The System
One system. Three problems solved.
Great rooms aren’t made by adding absorption until everything sounds “dead.” They’re made by controlling three distinct problems — reflection, reverberation and resonance — and balancing them across the whole space. C‑ATS treats all three as one coordinated system.
Reflection control
Early reflections arrive at the listener just after the direct sound and smear stereo imaging and clarity. C‑ATS Reflection Control Panels are placed where reflections actually land — in a checkerboard layout, mirror‑imaged side to side, with each panel facing a gap — so imaging is protected at every seat, not just the sweet spot.
Reverberation control
Reverberation is how long sound lingers in a room. The goal isn’t simply “less” — it’s the right decay time, and crucially the same decay on every axis: length, width and height. C‑ATS Reverberation Control Panels bring RT60 into the target window evenly, and are positioned around loudspeakers to guard against comb filtering as well as decay.
Resonance control
At low frequencies, rooms resonate — bass booms at some seats and disappears at others. C‑ATS Resonance Control Panels are corner‑loaded, including ceiling corners, to flatten these modal effects and keep bass even from seat to seat. Consistent low end is the foundation everything else sits on.
Tested to BS EN ISO 354
Every panel’s absorption is measured independently in a certified laboratory. A C‑ATS specification is therefore built on real data — so the room you design is the room you get.
How a C‑ATS project works
- Select — start free with the Room Selector: choose your room size and speaker layout and get a suggested panel package and layout.
- Design — for a full result, start your project and an approved partner (or our team) produces a measured design report tailored to your room.
- Verify — once installed, performance can be verified on site, so you know the targets were met.
Start your project → · or try the free Room Selector first.
Isolation
Where a room also needs to be acoustically isolated from the building around it, the C‑ATS Isolation System addresses structure‑borne and airborne transmission as a separate, complementary discipline.
Finishing & concealment
C-ATS panels are engineered to sit behind a finished surface, so the acoustics are felt, not seen. Concealing them cleanly — with an acoustically transparent, made-to-measure finish — is a specialism in its own right. For that, we work alongside FabricWalls, a dedicated fabric wall system.