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Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’

Having been a music lover and audio enthusiast for more decades than I care to admit to I’ve had the privilege of owning some tremendous components over those years and thought I had attained a level of musical enjoyment that would be difficult to improve upon without spending more money than I could afford. Then along came The Gate to turn my audio conceptions on end. 

While I was quite skeptical of all of the positive proclamations regarding the Perfect Path mats, cards and contact enhancer ( how could they possibly bring about such sonic improvements?) I took the plunge and purchased a nano bundle to see what the hubbub was all about. Much to my surprise they not only brought about improvements to my systems’ ability to recreate a more musical sound but did so in spades. 

When Tim of Perfect Path Technologies asked if I wanted to try his new product, The Gate, I jumped at the chance thinking it would be a nice addition to what the other products provided. I wasn’t prepared for the quantum leap The Gate brought to my music listening pleasure. As much as the other products brought about a much lower noise floor, greater detail and delicacy, improved dynamics, richer tone and more realism The Gate does so in magnitudes difficult to describe. The best way I can describe its affect is unreal purity leading the most realistic musical sound I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing.....outside of a live performance obviously. It has me listening to all of my CD’s as if for the first time again.

I have no idea how The Gate actually works or what it does I just know it’s the most dramatic tweak to my system I’ve ever experienced and I wouldn’t think of being without it. As to how it’s implemented, it’s installed in the electrical panel with one lead connected to the common buss and the other to a breaker ( preferably 220). Hope I got the terminology correct.....I’m far from being an electrician!

At $4,999.00 it’s not cheap but worth every penny to me as I’ve spent more on components with less sonic improvement. 

Lastly, I realize some will scoff at something they can’t understand and I get not understanding it as I don’t, but I would hope people could keep their skepticism healthy and civil. I am not here to promote or sell, nor do I have any affiliation with PPT. I am only sharing something that I’ve found to be transforming in my system. Sorry for the lengthy introduction.
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mribob
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I've had my Gate installed now for just over two weeks, and feel it has settled in nicely. I agree, that there is a steady improvement over time...and as other's have posted, there is a significant improvement in quality of bass...much deeper, and cleaner than before. Female vocals do sound much richer, with more 'sonic density', full orchestral works allow me to better hear each section with better resolution and detail...much better reverb and ability to convey the space the music was recorded. I do suffer from a poorly designed room, so can't really address improvement in sound stage, but that's on me, not the Gate.
I don't like going overboard with hyperbole, but can honestly state I am impressed with the improvement of the Gate; perhaps not as 'jaw dropping' as others have experienced, but it provides significant more enjoyment, and improved sound that I will be sending Tim a check shortly and purchasing the unit. I guess my review is putting my $$$ in the game, not just my opinion. I agree, that many of Tim's products are synergistic, and the TC paste, and eMatts, and now the Gate all have contributed in different ways to elevate my system, so its sounding the best its been, and enhancing my listening enjoyment and pleasure. Thanks, Tim, and Frank for bringing these items to my attention.
Enjoy the music,
Bob

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lalitk
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@mac48025,

You better hurry, her tour is already sold out 😊

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mac48025 OP
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Hey Lalit, I get a private concert from Nora every night.......in my dreams 🌗

uberwaltz, while my PI Audio Uberbuss sounds quite good with the Gate in the system it sounds even better without it and I’m betting that a DIY power center treated heavily with TC will sound better yet. 

Thanks for sharing mribob, it’s good hearing from other Gaters about their experiences. I would imagine ones results will vary depending upon the degree of ‘grunge’ in ones AC but I also imagine that pretty much everyone will hear a sonic improvement worthy of its price. 
tuffy72561
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I  recently Added some very nice and expensive Mullard 6922's along with copper stoppers, from Brent Jesse Tubes, to my hybrid integrated amplifier and they made a very nice improvement in the overall sound. The reason I am mentioning here is that after a few weeks I decided to put the PP Total Contact on the Mullard Tubes pins. Well the improvement of sound quality may have been greater than the actual tube upgrade. So much  added texture and clarity and  a three dimensional effect are what I noticed the most. I had done this with the previous tubes and had no problems whatsoever. It was actually very easy to apply with the consistency of the Total Contact. It doesn't take much at all. Anybody who has tubes in their system and some Perfect Path Total Contact should really try this! I think this is the equivalent of treating  many other connections. I plan to treat the outside glass  surface of the tubes with a thin coat of PP TC in the near future as Tim said this is definite increase in sound quality.
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uberwaltz
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After looking around I decided I could not build my own power center box for the price I could buy the bare bones of one for.
So to that end I bought a Belkin 9100 10 outlet box.
Nice metal case and decent outlets.
Comes with a 14ft cord and on/off switch and circuit breaker.

Plan is to junk the cord, switch and breaker. Rewire all outlets internal with silver wire , treat everything with tc paste and add a 8/3 6 foot cord.

Cost of those mods will be zilch as I have more cable than I know what to do with.

Cost of the Belkin was $26.94 free shipping from Amazon.

Like I said, could not build it for that....
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