RALPH GLASGAL, B.E.P., M.S.E.E. (IEEE, AES) a Cornell University Engineering Physicist and Electronics Engineer, was awarded a patent for a stereo dimension control and designed recording equipment for RCA and high fidelity components for Fisher Radio. He has authored many articles for magazines including Stereophile and The Audiophile Voice. He is the founder of the Ambiophonics Institute and the co-author of Ambiophonics-Beyond Surround Sound to Virtual Sonic Reality. Glasgal Island in the Antarctic was named for him in recognition of his research in the south polar region and he is a noted authority on wide-area networking and data communications.

Testimonial

Mr. Glasgal is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and known in his field, which makes his book...well, I might say disturbing, but it's really awesome! I haven't enjoyed a book on hi-fi so much since, well, ever. Well, it doesn't get a whole lot more new and different than Ambiophonics. The photo of this system and the description of its operation are well worth the price of the book all by themselves. My hat's off to Glasgal and Yates for boldly going where no audiophile has gone before ñ Corey Greenberg, Stereo Review, September 1997

With respect to its concert-hall recreation, Ambiophonics has no peer except the concert hall itself. ñ Frank Alles, President, N.J. Audio Society

Violins stretched out to the left, cellos and bass viols to the right. I was in a ring of sound. The rich aural ambience of the church in which the recording was made suffused the music. What an effect! Next came Handel, Caruso arias and Toscanini. Regardless of the age of the recording, whether it was in stereo or mono, the effect was there. It was a sense of presence and space I had not experienced except in a concert hall. Ross Wagner, The Audiophile Voice, Vol.2, Issue 1, page 40.

They call their method Ambiophonics. It's based on solid research and common-sense approaches to the way we hear and the way sounds are perceived in the small space of a listening room. You may want to buy their book just to enjoy their explanations of audio facts and fancies. Al Fasoldt, Fanfare, Nov/Dec.1995, page 529