Calling all room treatment type specialists...

I looked into the GIK Acoustic panel idea.  I might do it, but the problem at this point is that they need to start with a .tif or other digitized image.  I have the paper poster, but so far I have not found a digitized version of adequate resolution....just small images online.

Talk to your local printing and sign store. They may have a scanner big enough, or e able to point you to a photographer who could do it justice.

But in case this point wasn’t made before, 1 single panel won’t do much in a room, unless it’s right next to your head.

As part of a system of 6-10 panels, each does a part of the work. So as part of the entire room treatment, you may want to just keep the poster, and may be use museum quality plexiglass to cover it. It will be lighter than glass, look 99% as good and be a little less reflective. Compensate for it’s reflections by adding panels and diffusion elsewhere.

Art panels make the most sense when you are getting a series of them made. Like, if you had a set of movie posters printed, then you could set up 4-6 art panels and they'd look great.

Best,


Erik

+1 Erik. Would work better from a stylistic aspect to have a series of printed panels, rather than only one panel.
As I stated earlier, the walls do need some areas of reflection and diffusion, otherwise the room will be over-damped. The poster may work between acoustic panels.

So, I went the easy route.  After a quick study online, I headed down to my local art supply and bought a 3x5 foot panel of 1/2 inch black foam board ($12) and a can of spray adhesive (appropriate for photo paper $7).  Laid everything out on a flat area.  Rolled the poster up on a 2 inch round sleeve.  Sprayed the whole board and let it set for about a minute.  Started unrolling and used a plastic spreader knife (4 inches wide) and went to work unrolling and pushing out the bubbles.  I trimmed the excess board away and hung it on my wall with 2-sided tape.  Perfect!?  Well, not quite.  My wife was the first to notice that the direction of the apparent sound on the photo was opposite the sound coming from my speakers.  Could have put it on the opposite wall and fixed that, but a pesky thermostat complicated that idea.  Oh well.  But it looks great, and I'll get to enjoy it tonight when my buddy comes over for a listening session.  May have to turn it up a little extra loud tonight to get the full effect!

Thanks for all the input.