# Acoustic Sciences Corporation: Listening Refined
> Inventor \& manufacturer of the TubeTrap \& StudioTrap\. We manufacture world\-class, patented acoustic treatment for most environments\.
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## Pages
- [Musical Articulation Test Tones \(MATT\)](https://www.acousticsciences.com/musical-articulation-test-tones-matt/)
- [Restaurant Acoustics](https://www.acousticsciences.com/restaurant-acoustics/)
- [Specialty Manufacturing](https://www.acousticsciences.com/specialty-manufacturing/)
- [My Account](https://www.acousticsciences.com/my-account/)
- [Acoustic Sciences](https://www.acousticsciences.com/)
## Posts
- [Acoustics and Low Frequency Damping pt\. 5](https://www.acousticsciences.com/asc-newsletter/acoustics-and-low-frequency-damping-pt-5/)
- [Acoustics and Low Frequency Damping pt\. 4](https://www.acousticsciences.com/asc-newsletter/acoustics-and-low-frequency-damping-pt-4/)
- [Acoustics and Low Frequency Damping pt\. 3](https://www.acousticsciences.com/uncategorized/acoustics-and-low-frequency-damping-pt-3/)
- [Acoustics and Low Frequency Damping pt\. 2](https://www.acousticsciences.com/asc-newsletter/acoustics-and-low-frequency-damping-pt-2/)
- [Corner\-Loaded Bass Traps](https://www.acousticsciences.com/asc-newsletter/corner-loaded-bass-traps/)
## Products
- [MATT CD \(test tracks\)](https://www.acousticsciences.com/product/musical-articulation-test-tones-matt/): \
The ASC Acoustic Test Signal\
\Explore the musical intelligibility and the sonic image\-ability of your audio system\
This test is a rapid gated slow sine sweep\. It demonstrates the musical clarity vs frequency of the HiFi system in your room\. In some ranges of sound you will hear strong rapid dynamic sound level changes while in other ranges the tone bursts blur together in reverberant chaos\. You can also hear the more familiar peaks and valleys of your room\. Then play it again but this time close your eyes and concentrate on the sound stage of this perfectly mono signal\. In some tone ranges the image stays put; stage center, small and tight, where it belongs\. But the next tone range sees the image lose focus and fluff up into a ball of fog\. And yet another sees the image up and wander off, flying around the sound stage like Peter Pan\.
The objective of performing the MATT test in your listening room is to determine where you might move your speakers, listening position, and/or where to add acoustic treatment to your room to obtain the highest quality sound possible from the components in your listening environment\. Play the MATT test first over headphones and then in your room\. You hear a scale of rapid tone bursts that any HiFi system should be able to reproduce\. Your system could but it can't because the room keeps getting in the way\. Then concentrate on the sound stage\. It's a mono signal and the image should stay stage center, tight and focused, but it doesn't\.
How fast is your room? Most audiophiles know how loud they can play their room before it begins to break up\. Even the speakers have a breakup threshold, above which we begin to hear cone breakup and box buzz\. The MATT test is an easy way to ring out your room without risking doing damage to structure or gear due to sustained power at one frequency\. At lower sound levels it checks out the room acoustic part of your listening experience, sorting out clear dynamic bandwidths from blurred bandwidths\.
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\The MATT test CD ships to you for FREE and includes the Matt test CD and test instructions\
\\Purchase the MATT Test CD\\
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\\Download the MATT Test signal for free\\
- [CablePassThru](https://www.acousticsciences.com/product/cable-pass-thru/): \The CablePassThru is designed for running cables through an interior wall while maintaining sound isolation\.\
\The CablePassThru is specified by architects for scientific research laboratories, surgery complexes, testing facilities, production studios and classrooms where multiple rooms are cable interconnected\. For immediate purchase, click the BUY NOW button below\.\
\Applications:\
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\- \\Recording Studios, \\\\Home Theater\\\
\- \Broadcast \& Performance Stages\\
\- \Computer Centers\\
\- \Secure SCIF Rooms\\
\- \MRI/Operating Rooms\\
\- \Office Environments\\
\- \Medical Facilities\\
\- \\\Clean Room
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\\CPTC 1\.0 \(wood, black\): $519 \+ shipping
\\\\CPTC 2\.0 \(steel clad, white or black\): $875 \+ shipping\\
- [TubeTrap](https://www.acousticsciences.com/product/tubetrap-bass-trap/): \\Standard TubeTraps are \IsoThermal TubeTraps\.\\ \\Original TubeTraps are still available as a \\\custom ordered product\.\\
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ASC's TubeTraps are \modular\, \self\-contained\, \broadband acoustic absorber/diffusers\ that improve the quality of music playback\.
