High End Audio

...is where the dedicated listening room hosts a carefully matched ensemble of finely crafted playback instruments and the very best in audio gear, gathered together to play - and replay - the most wonderful recordings music has to offer. The room plays the music, certainly, but moreover, a true high end room imperceptibly engages the listener, carrying them into the musical stream itself. We are dedicated to transforming a simple listening room into a high end listening room, one that compliments and enables your sound system to realize and present its full potential. This is what we've been doing for over 3 decades, and would love to do for you.

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Projects

Ken West Listening Room “The overall sound is amazingly improved from the previous set up. It goes without saying, music reproduction is not about electronics...it's about speakers interacting with a room. I'm most impressed with the fantastic flexibility of this room setup.” —Ken West	Leroy Schwarz Listening Room “Every sonic attribute is better, too—quiet spaces are quieter, the sound stage is more spacious. I had not really heard my Alexandrias until the ‘big reds’ took up residence. If you are using Alexandrias without TubeTraps, then I’ll bet that you’re not hearing yours either.” —Leroy Schwarz
Michael Harting Listening Room “The room is very articulate with the slightest sound being easily heard. The sound of the stereo is magical, and we were both quite impressed.” —Michael Harting	Ferdinand LuDo Listening Room “While the equipment used in this room is top notch, I believe their performance is taken to another level with the ASC treatment.” —Ferdinand LuDo

Products

TubeTrap

The original portable bass trap, the TubeTrap is a highly modified version of Harry F Olson's "functional sound absorber" and operates far more efficiently and to a lower frequency than its size would suggest. By including an integral treble range polycylindrical diffuser with each unit, Art Noxon (ASC founder, president, engineer) created a broadband acoustic control device able to maximize the sound quality in any space.

IsoThermal TubeTrap™

Think of it as a TubeTrap with "bass absorption boost." This is the flagship product for a major advancement in bass trap engineering that literally doubles the absorbing power below 60 Hz with improved absorption up to 300 Hz. By filling the air cavity in the bass trap with a distributed heat sync system, the thermal back pressure effect of compressed air is minimized, allowing 40% more air to flow into the trap than before.

SubTrap

Raise your subwoofer up to its full performance potential. The SubTrap is more than a simple isolation stand. In addition to isolation, it absorbs excess bass and decouples your sub-woofer from room modes. Only from ASC.

SoundPlank

The SoundPlank is perfect for absorbing excess mid-range frequencies, while keeping the acoustics bright and alive. Reverberation and echo signals are controlled while a fine-grained, diffusive reflection pattern fills the room. The resulting acoustic signature is smooth and uniform throughout.

TowerTrap

The TowerTrap is a corner loaded bass trap that was designed to resemble a hi-fi loudspeaker. It was developed specifically to address those customers looking for high performance audio with a designer look that is so subtle, it nearly disappears.

Acoustic Soffit

With hundreds of hours of real world testing, ASC’s engineering and product development technicians have produced the best acoustical soffit available anywhere. Acoustic engineers have known for hundreds of years that a soffit is an excellent sound diffuser. ASC improved the idea to include absorption and custom room tuning.

MatrixPanel

The MatrixPanel, designed for use when your listening position is near a wall, softening the sonic reflection of the wall without deadening the sound.

MATT™ Test & MATT CD

Listen to the tone scales of the MATT test, first over headphones and then in your room. The difference is astounding. Watch how your room turns musical clarity into dynamic blur and image stability into a wandering fog bank. Add acoustics and track the changes you make. Your audio system is great, it's the room that keeps getting in the way.

CinemaPanel

Architects inspired our engineering department to search for a Panel design that brought calmness, blending well into the home theater, pleasing the whole family. We tried dozens of ideas, designing by feel and visual aesthetics. Ultimately we arrived at the CinemaPanel as the Panel of minimum intrusion, perfect for home theaters.

PCAD Panel

The PCAD (Poly Cylindrical Absorbing Diffusor) is a highly curved panel providing broadband absorption to reduce the "echo" in the room. These unique panels have the added benefit of treble reflectors distributed evenly throughout the panel. This is the perfect product for fine tuning your listening room, calming the room just enough without overly deadening the sound.

SoundPanel

Built to interior design standards, it features bevel cut face, crisp corners, and smooth finish. They come in a wide variety of beautiful fabrics and is trimmed out by a paintable white picture frame. The ASC Sound Panel is completely finished on all sides, including the back.

SuperTrap

Sometimes we need more absorption at a certain frequency or bandwidth than the standard TubeTrap for that same frequency range can provide. That’s when SuperTraps are called into play.

Half Round TubeTrap

The Half Round TubeTrap is a versatile evolution of the TubeTrap, allowing the same sound-busting power of the TubeTrap to be wall or ceiling mounted.

Design Services

ASC provides design services during the planning phase of construction projects requiring acoustical consideration. If you have a project which must consider sound, ASC can be an important partner in the success of your project.

Quarter Round TubeTrap

Quarter Round TubeTraps give you very high performance in a form-fitting package, custom design to fit in the corner when space is at a premium.

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Applications

Listening Rooms

Soundproofing

Bass Traps

Articles

BassTrap Sound-Off: FuzzBalls vs TubeTraps

Room Treatments, Part 2

ASC Tube Traps Creating A Listening Studio

Optimizing ASC Tube Traps

The ABCs of ASC’s TubeTraps

Your Room: The Final Link

Acoustic Sciences Corporation Studio Traps

Why Audiophiles Need to Care About Room Acoustics

How TubeTraps opened up a Whole New Realm of Precision in the Performance of Audio Playback Systems

Acoustic Carpets for High End Audio Applications

Modes, Modes and More Modes

Room Acoustics: Audio’s Final Frontier

ASC TubeTraps - Creating A Listening Studio

Intelligibility - The Working Edge For Sound Contractors

The Chain Is As Strong As Its Weakest Link

The Wall In The Desert

Articulation - Prerequisite to Performance (AES-1989)

Articulation and the Small Room (AES-1988)

Room Acoustics and Low Frequency Damping (AES-1986)

Listening Room - Corner Loaded Bass Trap (AES-1985)

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