Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
jafreeman >>Any field effect, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, whatever, falls off rapidly, you know, following the *inverse square law*. That’s why, even with a powerful magnet, if you remove the magnet from the steel cover and withdraw it an inch or two there is no more magnetic attraction, pull. You can even feel it stop. At some point the Earth’s magnetic field has more of an effect. Obviously. Except in an MRI suite. You better empty your pockets and body of ferrous-metal objects, or they will become missiles. >>>>The Inverse Square Law is universal and applies even in an MRI. Would mats make MRIs more effective? You decide. |
>>Any field effect, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, whatever, falls off rapidly, you know, following the *inverse square law*. That’s why, even with a powerful magnet, if you remove the magnet from the steel cover and withdraw it an inch or two there is no more magnetic attraction, pull. You can even feel it stop. At some point the Earth’s magnetic field has more of an effect. Obviously. Except in an MRI suite. You better empty your pockets and body of ferrous-metal objects, or they will become missiles. |
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fleschler A field of electromagnetic effect. Obviously. >>>>Any field effect, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic, whatever, falls off rapidly, you know, following the *inverse square law*. That’s why, even with a powerful magnet, if you remove the magnet from the steel cover and withdraw it an inch or two there is no more magnetic attraction, pull. You can even feel it stop. At some point the Earth’s magnetic field has more of an effect. Obviously. |
That means the 12 mats I have are interacting with each other and multiplying their effect on equipment both horizontally and vertically. I guess the mats are benefiting equipment on the adjacent rack (equipment 1' to 3' away from mats including 2 turntables, and a cassette deck) as well as vertically between rack levels (my VPI SRS speed controller and my Alesis Masterlink). The latter two are sandwiched between the phono/preamp, the EAR Acute CD player and below the Bryston BIT-20. I still haven’t moved the mats to the recommended positions with the labels facing the equipment and the doubling mats magnetized sides together. They’re working together so well as stacked and with the magnetized sides facing the equipment. |
Good morning! Okay.... so here's the webpage. www.perfectpathtechnologies.com Thank you, Tom <3 Our web master was busy last night. lol. I have four mats in my car, one under each floor mat. A neighbor commented that it sounded like I had an entire orchestra in my sports coupe. It's a 2012 Scion TC, stock Pioneer stereo w. 8 speakers. I'll sound like a broken record if I try to describe it... but here goes.... the clarity, depth of sound and energy are similar to the sound room. Intense! Super sweet highs, massive mid range and explosive bass. <3 My rolling sound room <3 Purchase a mat for your wife's car! She won't be disappointed. I love you, Timmy <3 Krissy~ |
I spoke to Tim, and he gave me the address of the landing pad for the Perfect Path website which will be up soon: http://www.perfectpathtechnology.com |
I am not looking to upgrade my Legacy Focus speakers although I had been contemplating $50-$60K speakers to replace them. This is due to a combination of the recent upgrades to my system. The first was the installation of a dozen Omega E-Mats. Now, at a similar cost, I replaced my 13+ year speaker cable, my phono, CD and pre-amp ICs with GroverHuffman's new Pharoah cabling. It's like doubling or tripling the Omega E-Mats. Like the E-Mats, the first three items which dramatically improved were clarity, dynamics and imaging. The sound is more open, especially the highs with more musical details and timbral enhancement. Performances are riveting. Many of my mono recordings which sounded boxy are now open and have rich tonal colors. I'm talking jazz, classical and even electronic rock like Yello. I wouldn't say that there is blacker background but there is less distortion of the signal. Pure musical delight. So, if you want the possible advantages of tripling Omega E-Mats but are unsure that will equate to a big improvement over a dozen of them, try out GroverHuffman cables. They work together synergistically. I had to pay for my upgraded cables so I am not receiving them as gifts just as I paid for the Omega E-Mats. |
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I totally agree. There is no longer a "cringe" factor on loud sections of the music. These sections are particularly important on classical music, especially symphonic music. They convey a lot of the emotion of the music and they’re supposed to be loud. Another benefit of the Mats is what they do for percussion instruments. Examples are ... kettle drums at the rear of the orchestra, the natural timber of a lightly struck triangle, the natural metallic tones of vibraphones, the beautiful mahogany wood sound of marimbas, even the contact of the skin of the hands meeting the taught leather on bongos and conga drums, not to mention rim shots on snares. Percussion is simply amazing on my system now. hifiman5 ... you’re not the only one losing sleep. I think there’s a lot of us with black circles under our eyes these days. *lol* Frank |
