AGS-ST1
Researching the sound environment of forests
In addition to the reverberations produced by forests, sound is thought to behave differently in a forest compared with an open field or indoors surrounded by walls.
Forests exert a noise reduction effect, and the ground and trees within the forest have a sound-absorption effect.
The sound environment of forests has long been studied by various researchers throughout history, and numerous accounts of the results of this research have been published.
AGS: Designed to greatly improve indoor sound fields
At Nihon Onkyo Engineering, their interest in the mysterious sound environment of forests has led them to research focusing on the special behaviour of sound waves diffused using mechanisms similar to the trees of a forest.
They also believe that everyone feels a certain magical comfortableness when in a forest.
Their development of the Acoustic Grove System was a result of their exploration of the connection between the acoustic mechanisms of the forest and this comfortableness.
In conventional acoustic designs for narrow rooms that do not have a particularly large space (such as with concert halls), the combination of reflective surfaces and sound-absorbing surfaces result in unnatural and peculiar characteristics in sound reflections.
Moreover, when a loud sound is emitted in a small room, the acoustic energy becomes saturated, resulting in a sound field with poor distortion.
To avoid such acoustic disturbances, they devised the AGS as a mechanism to achieve an ideal acoustic space similar to that of a forest.
AGS-ST1 is designed to be placed along a wall or other flat surface and be easily arranged either vertically or horizontally with other AGS-ST1.
Simply placing one AGS-ST1 product along the front wall between the speakers allows for increased sound clarity and sense of depth.
Standard Specifications AGS-ST1
Dimensions: 60(W)×23(D)×150(H)cm, Weight: 34kg
The effect it brings
Acoustic Grove Systems produce the following three main acoustic effects.
- Suppression of low-frequency standing waves
- Preventing adverse effects of intense reflected sound waves
- Control over sound-absorption characteristics according to the application
These effects allow for clearer sound localisation and comfortable reverberation in the spreading of sound with the desired qualities of crisp lower frequencies and genuine sounds, resulting in an innovative sound space that is otherwise impossible to achieve.
