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Whether you’re an audiophile, studio engineer or just into acoustics, the ASC Newsletter has you covered by delivering interesting, relevant and proven technical advice as well as tips and tech talk. The ASC Newsletter is also the place to find exclusive offers, promo codes and reviews of upcoming ASC product releases
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A Wall in the Desert (pt 2)
Let's recall an important fact that some fail to grasp: your room itself is an interconnect within your playback system. That's right - the next time you are considering new cables, ask yourself, "is
A Wall In the Desert (revisited)
This week, let's read an entertaining - and enlightening - article penned by ASC Founder and President, Art Noxon, which walks us through the HiFi experience from a unique perspective. We hope this empowers
Construction Damping: Summary & Conclusion
We hope this short series of excerpts from Art Noxon's white paper How TubeTraps Opened a New Realm in Audio Playback has given you a new perspective on the importance of room construction techniques when striving
Giant Membrane Bass Traps
Last issue, we learned "why" the IsoWall system works to improve your listening experience. This week, we hear the back story that reveals much of "how" the IsoWall system works, and you should better understand
ASC IsoWall Musical Wall System
At long last, we share the "secret sauce" of the very best sounding HiFi rooms: the IsoWall System. Enjoy this excerpt from an amazingly thorough white paper by ASC founder & president, Art Noxon, PE that we link below.
Constrained Layer Damping Construction
Enjoy this excerpt from an amazingly thorough white paper by ASC founder & president Art Noxon, PE that we link below. View the original white paper Constrained Layer Damping Construction Back to wall shudder. Stick frame
Wall Shudder in the Listening Room
Does your sound system generally give great results, but certain tones tend to cause an overwhelming boom, sometimes accompanied by a rattle? Audio-minded people are mostly aware of room modes, and often mistakenly blame
TubeTrap Fine Tuning
This concludes our series from the groundbreaking article from 1989 by IAR editor J. Peter Moncrieff. As hinted previously, you will need to use your ears, your brain, and some well-recorded tracks to conduct
TubeTrap Diffuser Alignment
This issue we share the next section of a groundbreaking article from 1989 by IAR. Editor J. Peter Moncrieff explains how one can adjust the rotational position of TubeTraps to improve the soundstaging, coherence,
IAR 56 pt. 4
As we continue reviewing this groundbreaking article from 1989, published by International Audiophile Review, you should ask yourself: how can I most efficiently replicate the sonic experiences being described? In this section, editor J.
Validating Perimeter Control
This week we continue reviewing the groundbreaking article from 1989, published by International Audiophile Review. In this section, editor J. Peter Moncrieff explains what he terms as a "Validating Perimeter Control" for TubeTraps in a critical
Basic Setup for TubeTraps
We continue reviewing the groundbreaking aritcle from 1989, published by International Audiophile Review. In this section, editor J. Peter Moncrieff explains what he terms as a "basic setup" for TubeTraps in a critical listening
Perimeter Reflection Control
This week we flash back to an article that really put TubeTraps on the map. In 1989, International Audiophile Review was the resource for the discriminating HiFi listener to learn about the newest and greatest improvements they
Correlation Detection of Early Reflections pt. 3
Whenever evaluating the sound quality of a musical playback system, it is important to remember that we do this because we love... music! Test signals are great, but real instruments are what brought most
Correlation Detection of Early Reflections pt. 2
We hope you were hooked by part 1 of this classic paper. Above we see the ETC (energy time curve) for a sound entering a well in a random well depth diffuser, and you
Correlation Detection of Early Reflections pt. 1
Time to get back to some oldie-but-goodie technical concepts. If you're not sure what the graph means, no problem. You'll understand after reading this paper. A common question from our audiophile customers is: where
Making Your Listening Room Sound Spacious
Last issue we shared some general concepts about the sort of reflections that evoke a sense of spaciousness. This week we tie it to a real room - let's say, YOUR room - so
Art on Spaciousness
Last issue wrapped up by explaining the best ways to experience a very pleasant sonic ambience in your listening room. This week we will expand upon that and show you how your room can
Listening Chairs & Ambience
In this week’s newsletter, Art Noxon briefly discusses the pros and cons of various high backed listening chairs, and then delves into the realm of developing ‘ambience’ in listening spaces. Excerpts taken from the writings of ASC’s
Stereo Imaging Stability
Last week we learned about the negative and positive effects of many common reflections. This week we dig deeper still to learn how reflections are changing the stereo imaging produced by our speakers. Courtesy