Thanks to all of you who were early adopters of the Omega E Mats. I read all of your postings here and over time the consistency of the comments began to convince me of the Mat's efficacy. I was very skeptical of the Mat early on as I could not make sense of how it would affect the electricity to the degree that it does. Remarkable! There are so many fine people here who love listening to their music as much as I do but without at least a couple Mats treating your home's electrical service, you simply are denying yourself of hearing the true beauty of music on your system Hey, I know dropping $599 per Mat sounds like a lot to invest in what you may think of as a non-component. What we may have here is a new classification of a component. "Electrical Optimization Component"?? Last evening as I couldn't seem to end my listening, what the Mats do for the music, in my system at least, became apparent. Many have opined that it lowers the noise floor of your system and with that, I concur. (Remember that in optimizing your electrical service it lowers the noise floor of your video equipment as well) Yes, you will notice a smoother, more saturated picture where depth of image is enhanced. Beautiful. So what really hit me last night? It was the effortlessness of the sound. I played discs that pre-Mat would present a loud section of music and I would reach for the remote to turn down the sound. What I am now having to be wary of is that I don't listen to the music at too high a level. Those loud passages just get loud. There is no "glassiness" or "coarseness" to the sound. @oregonpapa recently posted "With the Omega E Mats installed, the sound had become much more intimate, relaxed and real.".. BINGO! @oregonpapa also mentioned the focus of singer's voices. And how. I listened to Kandace Springs' "Soul Eyes" last evening and again as I type this. She is in the room singing for me. It is my addiction! I am happy to have it.🎼 Much thanks to Perfect Path Technologies for producing the Mats and all of you who helped me to take the leap. I owe you! |
Frank; thanks so much for the kind words about my system; I owe you a debt of gratitude, for turning me onto both the SR Black fuses, TC, and the Emats...all three tweaks have greatly improved my system. I am now just listening to wonderful music! Its been two days since we've pasted and about one month for the matts, best sound my room ever has produced. Listening now while my wife is preparing holiday meal for New Years...simply glorious. complete intergration of all the drivers, into one balanced speaker, tonally correct, great 'sonic density', or 'meat on bones', great detail, allows me to hear deeper into the music, and appreciate more of what the artist was presenting. Can't thank you enough for your time, patience, guidance, and most importantly; your friendship and the gift of exposing me to more wonderful music. Thanks, best to all. Bob |
Howdy guys ... Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit with Mribob (Bob) at his place and help him paste his new speaker cable connectors with a new batch of Total Contact. Prior to applying the Total Contact, we listened to Bob’s system. It was the first time I’ve heard it since he installed eight Omega E Mats into the system. To say there was an improvement would do an injustice. Bob’s system prior the the Omega E Mat installation was nothing to be ashamed of by far. There’s as much of a monetary investment in the speakers alone as I have in my entire system. Its always sounded impressive to my ear. The improvement was a revelation. I heard the improvement the moment I walked in the front door ... far removed from the listening room. When the critical listening began, on cut after cut, on music I was very familiar with, the improvement was readily apparent. Where the sound used to be really enjoyable, I now realized that it had been somewhat diffused and not focused. With the Omega E Mats installed, the sound had become much more intimate, relaxed and real. As I’ve mentioned before on the effect of the Omega E Mats in my own system, it was seamless from top to bottom. Starting from the bottom, stand-up acoustic bass was way more defined and tuneful ... so important to the foundation of jazz recordings. As I told Bob yesterday, I thought I was the champ of accurate bass reproduction. Now, he holds that title. The mid-range has really locked into place. Human voice is right on, and this was an area that I detected some problems in Bob’s system before the E Mat installation. No problems in that regard now. We went through cuts by Louis Armstrong, Ella, Sinatra and Peggy Lee ... dead center and entirely focused. Ella’s sweet personality shined through with astounding reality. Totally enjoyable and involving. Highs were natural sounding ... drummer’s brushes on cymbals and snares were very articulate, delicate and lifelike. Bob’s system, by any account, is qualified for the title of "high end." Most folks would put a system together like this and think there is no room for improvement and be totally proud of it ... and for good reason. Not Bob. Me either. The proof is in the pudding ... and in the Omega E Mats. Bottom line ... with Tim Mrock’s products in the system, its akin to listening to truly great planer speakers. Seamless ... except with better bass and better highs. What’s not to love about that?? Man ’O man, do I ever LOVE those Venture speakers! Frank PS: Bob ... I’d like to come back for another visit and hear the effects of the TC on the speaker cables. |
