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.
spenav OP I would prove I needed to bother covering it up, it may not make much difference. Measure Room Frequencies from Seated Ear Height Listening position(s)1st, no covering, drape a blanket over it, measure again, differences? this CD has 29 1/3 octave test tones. (I could help you find an inexpensive copy) SPL Meter with tripod mounting hole (many do not have the tripod hole) You just need answers relative to the next, not perfect calibration, these inexpensive meters work well. |
Pull your speakers out when listening. They should be a few feet out from your TV. So many HT (mine as well) have the speakers in-line or just in front of the TV. Have has great luck with heavy HT curtains, they work so well for windows, maybe put a rod above the TV, and close the curtains over the TV when not in use. They also look good. |
I do have a thin foam cover over mine but I also do something else. The screen being parallel to your listening position is a big part of the problem. Mine is on a swivel and I position it on about a 30' angle so it's reflection is scattered in another direction. This reduces the vocal glare tremendously. I don't use the TV often so I'll sometimes forget to reorient it. But it's immediately apparent when I listen to music and when I swivel the screen it goes away. |
"I always have Plasma." I'm an outlier. 20 year old Plasma and picture still crisp as day one(probably cause it doesn't get used much) Not a suggestion, but my remedy is the Plasma is on a rollaway. On movie night roll it in, a couple of connections, and I have insta home theater. Never cared for seeing a TV in a living space when it's not being used. . |
