@uberwaltz, You certainly can, too much less effect. As good as TC is,
for surface treatments, what I am using rules the roost.
for surface treatments, what I am using rules the roost.
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
I’m curious about this product from Perfect Path Technologies and would like to hear from those that have experience with it. I’ve bought and used the Total Contact enhancer and like what it does for my system so I’m interested in hearing how this Omega E mat performs.
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Yesterday I pasted Total Contact on the inner surface of the top lid to the Pass Lab Int-60 Amplifier. I am already using four Omega Mats sitting on top of the amplifier and a Synergistic Research Blue fuse . There is a tremendous Synergistic effect of these three upgrades on the amplifier’s performance. Simply stated the music is now more fun to listen to and more emotionally involving. Now one has a way to fine tune a wonderful product with three great products. You do not have to envy Tube amp owners and their ability to roll vacuum tubes. And if you do not like the change , the Mats and the fuse are removable, and the Total Contact can be wiped off with an alcohol swab. It really is a fun time to be an Audiophile! David Pritchard |
davidpritchard ... Hi, David ... Take the wall plates off of your sockets where ever your equipment is plugged into and paste the inside of the wall plate cover entirely. Big SQ boost to be had there. Happy listening ... Frank PS: The new "Stop It" (RCA jack dust covers) are really worthwhile too. |
As an old road biker, I've been wondering if any of the graphene technology will be used in the manufacture of bicycle frames and forks. How about cranks, derailers, brake and shift levers? Could we be looking at nine-pound graphene-based road bikes in the future? I wouldn't discount the idea. I've seen 14-pound carbon fiber pro bikes. Don't ask about the price though. Through the roof. Like twelve grand. Frank |
Graphene has showed up in Vittoria road bike tires and wheels. I would have bought the Graphene tires but I had just bought some Conti 4000 IIs. Dassi Interceptor Graphene frames $8500. Well shut my mouth and call me corn pone! “Externally, the Dassi Interceptor is just another carbon bike. Its frame has some distinctive design features such as seatstays with a Kamm-tail cross-section, but there's nothing about it that obviously screams 'futuristic'. It's what goes into that frame that makes the bike special. All carbon frames combine an epoxy resin with sheets of carbon to make up the composite, but the Dassi adds graphene to the resin to produce something that's exceptionally stiff and tough for its weight. This particular frame is claimed to weigh around 800g (plus 290g for the fork), which is respectable, but Dassi CEO Stuart Abbott reckons he'll be able to manufacture an aero frame weighing just 500g in the near future.” |
Bike frame and designs are very analogous to audio systems in that vibrations, storage and release of energy, how stiff, how flexible, measured improvement, and rider perceived improvement are all at play. Especially fun was Time trial racing while riding a carbon fiber recumbent in the early 2000’s. At speeds over 16 mph aerodynamics are the major cause of drag. David Pritchard |
Yes, reducing vibrations in audio is very important and makes a huge difference if done correctly. We have been doing a lot of experimenting with seismic vibration reduction lately and now need to move on to PPT products which I hope will help calm stray electrical “vibrations”. The Gate is going to be a particularly interesting product I believe, this I am thinking might be built into a dedicated audio consumer unit also using TC housed within a non ferrous damped enclosure. Any thoughts on this? |
For anyone using PPT's Total Contact ... I can't emphasize enough ... paste the inside of your outlet covers of the outlets you are using to plug your equipment into. Big gains in SQ to have there. Last night we just hit about the four-week bump after pasting the circuit breaker switches. The clarity of the system is really unbelievable at this point. Frank |
Additional e cards I purchased an additional package of the e-cards and installed them on the speaker cable connections from the amp and on the speaker cable connections feeding the speakers. These speakers do not have cross overs. I also added an additional card to the power strip. The immediate benefit was an noticeable intensification of the overall musical presentation. In other words, a more lifelike presentation with better PrAT. With this improvement alone, it is as if I have upgraded a power cable costing three times the price, I should know, because I have. I am also trying out the rca covers on my office system. The impact was a subtle improvement in detail and some lowering of the noise floor. But I have been on the road a lot, after Installing them, so will not do any serious listening till Friday. I will report if, further improvements present themselves, as ”break in” occurs with both products. Rc |
Update on the Maggie jumper cables I built a month ago using Furutech OCC wire and their gold bananas, which terminate with set screw pressure against wire in barrel. While I have built several AC cords using Furutech parts, these jumpers are the first connections I have put together using TC, and I have to say TC is the perfect solution for a non-soldered connection. In keeping with TC’s ability to match up the surfaces in mated connections meant to come apart, it is just as effective in a primary connection. There is no reason now why you cannot build excellent cables instead of spending thousands of dollars on cables that don’t have TC in their screw-clamp connections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jCKHRvWu0&start_radio=1&list=RDR4jCKHRvWu0 |
sbayne ... The RCA covers have been out for a week or so. $10 each, minimum order ten, with a 90-day return policy. I’m using 22 of them in my system and they are effective. They replaced the Cardas covers I was using prior to the PPT product becoming available. I gave the Cardas covers to a friend for his system. Frank |
