement when one or two Mats were placed on top of each piece of equipment. 

The break in phase of putting Mats in a system is real but not so severe as to make listening to music not enjoyable.

My feeling about how to best approach a system is as follows. If just starting out, buy one Mat and one syringe of Total Contact. In my opinion this will be the most cost effective improvement one can make to any system. Place this first Mat at the Circuit Breaker Box. Treat the connections at the Breaker Box, the wall outlets that feed the audio system, and then the various interconnects. It will take more than one session to treat all these connections. Put the Total contact on spareingly - a thin coat is better than a thick coat. During the time you are pasting the system with Total Contact the Mat will be in place 'energizing' .


The system will start to sound better 24 hours after installation of the Mat or an  application of Total Contact. At 3 days a higher level is noticeable and at 10 days the system will have a sense of ease but with improved detail that is most satisfying.


A more rapid but middle of the road approach to system improvement is to order four Mats and one syringe of Total Contact. This would allow Mats for the music source, amplifier, and two mats for the Circuit Breaker Box.


So far the Mats and Total Contact have improved the sound and also video picture quality in all the systems I have tried them in. And since the Mats are sold with a 30 day return policy this is just a plain fun audiophile experiment to undertake!


David Pritchard

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