Pro Performance Sound + Acoustics

24/07/2025

What starts as “just another acoustic install” can turn into something a little more special — especially when it involves long-time partners like Blautöne Studios.

When they called us with a last-minute request for acoustics in their new editing suites (ran together with Vienna FX) — ahead of a Netflix production — we were already on-site the next day. 🚛🔧

This was made possible by:
🔁 14+ years of collaboration
🤝 Clear communication
📦 And a trusted network of internal and external partners
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🎛️ Acoustic Simplicity Meets Performance
We used our in-house Siléncio panels, which we’ve developed and refined over the years to be:
✔Custom-fit— cut to order for walls, ceilings, and corners
✔Discreet — fit any room aesthetic
✔Effective — High performance acoustic material
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🆕 Expanded: The Full Siléncio Range
We’re now offering:
• Standard wall-mounted broadband absorbers
• Floating or direct-mount ceiling panels
• Low-frequency corner modules

Our in-house panels — affordable, easy to install and effective
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Because in post-production, what you hear should be what’s actually there.

16/07/2025

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 -𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑜?

We supported our distributor, partner, and friend Rado Mezek with acoustic measures — including PSI Audio digital active bass absorbers as well as absorber material — at the show which was held at the Austria Centre. Rado is the distributor for Austria of a variety of high-end audio products, including of course Monitor Audio.

Pete Dixon who was representing the Monitor Audio Group is highly knowledgeable in the field of high-end audio, having worked in the audio industry for almost two decades. In our opinion, it was this combination of sound reinforcement and acoustic measures that significantly improved the whole audio experience for visitors.

𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The yearly gathering of audio professionals expertly coordinated by the High End Society GmbH has moved from its long-time home in Munich to Vienna for next year’s HIGH END. We’re looking forward to welcoming the audio community to the city of Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn as the official acoustic partner for the HIGH END.

Following lots of positive feedback on the room acoustic, we will be supporting exhibitors in 2026 with acoustic measures — measures which include the fantastic AVAAs from PSI Audio. We strongly believe that high-end can only be truly high-end when the acoustic environment is taken into account and properly addressed.

14/07/2025

Wolfgang and Florian were on the Club Kultur podcast with Rudi Wrany, discussing the upcoming Paul Kalkbrenner concert at the Ehrenhof in Schönbrunn in September!

„Techno im Ehrenhof – Schönbrunn als große Bühne" #137| feat. Florian Stiglitz & Wolfgang Sauter  Rudi Wrany im Gespräch mit Florian Stiglitz und Wolfgang Sauter über die große Machbarkeitsstudie vor dem Schloss Schönbrunn: Am 12. September wird dort Paul Kalkbrenner auf...

10/06/2025

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐳 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥'𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞..

On the 23rd of April, we held the WR20 listening session at Grelle Forelle. We had a total of 44 listeners give their feedback regarding the Alcons Audio WR20s.

We had 4 categories (average score out of 10):
Impact/punch (9.39)
Precision/dynamics (9.11)
Depth/spatial quality (9.14)
Bass/contour (9.11)

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐑𝟐𝟎𝐬:
• 𝐼𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎.

• 𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 – 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒.

• 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡.

• 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 – 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒.

• 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔.

20/05/2025

Last month Fabi and Jakob visited Greith Haus, a multi-functional location in Steiermark, St Ulrich, to service the Spherical subwoofers installed in 2024.

This was our first Spherical installation, so it goes without saying that we updated the processing to reflect the know-how we have gained over the last year.

Our audio concept also includes loudspeakers from Lambda Labs LD Systems, and diffuser panels from Artnovion, who has had the chance to listen to the results?

01/04/2025

Sound Stories: Dietz Tinhof

I (Pete) was struck by how similar Dietmar, or ‘Dietz,’ is to Wolfgang—a consummate professional, completely obsessed with his job, hobby, and life as an audio engineer.

As we exchanged stories over coffee, I began to realize that Dietz isn’t just your run-of-the-mill audio enthusiast. His long list of collaborations, from the World of Hans Zimmer and Conchita Wurst to Falco, is more than enough for most of us to give him our seal of approval.

Dietz first met Wolfgang even before the days of Pro Performance as Wolfgang was working as an audio engineer himself, and since then their paths have crossed a few times over the years.

As we finished our coffee and entered what felt to me like a spaceship, I started to understand the meaning of ‘perfect’ audio conditions. The studio is completely decoupled from the rest of the building and comes with its own air filtering system—very James Bond villain-esque.

Working for Wolfgang, I’ve had the chance to experience some amazing sound systems, and Dietz’s 3D sound was another one of those moments. I’m by no means an audio expert, but I do have a deep appreciation for great sound, and this certainly was that!

Hobby vs. Job
“My job is my passion. Why would I ever need to retire when I’ve been doing my hobby for 40 years?”

