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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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fleschler
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My experience is also mixed but a happy result afterwards.  Frank figured out why the E-Mats, TC, stopits and mini-gate do not always work.  I have a system with a special magnet/proprietary metal in junction boxes and cabling.  Everywhere the PPT products go, the sound got closed in, loss of ambiance and (gritty sound with TC).  I had this problem that I didn't bring up two years ago with the TC because everyone loved it.  Well, after listening for two months, I had to remove the TC.  Voila! better sound.  I only recently tried the stopits and mini-gate.  No good.  However, I began reinstalling E-Mats and stopits in locations where there was no magnets.  So, five stopits went into unused outlets in the room which were not powered by the audio only subpanel.  Adding stopits to the unused audio outlets was bad.  I left the 2 E+ Mats on the audio subpanel and E-Mats on the subpanel and main breaker box.  I added 2 E-Mats to the isolation transformer (I tried 6 then 4-no good).  All other E-Mats were also removed.  I had one really great test CD to tell me whether there was any change, improvement or worsening sound.  Persuasive Percussion (No.1), especially tract 8 where there should be tape hiss easily heard at the beginning.  Too many mats, mats on equipment proximate to magnets, all cabling and outlets with magnet in the wiring = no tape hiss, squashed highs and shrunken soundstage.  Without any PPT products= bright/thinner sounding hiss, less coherent sound, less open soundstage.

The mini-gate did  improve the sound across the room in an outlet that sounded good with a stopit.  It also supersaturated TV picture color when plugged into the power plant for the TV/Audio system in other rooms. 

So, basically don't use PPT products where there are magnets but experimentation does yield benefits occasionally on equipment (isolation transformer and audio subpanels with wiring having cables with magnets plugged in on one of four breakers.  

It took me two weeks to decide where PPT products work and didn't work other than the TC.   The PPT products added immensely to the fuller harmonics and depth/width of the sound with no negatives.   I really love the products.
fleschler
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Also, my refrigerator is set 10% higher temperature setting since installing the E-Mat on the main and subpanel breaker boxes since early 2019.  Maybe it does make the power more efficient.
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geoffkait
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Geez, talk about too many variables, fleschler. Cut us some slack. 
fleschler
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PPT products XXXX Magnets  -  Not a match + simple to comprehend
I forgot that the E-Mats also went on the rear of my speakers over the crossovers.  That had a positive sonic effect without a negative effect.  No magnets there either (sufficiently far from drivers) but lots of coils such as found in an isolation transformer.       
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geoffkait
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Pretty sure we established a long time ago the mats don’t work by magnetism. They may be slightly magnetic but that’s not the principle. Graphene is not magnetic. Next theory?
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