In an embodiment an acoustic transmission system includes a primary side having a transmitting unit configured to provide a transmit signal, a receiving unit configured to receive a received signal in response to the transmitted signal, and an electroacoustic transducer configured to convert the transmit signal into an acoustic signal and an acoustic signal into the receive signal, a secondary side having a transponder configured to receive a receive signal and transmit a transmit signal and an electroacoustic transducer, and a medium permeable to acoustic signals between the primary side and the secondary side, wherein the acoustic transmission system is configured to vary frequencies and/or amplitudes to compensate for changing environmental parameters or manufacturing tolerances, and/or wherein the acoustic transmission system is configured to use an error detection mechanism for finding well-suited carrier frequencies, amplitudes and/or settings of a modulation.