Mixing vs. Mastering
“Mixing is like taking a co-producer role in the production of a track, whereas mastering is more about taking a systematic approach—quality control, if you will.”

25/03/2025

Save the date!

On Wednesday the 23rd of April we will present the fantastic Alcons Audio WR20 stage monitors in the < Grelle Forelle between 4 and 10pm.

From 4 - 6 pm, we will have an open decks session where everyone is welcome to play their favourite tracks (Wolfgang said no mp3s!), drinks and snacks on us.

At 6pm our friends Grätzlsound will hold a community listening session from and for local collectives before we take over again at 8pm for a special talk.

Wolfgang together with the sound engineer Dietz Tinhof will discuss the in-depth process of track production and translating them onto a (club) sound system.

The listening session will then continue with some further opportunities to listen to the loudspeakers. Please let us know if you want to play something yourself.

07/03/2025

Our partners Alcons Audio doing what they do best, wowing audiences across the globe! ;)

Aaaand we're off! USITT 2025 is happening. We have brought some nice goodies, among which QRP40 and the new Director 6 driving the VR5 / BF121 combo. Stop by and experience the Pro-Ribbon Difference!

24/02/2025

A Supercycle Experience: Pro Performance
“The most important thing is that you had fun”

On the 29th of January together with the advertising and Instagram platform Wiener Barperlen, we attended a SuperCycle Vienna
spinning class at Praterstrasse / PRST—a session of the special variety.

Having also equipped all four Supercycle locations in Vienna with our sound and acoustic solutions, it was time to experience Supercycle at PRST for ourselves.

Over the course of the week, Supercycle hosted a total of 15 sold-out sessions at PRST:

Despite the clubroom being packed with spinning bikes and participants, the club’s ventilation kept the air fresh and cool. Our trainer, Lea, was great—upbeat, supportive, and expertly guiding the session while keeping everyone motivated.

While we can’t compare this experience to a “regular” Supercycle session (having never attended one), one thing is clear: ‘Pro Performance Sound’ is at the heart of both. -The QX makes a great sports companion!

Over the next few weeks and months, together with Wiener Barperlen we’ll be diving deeper into Vienna’s vibrant club and bar scene, offering behind-the-scenes insights into what makes a venue truly shine.

Hint: It has something to do with the Sound + Acoustics. We’re excited to help bring this unique perspective to Wiener Barperlen’s platform and are always eager to support great ideas that bring people together.

17/02/2025

Looking forward to getting our hands on a pair of these!

CRMSQ is a scalable vertical array sound system which can be used in stereo or LCR configuration; The CRMSQ extends the CRMS series’ capabilities to even the largest of listening environments, such as media rooms, home theaters or performance spaces where ultimate fidelity in combination with very precise projection control is required.

For more information, please visit www.crmsq.info .

06/02/2025

Perfecting acoustics with the PSI Audio AVAA C214 digital active bass trap: Customer in-depth insights and feedback.

𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳 '𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘻' 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘰𝘧, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰.

This room was originally designed as a 3D audio laboratory for critical monitoring during the development of audio software and sample libraries for the Vienna Symphonic Library. It's a sealed room within a room in a self-supporting, fully decoupled construction with a remarkably balanced acoustic interior.

During the pandemic, however, the requirements shifted to a full 3D music mixing environment. The listening position had to be moved away from the planned ideal position for practical reasons, resulting in inevitable unevenness below 120Hz in the sweet spot.

We used 3x PSI AVAA C214 digital active bass traps and combined this with our custom-made acrylic/diffusion window to control the room and significantly reshape the acoustics, especially in the bass frequencies.

"I like to describe the AVAAs as 'virtual holes in the wall', meaning that they are incredibly efficient acoustically, while remaining completely 'out of the way' in terms of the audio signal," says Dietz.

Just as important as good acoustics is natural light, so we decided to incorporate a diffusion window into the solution. This does not block the light like an absorber would, and is not only effective, but also very eye-catching.

"Certainly my most rewarding recent investment in studio equipment," says Dietz, who has mixed #1 albums, film scores and all manner of contemporary music, in both stereo and 3D audio.

27/01/2025

Ahead of next week's ISE, Alcons was at NAMM showing off the LR24 line array and some of the most versatile loudspeakers in the range, the VR5 and QRP series with a special appearance of the M series monitors.

Looking forward to what is in store for next week in Barcelona!

Ready to rumble for a new day @ NAMM!

Your chance to experience the LR24 mid-size line-array, VR5 compact monitors, QRP20 and QRP40 columns and the upcoming M-series reference monitors.

Sound engineer Michael Larcey is on hand to share his experiences with the LR24 system on the latest O.A.R. summer tour.

Stop by and get yourself convinced on the pro-ribbon advantage!