Shame that management and quality control was not paying attention to easy to observe "defects" with the main product they were building and selling at that time. Can't blame an audio equipment reviewer for seeing it.

I did use ASC tube traps (16” diameter x 48” tall) with Forte III, Chorus II and my current non-Klipsch speakers. My comments refer to the original ASC tube traps, not the new isothermermal traps. I have no experience with those. The tube traps are very effective if your room needs them. My room without treatment has very boomy bass in some places and other areas with bass suck-out where the bass disappears. The bass traps improved the bass quality. Bass became tighter, more focused and even. The ASC also have some diffusion built into one half of the round so if you want you can add degrees of diffusion. I found however, that I didn’t care for the diffusion and turned the traps so the diffusion wasn’t used. All this being said, the ASC traps are quite expensive and I “cashed out”, selling them and replacing  them with much less expensive GIK corner traps that overall are just as effective. I have since added a GIK 244 bass panel on a back wall and that has helped even more with the quality of the bass. 

I've considered these as well. Currently in my rear corners I've been using GIK 2x4x48" absorption panels straddling the corners acting as bass traps. Wonder if these tubes would be an improvement....

I think you should bring a slushie to the hot tub.. golf is boring !

https://www.thethayerhotel.com/sunday-champagne-brunch.html    

Speaking of cocktails....just had the first slushie while watching golf at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, NC.  LF is in the hot tub.

It looks very nice also!

If you're ever in the area check out The Thayer Hotel. They are on The West Point campus. Their Sunday champagne brunch is the stuff of legend. I'm not sure what the price is of late. The last time I took the Wife it was around $27.00 per person. They could have charged $50.00, and it still would have been well worth it.

Rain last night as well as tonight. Oh well talk is the sun is prepping for some large scale events soon.

Depending upon traffic...perhaps seven minutes.😄