Audio Science Review

Audio Science Review (ASR) is a science-based discussion forum publishing independent reviews of audio equipment such as loudspeakers, amplifiers, and other digital and analog audio devices.

Audio Science Review
Type of site
Review & Discussion Forum
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founder(s)Amir Majidimehr
Key peopleThomas Savage (Retired), Brad Wood (Moderator)
URLwww.audiosciencereview.com
Launched2016

ASR was founded in February 2016 by Amir Majidimehr (amirm[1]), who resides in the area of Seattle, Washington in the USA. He was Vice President of Microsoft's Digital Media Division until retiring in 2008. He is an electrical engineer by degree and hobby, with professional experience including software and signal processing.[2]

As of January 2021, ASR has approximately 1.9 million visitors per month,[3] 15,000 threads, 616,000 messages and 18,000 members.[4] The website is funded solely by its founder and member donations.

Using industry standard electronic test and analysis equipment, ASR initially focused on evaluating the performance of desktop audio equipment such as digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and headphone amplifiers. Reviews have since expanded into many other kinds of home audio and professional audio equipment, provided largely by forum members and some manufacturer submissions.[5]

Audio equipment testing using measurement-based methods is contentious. ASR advocates for evaluations based on established peer-reviewed studies in electronics, signal processing, acoustics and psychoacoustics.

In 2020, ASR became notable for independently publishing comprehensive loudspeaker performance measurements according to the CEA-2034 standard.[6]

References
  1. "amirm". Audio Science Review. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. "A bit about your host..." Audio Science Review. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. "audiosciencereview.com Traffic Statistics". SimilarWeb. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. "ASR Forums". Audio Science Review. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. "Master Review Index". Audio Science Review. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. "The Speaker Data Revolution". Speaker Data 2034. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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