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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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millercarbon
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They are, and they aren't. Was just talking with Krissy and this came up. The cards are different in terms of material/construction but pretty much the same in terms of effect and use. All this stuff- mats, cards, Total Contact, Stop It, etc- is all the same in terms of it works best wherever there is the most or strongest fields. So panel, conditioner, speaker, and on down the line. 

Anywhere there's power. That would explain, sort of, why one of the least effective locations I've tried is right next to my tone arm. Not a lot of energetic electric fields six inches from the 0.4mV cartridge wires. Worked better, but not a lot, near the turntable motor. 

Worked fantastic, unbelievable, laying on the carbon fiber modules Ted Denney puts around his Atmosphere Level III Euphoria interconnects. Which you might think is inconsistently weird, inasmuch as the interconnect is line level, ie around a volt or so. But this same location, besides laying on the interconnect, is also right smack in between the great big transformers on the integrated amp, the power conditioner, and all the isolation transformers and Tesla MPC transformers, and not only right in between but within about a foot of all of that. So all kinds of stray fields. No wonder it works so good there.


c_avila1
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@sbayne The reason that Akiko and PPT products work well together is because they make use of similar technology. Take, for example, the Akiko Tuning Stick mkIII. It is placed in close proximity of cables for it to have an effect similar to the PPT mats and cards.

I wonder how the Akiko Tuning Sticks would perform near electronic components. 
jerrybj
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I have Akiko products.

Akiko Fuse Box Tuning Chip for my power switchboard.
Bass notes are so easy to follow.
Better instrument separation as well.

Akiko Tuning sticks.
Put them on my speaker cables, at the speaker end.
Another small step in EQ. Piano was a little more striking. Especially the base notes.
You can feel how powerful Andrew Strong's voice is in 'Try a Little Tenderness' (The Commitments)
All Green's 'How Can You Mend a Brocken Heart' - his voice is more immediate, strings more noticeable, and the backing singers easier to follow all notes.

Akiko Audio Triple AC Enhancer
Got this over three years ago. I can't remember the exact improvement, but know it was obvious, and it's still in my system.

They are staying in my system, as well as the Omega+ Emat/s. They seem to work well together.


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sbayne
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@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.
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sbayne
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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.
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