Your situation is different. You have a near field setup. I have a very similar setup in my office. It sounds great. My speakers are about five feet apart on opposite sides of my monitor and the cones are just barely in front to the monitor. In this case it images deep behind the monitor. Sounds great. No, if I were trying to optimize for sitting back six feet... that would be a different story.
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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@rjinaz86323. Putting absorbing panels on the side wall might help. Where to put them is the question: you will need a helper and a small mirror. While sitting in your listening position, have the helper slide the mirror along the wall until you can see the tweeter on your speaker. That will the general area where the panel needs to be located. Look up first reflection online if you need more information. |
I started out putting together a mixed use system. HT/HIFI after awhile I decided I could not “serve two masters” I took down my center channel and in its place I put up a temporary acoustic panel that I can remove while watching tv which I actually don’t do much of. Also, I discovered that the phantom center image that my speakers create is pretty strong for the tv watching that I do and is acceptable for me. Now, if you’re a HT enthusiast that may not fly. Good luck tho |
I don't know what your set-up is, but do you have a centre-channel speaker? If so, what do you do with it when playing two channel stereo? If a flat panel TV interferes with your sound quality, surely a purpose-built resonator like a dynamic speaker would be worse? |
@richardbrand do have a center channel and rear channels as well. It has occurred to me that 7 unused drivers in the those three speakers were affecting the sound quality during stereo playback. I have also covered those speakers to see if I can tell a difference in the sound quality. I cannot. For my system set up in my room, the TV screen is a much bigger factor. kn |
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