Twenty Four hours after two E- Mats were placed on top of Mother's Sonos Sound Base, her audio visual system has taken a definite step up in improvement. The sound is more relaxed and there is much better 3D effect to match the image on the TV screen -a 55 inch LG OLED. This TV sits on top of the Sound Base, and by placing the E Mats on top of the Base it was hoped the Mats would have an additional beneficial affect on the picture image. Indeed the image has significantly improved. There is no grain in the picture, images are sharper, colors are richer. The screen images display more emotion. Mother with her advanced vision loss due to Macular Degeneration could detect the improved picture. " The picture is richer. It has more Pop". The Omega E- Mat is a wonderful product! David Pritchard |
Today three more E- Mats arrived for Mother's system. She already has one on the apartment circuit breaker box, one on top of the Pass Lab DAC, and one on top of the Pass Lab First Watt amp. All component's are already on Synergistic Research Tranquility Bases with Synergistic Research active grounding. The first Mat went under the Computer which streams music to the DAC. Within one song she commented the music was more relaxed. It was fun to listen to the music develop an increase sense of flow over the next hour of listening. The other two Mats were placed on top of the Sonos Sound base where her OLED TV sits. At this location hopefully the Sound Base and the TV picture will benefit from the E Mats. The sound and picture of this system will begin to be evaluated starting tomorrow. Good music and good company - a most wonderful evening. David Pritchard |
It was so nice to speak with you the other day, Frank. Glad to hear your voice. Timmy and I often play a game in the music room...put on a CD that you know very, very well....and listen for anything different. Rock, jazz, even opera....we are on the floor in amazement! We look at each other, and say there's EVEN MORE information! Oh, and yes. The Alpha cards are coming right along.... he's super pleased and the latest batch are with quality control right now being tested. Should be just a bit longer, thank you all for your patience. Lastly, shipping. Sometimes Priority USPS shipping can take 7-10 days, and sometimes it can take 24-48 hours. <3 All packages are normally shipped day of purchase, by me. <3 Any issues? Please contact me! ~ Krissy |
I put a second Omega E Mat under the Sound Application power conditioner about three weeks ago. It continues to improve. While the second mat degraded the sound for a few hours, the SQ quickly came back to where it was before. After the first week, the upper mid-range was spectacular, way better than before. The lower bass was still a bit weak after placing the second mat .. and it still hasn’t come back completely. However, not only is the upper mid-range spectacular now, the entire mid-range, upper, middle and lower is drastically improved over the single mat. Hopefully, the solid, lower bass will return better than ever in another week or so. Last night I listened to Rachmaninoff’s Third piano concerto in its entirety. This is a recording of the live event transferred from the master tape to the CD. I know this recording like the back of my hand. I’ve played it countless times. I hadn’t played it since putting the two mats under the power conditioner. To say that I heard it for the first time last night would be an understatement. This was an entirely new experience. The expanse of the hall was clearly "visible." The audience rustling, hacking and coughing was right in the room, or I was transported into their room. Either way, it was an experience. The real joy was in the music of course. What a wonderful orchestra (L.A.Phil), and the piano from top to bottom was super dynamic and real. Two Omega E Mats under a power conditioner can do that? Who knew?? Frank |
I think about 3 weeks. I've had them for nearly 4 weeks now and the biggest change now was the promised GroverHuffman Pharoah ICs. That took my system to High End land this weekend after breaking them in. Combining the two, I don't feel the need to upgrade to $60K speakers from my Legacy Focus. I'm sorry that the E-Mats do cost a lot (4X that of the ICs) but they are not bling, but the real thing-great! Another apparent benefit of the E-Mats, I haven't had one day or time of day where I thought the system was not sounding great. Installing a Bryston BIT-20 three years ago eliminated most of the problem but the E-Mats appear to have totally eliminated that problem. Have others experienced a cessation of daily sound quality fluctuations as well? |
