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Flatscreen between speakers

Has anyone found a solution to cancel or at least improve the acoustic glare caused by a flatscreen tv on the wall behind the speakers? I don’t have a dedicated room and have to share the room with my home theater setup. I have thought of using an appropriate curtain and treat the tv as if it was a window. I am also considering light 3D printed panels that I can temporarily hung when listening to music and take down when watching TV with the wife. 
I tried hanging a couple of thick towels on it to see if there would be any improvement and the answer is yes. The center image is more solid and a little deeper. Nothing drastic but if I could squeeze anything positive, why not. Please let me know if you have confronted this issue in the past and whether you were able to solve it. Thanks. 

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jeffbij
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I've been experimenting as well.  One approach I'm looking at is to mount the TV on the wall, build a frame or box around the screen and then, using barn door sliding brackets to open and close doors covered either with acoustic absorbation or diffusion panels.  I think it will not only look better, but would be better acoustically than heavy curtin material.

jeffbij
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I agree that flat wood would not be any better.  But if you use (for say a 65" screen) either 4 standard 24x48x2 inch acoustic absorbation panels or similar size dispersion panels (like yours) just large enough to cover the opening of the "box" built around the TV, it should work.  Weight shouldn't be much of an issue to overcome, as long as you can anchor the bracket to the studs.  Some of those barn door hardware kits are designed to support actual full size doors.  You could even put a motor on it and open/close it remotely.  (lol)

A couple of examples of the barn door kits.... the second one with the accordian doors might be a better idea.

https://www.amazon.com/WINSOON-Double-Sliding-Hardware-Kit%EF%BC%8C5-18FT/dp/B06XSFKDFC/ref=sr_1_29?crid=VM5CFO36J7O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Of5SyXiBxfG-6K55QXqge49eEX_87IQO5c5f505Z2gTEXdF8sPfbzncQ9Gs9EoUHx7_yld5HdluWdywzWU1PTV2xxf7u3zkOYpwm0hH8rYF9dI6uh0YiPua6puRYbYRxi-Fc9PdQ8zfaN6FI22H58tEJJOXg_O6IHX7oGct7GnTC18JLLlf_naB6dSIrQyom0h20xRZjJyv6voGU4lDRXZOvINvO71uQKzPrZbA_4b3PIdHwhW29CmDV4B1N7awfcyfYrCkfTxmWoaGUwrnsROZOFCs8DJ-npmEKxbyFrSw.RcUuJpixi90XQ6jUGftQfl575E0PBIF63UIxH5Y31aQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=barn%2Bdoor%2Bshutter%2Bhardware%2Bkit&qid=1748065624&sprefix=barn%2Bdoor%2Bshutter%2Bhardware%2Bkit%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-29&th=1

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hardware-Smoothly-Assembly-Bi-Folding-Included/dp/B0BVDNWTXC/ref=sr_1_8?crid=VM5CFO36J7O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hRyAjo1k1ZMsb0KOgTdh6uNZl2uNgV2J1rJ5wtMte7DYUt3O_8f9t1kD90loj2aHPCIGXNuK30ZgUDY39XZt4ZGdYBEvbbN5u0pBtddueIH6YQRpUe4DolTavvJGYpTQRPfxbDmYBwH0jqArYMrfFfKsthJN1Yf8kDcqbTGazf2xxOTpLJKzXeaDuxGbs6Ywv0QpwgS0COW0aLjhIRpENZOU5FhbLC2lrAb_R5Du7QdIK3Lrr0QjxgntPcLq85Ukexbr0IWnPBUV1SALfGDuamf3nN73cvNkCtRCSiaC9lE.dn7ZdaAmeV37rKIzNidAhWt5_2Y-p9SPIo8vM0PUCf8&dib_tag=se&keywords=barn%2Bdoor%2Bshutter%2Bhardware%2Bkit&qid=1748066538&sprefix=barn%2Bdoor%2Bshutter%2Bhardware%2Bkit%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-8&th=1

 

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