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Flat Screen Television behind speakers

I have a large 75” flat screen TV in my living room and want to know how bad this can affect the sound. The speakers have to go right against wall pretty much and the TV is in between the speakers. I have large acoustic panels right behind the speakers  and then 2 subs on the outside of each speaker which also have acoustic panels behind them. Question is should I move the speakers to the outside further away from the the TV and swap the subs inward closer to the TV- or would the bass reflection from the subs be even worse? The television is mounted higher on the wall so maybe the subs are better positioned on the floor?

Aerial Acoustic 7T x 2 

Pass XA30.5

Rel 528 x2

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ghdprentice
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My condolences on the compromises you have had to make. With speaker placement as well as the TV. 
 

I would go for the “dust cover”… make it absorbent. I use a very heavy tightly woven wool carpet behind my speakers (see my UserID). Makes a big difference as did getting the equipment racks out.

If I was confronted with this compromise, if I had a study or smaller room I would get room appropriate sized speakers and build my system with higher quality (but lower power) equipment. If carefully built the sound quality could far exceed a larger system in a compromised setting. 

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