Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat

If what you say is true, which it’s actually not, then all the big boys would have already been scrambling to climb on board the graphene cables train, or the graphene fuse train, or the graphene contact enhancer train, or even the silver gold contact enhancer train, or the wire directionality train, or the artificial atoms train. Whoever was put in charge of googling new inventions or What’s New? is obviously asleep at the switch. Not only have they not been scrambling they are apparently blissfully ignorant that any such products even exist. Let sleeping dogs lie. 🐶

Sony or any of the big boys in the industry could not possibly care less about weird audiophile tweaks. Been there, done that. Ditto for NASA, military, DARPA, NIST, FAA, AES, and most audiophiles.

@djones51- I agree with you. If what everyone is saying about patents has merit, then what’s the point of patenting anything? Also, your point about this being a game changer if it can do what is stated will not be addressed. I pointed out the exact same thing on the Total Contact thread when there were much more extraordinary claims about that product. Example- That product cuts your electric bill by a whopping 10%! Television clarity is enhanced, lights brighter, ’micro arcing’ eliminated, enhances any and all electronics, etc... I pointed out that every industry in the civilized world should be clamoring for this product. Tens of millions of homes and buildings on the world’s electric power grids, aerospace and defense industries, giant electronics corporations, power companies, you name it. Yet, that product has been out since the beginning of the year, and as far as I can tell, Audiogon is still the sole advertising/marketing venue for both products. Why on Earth would the inventor limit these as simple tweaks on a stereo forum when they have such a profound impact on all things electrical and electric power consumption? Doesn’t make any business sense to me. But, that is something only the inventor can address.

An attorney wouldnt take a contigencey on a patent case. No way. Rambus who had or still has the patent on RAM memory chips did nothing but sue and be sued by companies from around the world for at least 15 yrs..They had very few employees...their greatest expense were legal fees. Their stock went down 40% one morning after a district court ruled in favor of a German chip maker. 
After years of more lawsuits and big bucks the case was over ruled. By that time the wind was lost in their sails/sales and so were many investors..and yes they finally received damage compensation. But to continue to bankroll that ordeal you need to have resourses to Stand up and Fight. Tom

Lawyer joke. What do you call a lawyer who’s up to his neck in concrete? Not enough concrete. 😀

These are all pseudo arguments. It wouldn’t be too much trouble to take almost any device apart or cut it open and submit it to a scanning electron microscope if that’s any help. Problem solved. But not everything in this hobby is so easily figured out. That’s why it’s sometimes a good idea to skip the whole patent process entirely and hope for the best. Besides tweaks these days is a very iffy business, moreso than ever, so chances are excellent the tweak entrepreneur will not ever get his money back he spent on the patent. In case you haven’t noticed most audiophiles who actually give a rat’s behind about tweaks are old timers, many in their 70s and 80s. How big a market can there be? 😬

If someone in say, China figures out how the device works and sells it in China you would never even know there was an infringement. Duh! Why do you think we won’t sell weapons or technology to certain countries. Hel-loo! Now, supposedly having a presence on the internet for a period of one years offers some protection against intellectual property theft but if that is even true it seems like very weak protection. 

dpjones51 - 
Well of course a (patent?) attorney is going to take that view!  :-)

In fact, patents don't provide automatic protection against infringement.  The holder needs adequate resources to defend AND the patent(s) must provide adequate scope to help against infringement to begin with.  Then there's always business as practiced in certain Asian countries to consider.  

Nobody gets patents in this industry.

Cardas would be one exception to this, I suppose?

Actually they reveal how the device works.

Sometimes, even filing an application for patent (whether or not one is ultimately granted) can put your IP out there in the public domain. There are ways to avoid this. Published patents are viewable by the public.

https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s103.html

As GK has said, lack of a patent certainly isn’t reliable commentary about the "quality" of an invention.

I worked in innovation for 32 years.  @geoffkait is spot on with his statements above.  A patent simply gives others deeper knowledge and vital missing links on how you accomplished your innovation. Competition will learn from it and change one portion enough to call it their own and skate by. Best to keep it a secret.  

