Thanks for the advice. I’ll give covering the TV a shot. Also will pay more attention to guitar - maybe putting the cloth over the sound hole will help. I suppose I could move it to another room.
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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Folks, the results are finally in. It took me a while, but the conclusion is undeniable. Yes, my flat screen glass, Plasma TV was definitely affecting negatively the performance of my music system. I have so many people to think for their advice and contribution: @ghdprentice @jeffbij, @bugredmachine, @erik_squires, @karlss0n, @elliottbnewcombjr, @mihorn, @shooter41, @atanarjuat99, @wooly_mammoth, @avanti1960, @mswale, @tablejockey, @richardbrand, @asvjerry, @gruvjet, @asctim, @bhrapp, @tweak1, @knownothing, @kubla36, @samoh, @newton_john. I started in the direction of a thick cover and ordered one from Digital Deck Cover. They are not cheap at $120. I was planning on modifying it to make it more substantial. One common mistake with acoustic panel is to think that any thickness will do. And then kubla36 chimed in and showed a picture of a panel that he designed. That was actually my original idea, but I thought it would have been expensive. Turned out it just looks expensive. The material can be found at Amazon here and here. Wood working is my hobby, so I had all the tools I needed to make it happen. My design is a little different from his, but the possibilities are endless. The pictures can be seen in my Virtual System. I couldn't load that many pictures in the thread. So how does it sound? Exquisite. Soundstage height is finally right; soundstage depth is much deeper. I will do some measurement later, but for now I need to relax and enjoy the fruits of my labor
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Looks fantastic! I lack carpentry skills. So its not just my wishful thinking on soundstage (lots of options for panels). I forget to put it up while casually listening and after about two news articles its always, "something's wrong with the music".
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@spenav Yay! Always good to hear (literally) that you've found and executed a solution that Works above your expectations.... To misquote the Super, "Our work here is done...." ...for the time being, anyway....*L* Enjoy, play Loud, J |
I got to admit, it took me longer than I anticipated. Designing a mechanism to hang it on the wall in front of the TV is the most challenging. The panels construction itself was very easy. I use double sided tape to attach the 12"X 12" panels to the board and the frame construction was kept simple. The two panels system was ideal for me because I could keep them light. The whole project costs less than $200.- 137 posts total