Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat

@uberwaltz- Nice! What type tubes does your pre use?

I’ve been messing around with magnets in my system for the last six months or so which you can read about on my system page. I’ve now added Tim’s products as well. Tim indicates they have nothing to do with magnetism but they certainly work as advertised and compliment what I’ve heard by adding magnets. Just thought I'd share some interesting reading:

Spintronics

A conventional digital electronic system conveys a binary signal (think 1s and 0s) through pulses of electrons carried through a conductive wire. Spintronics can convey additional information via another characteristic of electrons, their spin direction (think up or down). Spin is related to magnetism. So spintronics uses magnetism to align electrons of a certain spin, or "inject" spin into a system.

If you've ever done the old science experiment of turning a nail into a magnet by repeatedly dragging a magnet along its length, then you've already dabbled in spintronics. The magnet transfers information to the nail. The trick is then transporting and manipulating that information, which requires devices and materials with finely tuned properties. Researchers are working toward the milestone of a spin transistor, a spintronics version of the electronic components found in practically all modern electronics. Such a device requires a semiconductor material in which a magnetic field can easily manipulate the direction of electrons' spin -- a property called spin-orbit coupling.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190110160941.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spintronics

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150505082944.htm

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-graphene-layered-magnetic-materials-ultrathin.html

 

I have also used the magnetic sheets as pointed out by sbayne. They work rather well for little money.  The mats, cards and contact paste all work well with them.  Great info sbayne!

Well, if you want to get into it, I strongly suggest you read all about magnets and colors and sound in the link at the bottom of this post. In my humble opinion bringing atomic physics or spintronics into the discussion can serve no porpoise. 🐬 I’m probably the only one on this thread schooled in atomic physics. As a point of reference I’ve been using magnets in audio systems - as well as some of my products - for more than twenty years.

Magnets 🧲 are tricky, though. Magnetic things are generally not (rpt not) good for the sound. Which is why you don’t see too many steel chassis anymore. Or magnetic screws or connectors, for that matter. And why treating the circuit breaker box panel is important. Magnetic fields are usually things to be scrupulously avoided. Magnets are like pills, some make you tall, some make you small, the ones that Mommy gives you don’t do anything at all. As for colors, they’re electromagnetic, no? So colors 🌹 and magnets 🧲 kind of go hand in hand. 🤚

Your friend and humble scribe,

geoff kait
machina dynamica
advanced audio conceits

http://www.pwbelectronics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MagnaBlocks.pdf