RCA covers are a most interesting item. Rhodium, Brass, and the new Perfect Path Technologies (PPT) covers all have a different effect on a system's sound. For me, a few goes a long way but this is the type of tweak can give that dialed in system that final touch. It is absolutely worth trying a 10 pack from PPT. David Pritchard |
^^^ sbayne It is really heartening to see that you're enjoying these products. I find that the higher in resolution my system goes, the better these products perform. It seems to be true of all tweaks ... both in positive and negative results. So far, the PPT products have all had a positive effect. Dramatic, really. My system certainly isn't "mid-fi" by any means. I'd say at this point, to duplicate it, it would cost upwards of 70k plus. It certainly wouldn't compete with the mega-expensive systems we hear at shows as far as price. However, thanks to Tim Mrock and his PPT products, at this point, it is doing things that I have NEVER heard in other systems no matter the price paid. And I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars. The mega-expensive systems play louder, bigger and wider, but I can honestly say that at this point there is a profound clarity coming through my ARC gear and the Legacy Signature III's that must be heard to be believed. This clarity has been attained while preserving the natural tones of instruments and voices. The system is totally seamless at this point. Nothing but the music comes through. No hash. No grain, just music and those performing it. Amazing. Stay tuned, more goodies on the way. :-) Frank |
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Good morning, music lovers! <3 The game is going to change <3 Everything known about clean AC power <3 Is going to get Turned On It's HEAD! <3 <3 <3 <3 The Gate will be available for sale in the next few days. <3 <3 Timmy's been hard at work. <3 Stay tuned.... details and a new thread coming soon. <3 ;) This will be exciting. <3 Love, Krissy =^.^= |
Like many others in this hobby, my purpose in pursuing it is to bring the amazing experience I have listening to live musical events into the comfort of my home, through recordings. To enjoy musical events that would be difficult, or impossible, for me to experience in person. After extensively treating my system with TC, Omega Mats, and Alpha Cards, I have been able to get much closer to that goal than I ever dreamed possible, especially with the relatively modest equipment I own. Listening to music is now a very different, much more involving, enjoyable, and relaxing, experience than when I started down this road with my first TC treatment. I just wanted to thank Tim for his years of hard work and persistence in making this possible. |
How is price determined? Not sure, but consider this: You cannot spend your way past noisy AC. Add in more expensive amps, players, tables, cables and you still will not defeat the distortion and noise inherent in a dirty energy supply. It must be addressed. When it is, a much more modest system in cost will be rewarding. Even when I thought I had taken out AC noise and sags, my perception of that was changed after adding in Omega E mats. The noise we live with is all-encompassing. So, what it's worth to have another product that will solve a fundamental problem? |
I suggest that the Omega E-Mats and my other power filtering considerations such as my Bryston BIT 20 isolation transformer work mostly on the last mile type of power pollution, those emanating from the equipment themselves. I'm hoping that the GATE is a huge success too. The dozen Omega E-Mats certainly are for my audio and video systems. |
I just received my package from Perfect Path. I read all of the posts here and on the Total Contact topic (well, nearly all!), positive and negative. I know that some under-the-radar tweeks such as piezo electric damping tape do work extremely well, but I was quite prepared to be disappointed with the E-Mats. You know, quantum this, quantum that... Well, I am not disappointed. Not only was Perfect Path extremely generous in what they included with my order, but the E-Mats and the cards seem to work just as well as the positive reviews here have been saying. I have only had them installed for 2 hours. I know they need time, but they do still work instantly as well! Just experimenting, I placed 9 of the cards on to glass top of my Synergistic Research PowerCell SE (the one where they say "never place anything on the glass top of the unit" haha). Instant gratification! I was not prepared for that kind of improvement. It's similar to night-time listening, but in the daytime. You don't seem to get all of that finesse that you do get after midnight, but you do get some of it, and all of the focus and the increased dynamics. Sounds popping out of nowhere totally in your face. I'm going to experiment a lot more, but for now, it's obvious that these things work, and their effect is extremely positive. I use Synergistic Research power conditioning and Active Ground Block, Galileo SX cables everywhere, Moon 810LP phono, Kuzma Stabi M tt and 4-Point 9 arm, all PrimaLuna amps. |
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I put two on the power sub-panel and one on the mains power panel. That was a really winner in my system. The others include 3 under the pre-amp/phono pre-amp, 2 under the CD player and 2 above, 2 below the Bryston BIT 20 isolation transformer spread out instead of stacked and one under the turntable (not that much difference-VPI TNT VI). |
"... Using some of the most advance Quantum materials and carbon derivates, PerfectPath Technologies has developed a revolutionary set of effective Nanotechnology Power Conditioners, designed to enhance the electrical signal of your HI-FI audio equipment while protecting it from static & RFI/EMI disturbances. ..." https://www.perfectpathtechnologies.com/ Wow... Quantum materials, carbon derivatives, Nanotechnology. OMG those are big fancy words... do they even know how to derive the Schrodinger's wave equation (basics of quantum mechanics)??? Well, they seem to know how to derive the Snake Oil equation for sure. Hey, who stole the bat mobile... what's going on? Promoting another magic thing on here? |