Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat

@hifiman5 - Thanks for mentioning Kandace Springs. Never heard of her, and it's great when someone shares a talented, not so commercially well known artist (well, to me anyway). Good stuff! I see her songs in my future....

hifiman5 sez ...

• "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."
  

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

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.  

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

^^^ Looking good. :-)