Introducing Inspirence Aethon Acoustic Treatment Systems: Where Sound Disappears

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There is a moment in a well-designed room when you stop noticing the sound not because the room is silent, but because it is perfectly at ease. Voices carry clearly without effort. Music fills the space without washing over it. Thought arrives without the constant friction of unwanted noise. That moment is what Aethon was built to create.

Aethon is Inspirence's new line of acoustic treatment systems for educational and AV environments. The name comes from the aether the intangible upper atmosphere of classical philosophy, the element beyond air, beyond reach. Invisible. Effortless. Precisely the qualities that define what great acoustic treatment should be: you should never have to think about it.

Why now, and why schools need acoustic treatment systems:

The acoustic environment inside a school has never mattered more. Learning spaces have transformed dramatically open-plan labs replace rows of individual desks, immersive AV rooms deliver experiences that would have seemed impossible a decade ago, auditoriums, cafetorium and gymnatorium host performances, assemblies, and hybrid events simultaneously. These spaces demand more acoustically than traditional classrooms ever did, and the cost of getting it wrong is measured in real outcomes: speech intelligibility, student fatigue, teacher strain, the quality of a performance, the credibility of a presentation.

ANSI S12.60 - the governing standard for classroom acoustics in the United States sets reverberation time limits that many existing school spaces simply cannot meet without dedicated acoustic treatment.

Nine products. Every space covered. Made on Long Island

The Aethon line launches with nine products across three categories, each designed to address a specific acoustic challenge in the environments where Inspirence works.

Ceiling baffles

The AE-CB100 Vertical Drop Baffle is the workhorse of the range — a single-sided hanging absorber in rigid fiberglass that brings NRC ratings of 0.90 to 0.95 into auditoriums, cafeterias, and multi-purpose halls with minimal ceiling intrusion. Suspend it from aircraft cable or fix it direct; specify it in two-inch or four-inch depths; choose from over fifty fabric colors. It is a product that disappears into the ceiling and takes the echo with it.

The AE-CB200 Dual-Sided Cloud Baffle steps up for podcasting, studios, immersive and critical listening spaces. Absorbing from both faces, with mineral wool core and optional integrated LED edge lighting, it achieves NRC 0.95 to 1.00 as close to acoustic perfection as a ceiling treatment reaches. Seismic-rated per ASCE 7, with drop rods adjustable from twelve to one hundred and twenty inches.

The AE-CB300 Fin Baffle Array brings architectural rhythm and broadband control together. Closely spaced vertical fins on a continuous rod system let designers tune fin width, spacing, and orientation on-site, making this the most configurable product in the range. Ideal for the long corridors and open cyber labs where sound needs managing without the space being closed down.

Acoustic panels

The AE-AP100 Fabric Wrapped Panel is the foundation of the Aethon panel family — the product specifiers reach for first. Available in two-inch and four-inch depths with aluminium or MDF framing, achieving NRC 1.00 and STC 30+ in the four-inch configuration, it satisfies ANSI S12.60 in classrooms and conference rooms while offering design flexibility that goes far beyond standard acoustic foam. Tackable surface, integrated whiteboard face, recycled content core — this is a panel that works as hard visually as it does acoustically.

The AE-AP200 Diffusion-Absorption Panel is for spaces where pure absorption is not the answer. podcasting suites, video studios, theaters, and immersive environments need controlled scatter alongside sound removal. The QRD face — available in N=7 or N=13 quadratic residue sequences — delivers a diffusion coefficient of 0.70 or higher across 250 Hz to 4 kHz, certified to AES-4id. Natural wood veneer and anodized aluminium face options make this as much an interior element as an acoustic one.

The AE-AP300 Bass Trap Corner Panel addresses the low frequencies that fabric panels simply cannot reach. Triangular-section, floor-to-ceiling, in heavy rockwool or fiberglass — it treats the 125 Hz room modes that cause the tonal unevenness in recording spaces and cyber labs, achieving α ≥ 0.70 at 125 Hz and α ≥ 0.95 at 250 Hz. It is the product that solves problems other treatments leave behind.

Acoustic wall systems

The AE-AW100 Modular Wall Tile System is Aethon's answer for spaces that need flexible, fast, and visually engaging acoustic treatment. PET fiber tiles stick or hook-and-loop onto any prepared wall surface. With 256 standard colors and a full-color custom print option, they are as much a design element as an acoustic solution. For podcase studios, cyber labs, maker spaces, and breakout rooms, they are the obvious choice.

