Hi @bdp24 -
It wasn’t 1 bad experience, it was two dozen bad experiences all at once! :) And perhaps for context I should have added that the previous California Audio Show was the opposite. Every room well treated with ASC was among the best. So I don’t know what happened this time. I seem to remember that previously ASC provided a number of products, but last time it seemed they only brought tube traps. Perhaps this accounted for the severe depressed midrange I encountered in treated rooms?
Besides that, I am nothing if not open to the idea everyone should like what they like.
I will say though, that as a budget conscious audiophile, I would never look anywhere but GIK. The quality and performance are unbeatable in anything I could afford. There may be ASC products which fill other needs or have better performance, but I no longer feel the need to comparison shop.
It wasn’t 1 bad experience, it was two dozen bad experiences all at once! :) And perhaps for context I should have added that the previous California Audio Show was the opposite. Every room well treated with ASC was among the best. So I don’t know what happened this time. I seem to remember that previously ASC provided a number of products, but last time it seemed they only brought tube traps. Perhaps this accounted for the severe depressed midrange I encountered in treated rooms?
Besides that, I am nothing if not open to the idea everyone should like what they like.
I will say though, that as a budget conscious audiophile, I would never look anywhere but GIK. The quality and performance are unbeatable in anything I could afford. There may be ASC products which fill other needs or have better performance, but I no longer feel the need to comparison shop.