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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Showing 34 responses by geoffkait

Actually it’s not that I confuse the issue, it’s that you’re easily confused. See the difference? OK, you can go back to cheerleading. 
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I don’t want to worry about money, mom, I mean, everybody’s telling me that my standup’s ready for late night TV. Mom says but what makes you think you could do that? What do you mean, mom? I mean, don’t you have to be funny to be a comedian? 

Wow! Somebody’s being a wet blanket. I can’t help it, I’m on a roll today. Comedy is hard to just turn off and on like water. Comedy is not subjective. See you in the funny papers, Latka.
Oh, brother! You can get off your soap box. Are you the facilitator? 
New theory! We’ve been infiltrated by a tag team of pseudo-scientist mud wrestlers sent by a secret underground cabal of anti-audiophile theologians. Their primary target? Your humble friend and narrator!
He had the same dumbass arguments as the other dude. Like the ridiculous E and H fields “counter argument.” Oh, brother! Give me a break! Maybe pseudo skeptics all go to a laughing academy.
Creepy.

As a kid my mother would tell me study hard so you can get a good job. No, ma, I won’t have to, I’m going to be an electrical engineer. 😬
Good detective work! Same MO, too. A hundred posts since joining 5 days ago. The plot thickens. Or sickens. Whatever! 🤗 Is it just me or is it getting crazier out there?
Maybe you two guys should see if you can get Better Homes and Gardens on the case. I keep telling mom I’m almost ready for stand up and ma says, but don’t you have to be funny? 😀
Will I be going to Jail? I don’t think I will get along with the other inmates. 🙀
What’s next, you need a licensed electrician to supervise changing a fuse? I removed the magnetic steel panel door of my circuit breaker box. Was that wrong of me? Am I in deep kim chi with the Law? Will there be some serious jail time involved? 
I see your Stop Its and raise you two Flying Saucers 🛸  🛸  for Wall Outlets. 
Whoa! What?! Hey, it sounds like my idea for anti RF inserts for unused wall outlets throughout the house is catching on. Good on ya! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Flying Saucers for Unused Wall Outlets. Accept no substitutes. When you have the itch but you don’t have the scratch. 😬

geoff kait
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We do Artificial Atoms Right!
Hey, Sonic, you skipped the best part. 

“....like a lot of things ahead of their time - was that some newbies couldn’t heat it because they didn’t know what to listen for or they were all thumbs.”

oregonpapa
3,015 posts05-22-2019 4:10pmfsonicsmith

Again, thank you for your non-judgemental comments. Kind words are always appreciated around these neck of the woods.

>>>>>Uh, come again. Maybe you need to peruse his comments one more time.

The Tice Clock? Huh? The Tice Clock worked great. The only problem with the Tice Clock- like a lot of things ahead of their time - was that some newbies couldn’t heat it because they didn’t know what to listen for or they were all thumbs.

You can't debunk something that's not bunk. -old audiophile axiom

I can get into the spirit of The Gate actually, as I am not on house AC at all. No circuit breakers, other circuits, power cords, fuses or AC Ground. I have the lowest noise and distortion and the greatest resolution I’ve ever heard. If your nose offends thee cut it off.
Or as they call it in the trades, Heaven’s Gate. Just kidding, no angry emails, please.
I’m elated to know I apparently dodged a bullet, some kind of horrible problem involved with circuit breaker panels, when I jumped off the AC grid a few years ago. Whew! That was a close one!
Technically noise and distortion are two separate things. But both noise and distortion are accounted for in the expression signal to noise +distortion ratio. Also written S/ (N + D), where S, N and D are expressed in relative power. It is actually not necessary to identify every single source of noise and distortion, only to measure the cumulative N + D. However, fair warning - the are some sources of distortion that cannot be measured. Please, no angry PMs.