MartinT
30-08-2008, 11:27
I took delivery of three PicturePanels yesterday, each 36" x 24" and about 2" thick. Installation was easy using the provided z-rail and plasterboard fixings. Finish is good with a photo of your choice reproduced on the absorbent face.
Their stated purpose is absorption in the vocal frequency area, providing extra clarity to reproduction. I mounted mine one slightly above and behind each speaker and the third one slightly above and behind my head when seated in my listening position.
I expected their effect to be a somewhat reduced version of what the TubeTraps gave me: an increase in overall system/room clarity. What I actually hear is somewhat unexpected: extreme focus in the music with pinpoint imaging and startling clarity. There is an impression of blackness to the sides and from behind, a result I think of the quietness of the room itself thus emphasising direct radiation from the speakers over reflected radiation from the walls.
Playing choral music, always an extreme test for a hi-fi system, I was struck by how easy it is to differentiate sections of the choir and even individual voices. Crescendos soar without becoming ragged and a sense of the recording space is palpable during quiet passages.
I would say that my room treatment is complete and has been a great success. For the price of one of my system components I have an upgrade impossible to achieve in any other way.
http://www.mtc.nildram.co.uk/images/New System Big.jpg
http://www.asc-hifi.com/picture-panel.htm
ASC treatments: 4 x 16" round TubeTraps, SubTrap (but without the sub), 3 x 36/24" PicturePanels.
Their stated purpose is absorption in the vocal frequency area, providing extra clarity to reproduction. I mounted mine one slightly above and behind each speaker and the third one slightly above and behind my head when seated in my listening position.
I expected their effect to be a somewhat reduced version of what the TubeTraps gave me: an increase in overall system/room clarity. What I actually hear is somewhat unexpected: extreme focus in the music with pinpoint imaging and startling clarity. There is an impression of blackness to the sides and from behind, a result I think of the quietness of the room itself thus emphasising direct radiation from the speakers over reflected radiation from the walls.
Playing choral music, always an extreme test for a hi-fi system, I was struck by how easy it is to differentiate sections of the choir and even individual voices. Crescendos soar without becoming ragged and a sense of the recording space is palpable during quiet passages.
I would say that my room treatment is complete and has been a great success. For the price of one of my system components I have an upgrade impossible to achieve in any other way.
http://www.mtc.nildram.co.uk/images/New System Big.jpg
http://www.asc-hifi.com/picture-panel.htm
ASC treatments: 4 x 16" round TubeTraps, SubTrap (but without the sub), 3 x 36/24" PicturePanels.