The AE-AW200 Perforated Metal Acoustic Wall is built for demanding environments. K-12 gymnasium walls, high-traffic corridors, auditorium side walls places where durability and performance have to coexist. A perforated steel or aluminium face over mineral wool and acoustic cavity delivers NRC 0.80 to 0.95 and STC 35 to 45, with impact resistance meeting IBC requirements. Concealed clip mounting, custom perforation patterns, and graphic print capability make it suitable for spaces where the wall treatment is part of the architecture.

The AE-AW300 Slatted Wood Acoustic Wall brings warmth to the Aethon range. FSC-certified oak, walnut, or maple slats over a mineral wool backer fire-treated as standard, Class A certified achieve NRC 0.75 to 0.90 while delivering the natural material presence that auditoria, libraries, and performing arts spaces deserve. Blind fasteners leave no visible fixings. LED shadow-gap channel lighting is an option. It is the product for spaces where acoustic performance and architectural character have to be the same thing.

AE-AW400 Stretched Fabric Wall System

The new industry trend that we see from architects and designers : a seamless, full-wall fabric treatment that handles acoustic performance, projection, and environmental graphics within a single system. The AE-AW400 Stretched Fabric Wall System is that product.

The principle is straightforward. An aluminum perimeter track recessed into the wall for a flush finish, or surface-mounted for retrofit holds acoustically transparent fabric stretched drum-tight over a mineral wool infill. The result is a jointless, seamless wall surface with NRC 0.80 to 0.95 depending on infill depth, Class A fire certified, ANSI S12.60 compliant. The fabric is field-replaceable without touching the frame change the color, update the artwork, or swap to a projection-grade face without a full reinstallation.

Three configurations are available within the same track system:

The Standard configuration offers 200 fabric colors and custom dye matching, making it the most versatile acoustic wall finish in the Aethon range. For auditoria side walls, library feature walls, and administration spaces, it delivers high NRC in a surface that reads as architecture rather than treatment.

The Projection configuration uses a projection-grade acoustically transparent fabric gain 1.0 to 1.3 to create a seamless fixed-install projection surface with full acoustic performance behind the image plane. In an immersive AV environment or auditorium, this eliminates the separate projection screen entirely. The wall performs acoustically when the projector is off and as a display surface when it is on. One surface. Two functions.

The Printed Art configuration brings high-resolution dye-sublimation printing to a fully acoustic wall. Custom artwork, school branding, environmental graphics, photographic murals all printed on acoustically transparent polyester fabric to ISO 105-B02 Grade 5+ light fastness, so the color holds over the life of the installation. The NRC performance of the mineral wool infill is fully retained through the print. Schools and universities have used printed acoustic walls to transform a treated surface into a piece of the building's identity.

The AE-AW400 also supports curved and radius walls through a flexible track variant, and the same system works on ceilings with identical installation detail. Specify 2" infill for mid-to-high frequency control, or 4" where low-mid performance and maximum NRC are required.

Full specification documentation, ASTM test reports, and CAD details for the AE-AW400 are available through Inspirence now.

What Aethon means in practice

A lab in a secondary school. Thirty students, hard floor, exposed ceiling deck, a wall of monitors generating constant low-level noise. Previously, the acoustic solution would have been an afterthought — some foam tiles ordered online, installed without a specification, performing somewhere between inadequate and invisible on the NRC scale.

With Aethon, the same space is treated with AE-CB300 fin baffles overhead — tuned to the room's dimensions, specified to meet ANSI S12.60's reverberation targets — and AE-AW100 modular tiles on the side walls in the school's colors, with a custom print of the department's identity. The result is a space that students and teachers describe not in acoustic terms, but in experiential ones: it feels calmer, they concentrate more easily, voices do not compete.

That is what Aethon does. It removes the acoustic friction from learning. It makes the designed environment perform the way its designers intended. It turns up in the experience and disappears in the space.

Available now

The Aethon range is available for specification immediately across all nine products and Stretch Wall Systems. Full specification documentation, CAD details, 3D objects are available through Bri-Tech.

Our design team is available to assist with room analysis, product selection, and submittal preparation for any project type.

All our baffles wall panels and systems are built and assembled in Ronkonkoma NY

For project enquiries, specification support, contact 631-563-8000 info@bri-tech.com

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