You have to dig deep into your own pockets to be able to defend your patent. That is another reason not to patent. If you actually had a break thru in technology you can only hope to have a company that has integrity and deep pockets to come in and buy you up or some large portion of your position. I am not sure that even a bullitt proof NDA written on graphene would offer an inventor protection during a one year discovery period while courting outside investment  Tom

Actually not getting a patent doesn’t tell you anything about the effectiveness of the product. Nobody gets patents in this industry. They are too expensive and they don’t protect you from intellectual property theft. Actually they reveal how the device works. Hel-loo! Patents are like merit badges for Boy Scouts. Besides all the world loves a mystery, doesn’t it?

I think Candella is referring to graphene technology.  Otherwise, I can't guess at what has been disclosed that Tesla and NASA are working on.

Once the inventor patents the technology, it becomes public knowledge. The inventor said it is easy to copy. In other words, the patent will lead to immediate theft of the product by others. I don’t recall the inventor stating that it has not been perfected yet for audio use. He’s working on a third audio tweak involving acoustic applications.

Correction on the word base. It should have read bass.

rc

Candella.
When was the main component of this mat disclosed?
I do not remember reading that here?

Update, after almost on the breaker panel and about about a month and a half on my CD player here are my observations on my system.

1. The additional base has become more integrated into the musical whole.

2. Finer musical details across the frequency spectrum have emerged. 

3. Dynamics are incredible.

So so far no complaints from me.

rc

I like your big picture.  I hope you are correct.  My wife's next car is a Tesla S.  Putting an E-Mat to get 5% more mileage would be worth the cost of the mat over 5 years.  It works for my TVs with only 1 mat on the mains panel box.  Unfortunately, the audio experience is that 6 or 12 mats make a bigger improvement so I wouldn't want to buy 6 mats for my future Tesla S unless it got 25% more miles per charge.

Yes sir..I know you never discounted anyones take on their listening experience. Just looking for a new weight and measure for the improved emotional connection with the use of the E Mats. Tom

What’s the unit of measure for the vastly improved emotional connection between this man and the playback of music in his room?  Tom

As a past president stated and was scoffed at..keep your tire pressure at the suggested pressure and you will increase your gas mileage 5% and save $$..Multiply that savings times all the cars and trucks on the planet..Even if it was less it would be huge gain for all of us.

If the E Mat made for some net gain 2% or more that too would be considerable.
I see a test on several types of devices under tight control of temperature and humidity. The same devices held tightly to regulated voltage...and then again on the same line feed but this time an unregulated line voltage. Unregulated is the real world. I suppose we would look for a drop in current draw as well as a drop in operating temperature..maybe more? Tom

I haven't noticed any difference on my frig or freezer, lighting or other electrical appliances.  However, both TVs exhibit much brighter pictures (at least 20%) and warmer/denser colors.  I had to adjust the brightness down to match the former custom setting on my 75" Sony TV.  I'm pending a DWP electric bill.  With all this heat, I want to see even a 5% decline from last year.

Tom
At least I would agree your suggestions could hold some water(sic!) until proven otherwise.
But I do also agree that if these mats do have this type of effect on other electronic devices than hifi then Tim should be hammering on every door of every utility company in the world right now!

In the case of a heating element inside a wet tank there maybe a change in the conductive material when the applied voltage is preconditioned in some way. This preconditioning may also alter the chemical build up of deposits on the heating element that may affect the efficiency of the element and its heat transfer to the water held in the tank. The same may be true of the bimetal reaction of the thermo sensor/coupler that may alter its reference calibration range. There may be more examples of such  change in other devices..The fact that these examples are being reported should not be quickly dismissed. It's always good to know more today than yesterday..even the search may teach us more. Tom

I’m getting a strong sense of pseudo skepticism here.

djones51 ...

How would you explain the necessity of turning the refrigerator temperature up three different times to keep it from freezing the vegetables in the vegetable crisper, which is the bottom drawer in the fridge?

Also, how would you explain that what used to take two minutes to complete in the micro wave oven now takes 15 seconds less time? (popcorn in the bag).

Sounds weird I know ... but true.

Frank