The TubeTrap's cylinder shape provides the structural rigidity and internal air cavity necessary to absorb sound in the low frequency range, and operates far more efficiently and to a lower frequency than its size would suggest\. It’s their diameter, not length, that determines how deep into the bass range they can absorb\. Because TubeTraps are “impedance\-matched” to sound, they are fast\-acting bass traps\.
TubeTraps handle musical transients just as easily as they handle sustains, unlike slow acting membrane and resonator bass traps\. TubeTraps include an integral treble range polycylindrical diffuser with each unit, transforming your room acoustics into an unforgettably articulate and dynamic musical bass line\.
- [TrussPanel](https://www.acousticsciences.com/product/trusspanel/): \ASC has invented a great way to take advantage of an open web truss ceiling\
Acoustic engineers often specify baffle systems in large open spaces where the walls can’t be used for acoustic control\. Baffle systems maintain bright local ambiance while limiting noise from across the room\.
\The TrussPanel is ideal for\
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\- Restaurants\
\- Commercial Spaces\
\- Foyers \& Lobbies with Open Grid Ceilings\
\- Waiting Areas\
\- Any large noisy area with Open Grid Ceilings\
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- [MixCloud](https://www.acousticsciences.com/product/mixcloud/): MixClouds offer studios the broadband acoustic control and noise reduction they need to control flutter while mixing tracks\. This is more than an easy to hang flat panel product\. ASC includes the MixCloud as part of an overall custom acoustic plan for your studio, so there’s no guesswork\.
## Portfolio
- [Espen Lind's New Studio](https://www.acousticsciences.com/project-rooms/espen-linds-new-studio/)
- [Mark McKillen Listening Room](https://www.acousticsciences.com/project-rooms/mark-mckillen-listening-room/): “Really a major upgrade in the sound\. Definitely a bigger improvement than 5 power cords \(about the same price, too\)\. So yeah, I feel silly not doing it sooner\!” —Mark McKillen
- [Mic R Studios](https://www.acousticsciences.com/project-rooms/mic-r-studios/)
- [Frans Deurenberg's Listening Room](https://www.acousticsciences.com/project-rooms/frans-deurenbergs-listening-room/)
- [Ken West Listening Room](https://www.acousticsciences.com/project-rooms/ken-west-listening-room/)
## FAQs
- [How do I soundproof my walls floor \& ceiling?](https://www.acousticsciences.com/faq-items/how-do-i-soundproof-my-walls-floor-ceiling/)
- [What is the best acoustic treatment I can get?](https://www.acousticsciences.com/faq-items/what-is-the-best-acoustic-treatment-i-can-get/)
- [Our sound technician keeps complaining about echoes and feedback and always tries to fix them by buying new speakers and microphones and moving everything around, but the problem is never completely fixed\. Is he doing something wrong?](https://www.acousticsciences.com/faq-items/our-sound-technician-keeps-complaining-about-echoes-and-feedback-and-always-tries-to-fix-them-by-buying-new-speakers-and-microphones-and-moving-everything-around-but-the-problem-is-never-completely-f/)
- [We are building a new sanctuary and we’re trying to decide between flat or vaulted ceiling\. Which would be better for the acoustics?](https://www.acousticsciences.com/faq-items/we-are-building-a-new-sanctuary-and-were-trying-to-decide-between-flat-or-vaulted-ceiling-which-would-be-better-for-the-acoustics/)
- [If we have a sealed box subwoofer in a very small room, 8’x8’x8’, playing 40Hz wavelength 28’ or even lower, will a TubeTrap that absorbs 40 Hz or lower be useful?](https://www.acousticsciences.com/faq-items/if-we-have-a-sealed-box-subwoofer-in-a-very-small-room-8x8x8-playing-40hz-wavelength-28-or-even-lower-will-a-tubetrap-that-absorbs-40-hz-or-lower-be-useful/)
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