Perfect Path "Solutions" (PPS) eMat

There is one place the PPE products DO NOT work correctly-MAGNETS.  The E-Mats absolutely made a sonic difference in my system even though I didn't use them.   My system has small magnets in various locations in my system which are proprietary (no, not the HUGE in line magnets of High Fidelity cables) with paired metals.   

So after hearing Frank tell me they work great on speakers I tried it and sure enough they do. But having a Mat taped on the side looks dumb, even for me, and besides the outside of the cabinet is pretty far from the drivers and wires. So the drivers came out and the Mats were cut up and wrapped around the driver magnets. Huge improvement. Much better.

A magnet when you think about it is nothing more than a static electromagnetic field. No different in principle from the fluctuating electromagnetic field we call music. No idea what your small magnets are doing but around great big speaker magnets they are great. Worked great on the Talons, working great on the Tektons. 

My Legacy Signature IIIs have every available surface area covered in PPT Mats. Yep, it looks weird, but the improvement in sound was really significant and well worth the effort. I listen in a low-light environment, so the mats on the speakers don’t bother me at all.

Last night the system had Janice Ian front and center ... almost like I could reach out and touch her. Also, I listened to a private recording of the L.A. Phil performing Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto transferred directly from the master tape. It was like I was being transported right into the concert hall ... and the piano was dead-on tonally. Simply amazing.

Frank

oregonpapa4,355 posts01-24-2021 11:42amMy Legacy Signature IIIs have every available surface area covered in PPT Mats. Yep, it looks weird, but the improvement in sound was really significant and well worth the effort. I listen in a low-light environment, so the mats on the speakers don’t bother me at all.

The surface area of Legacy Signature III's is about 2400 square inches (removing a reasonable allocation for the drivers).  The PPT Mats are about 75 square inches (from tweakaudio website).  That means that each speaker would require 32 of the mats to cover the speaker.  2 speakers would required 64 mats.  At a price of $300 for the original, that is $19,200 in mats. Now I have no doubt if you bought 64 you would have gotten some discount, but I think most would question whether the best spent on the way to audio nirvana. 

Due to the magnets, this is what happened when I put the the mats on the back of my speakers (I also have a second system with Legacy Signature IIIs).  On the rear bottom where the crossover is located, it elevated the bass response.   On the rear behind drivers, it elevated the mids and tweeters.   So, it did have a profound effect, just not one I wanted.   Much like using Synergistic Research HFTs.   For non-magnetic reasons, the HFT-X under my tweeters just enhance the highs too much for my system and the HFT regular in the rear enhance the mids too much (enhance meaning making prominent).  I have tried Mats on power panels, isolation transformers and other equipment.  No go but they always made a difference, quite prominently.  So I recommend trying them out to see if they enhance the sound you want.