It's All About Quality In Your Life & Your Sound. Why do we spend hours perusing the magazines, forums, and YouTube reviews to find golden nuggets of information that will

Breaking Acoustic Upgrades into Stages Let's talk about HiFi Rooms: the three stages of acoustic upgrade. For some, the prospect of adding acoustic control devices to their room is daunting.

Clarity vs. Frequency Response Many of us know how to measure the frequency response of our audio playback systems thanks to various software packages available for free, along with fairly

A few of you may have "dosage" on the mind in these times, for reasons we will not elaborate upon (Musical acoustics is all about making your life more

You want to keep enjoying your music...for years to come, we want to help you understand how your hearing mechanism can become damaged, what the effects are of this damage,

Let's Talk Some Anatomy - No, we wont ask you to memorize any bone or organ names, and there will be no quiz. But, let's talk some anatomy, we thought

We now know that good articulation improves the attack transients in musical playback to provide the dynamics of a live performance. We know that Upper Partials Make the Music, but

Using Early Lateral Reflections in Recordings Lateral reflections are useful not only in a playback environment, but can also be used to improve the realism and quality of vocal and

A New Format By popular demand, Art Noxon's original notebook material shall be presented without any fancy formatting, zooming, or image adjustment. The text is presented below to supplement the

Just Because You are in a Small Room... Doesn't mean your recordings need to sound lifeless and dry. Does it feel like you are on an Island? By utilizing the

Synesthesia: a sense impression experienced by one sense through stimulation of another sense Have you ever seemed to see a flash of red at the instant the violin section hits

Learn what makes a Poly Tick So, Phase Confusers? No, Poly Diffusers! We start things a day early and go into greater detail about the intricacies of a true

Spaciousness: The Final Frontier! What's the Key to Making a Space Sound Big?... ...said the Senior Chief CEO of Seniority at the Department of Redundancy Department. But, how to make

In Pursuit of a Perfect Sonic Experience Let's talk central image: The Modern Approach. Life can be full of compromises. They say, "do you want it fast, good, or cheap?

Don't Let Your Walls Turn Into Uninvited Drummers We all know listening to and mixing music can be fun, and can even be enjoyed with multiple people. But even John

Someone Must Create the Immersive Sound Stage ...and for that, we have recording and mix engineers to thank. Thank you all for everything you do! On the recording side, a

Let's talk about Center Image Manipulation. It Was as if She Were Saying: "I Want You Near Me" We ended last week unveiling the special "forward image" TubeTrap with its

Break Every Rule Center Image Manipulation Pt 1. Sometimes in the world of acoustics, amazing discoveries are made by accident. It is only afterward that the science is unraveled to

Psychoacoustically Pleasing Polyphonic Perception The last several weeks we have been searching for a sound stage that really takes us "to the show." These days, this might be the only

You know about sidewall reflections... ...because you are a loyal Acoustic Tip of the Week subscriber. You know that the near reflection widens the sound stage, and the cross

Refining the Sonic Sound Stage The magic of 2-channel audio is in the imaging. Fidelity, clean bass, and dynamic performance-those can be delivered by single sound sources. But we have

What Side (wall) Are You On? Sidewall Reflection Control is essential. Side walls, and the associated side wall reflections, exist in nearly every room. That is one of the features

Have You Run Out of Music? Or maybe you are just ready for a break, for something different. But if you are like so many of us, driving to the

First Things First: Center Image Size Stereo Imaging - Multiple early reflections from different directions cause a "fogging" of the sonic image and a shift in apparent position of where

How can I hear the "whole" stage? Pinpoint imaging and life-like sound stages are something taken for granted by those of us graced with modern, high quality speakers and appropriately

While their original design was optimized for use in recording & mixing audio, the ASC StudioTrap also excels in HiFi playback system usage. StudioTraps are not just for studios. Here